UN2001: Revisions

Information resources on unsolved mysteries: Knights Templar, perpetual motion machines, and time travel

 

Instructor: Moe Folk

Librarian: Dave Lepse

 

 

Library services

 

Reference, research, and instruction

 

The Reference Desk is staffed 60 hours per week, and you can contact a librarian there by phone (487-2507) or talk to the librarian in person. You can send email to the Reference librarians by completing the form on the ask a librarian page, and youre always welcome to contact individual reference librarians.

 

Interlibrary loan

 

If the JRVP Library does not have the material that you need, then the Library may be able to obtain it from another library. Simply complete a request form. Most journal articles will be delivered in digital form.

 

 

Library resources

 

Reference materials

 

New Encyclopaedia Britannica	AE5.E363 Reference
Britannica online	http://search.eb.com/
Catholic Encyclopedia	BX841.C3 Reference
New Catholic Encyclopedia	BX841.N44 Reference
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology	Q121.M3 Reference

 

Indexes to periodical articles

 

To find citations to recent articles from journals, conference proceedings, and other publications, go to the Librarys web page and select E-Resources & E-Alerts. The resulting screen offers four search options for finding databases or electronic journals:

(1) Keyword search of database titles and/or descriptions

(2) E-Resources A-Z to browse an alphabetical list by title

(3) Search by Subject Headings

(4) Search by Provider.

 

Here are some of the most important databases for finding books and periodical articles for your Revisions asssignment:

 

Article1st

Expanded Academic Index

Google Scholar

JSTOR

Periodical Abstracts

Web of Science (Arts & Humanities, Social Science, and Science Citation Indexes)

Wilson Select Plus

WorldCat (combined catalog of books and media from many libraries)

 

Open-access web sites

 

NSDL (National Science Digital Library)

Indexes multimedia, graphics files, sound files, as well as other web sites.

 

USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office)

Patents for perpetual motion devices can be found by searching class number 415 and subclass number 916.