Perspectives on Inquiry MTU Library Resources

Dynamics of Change in Organizational Culture UN1001, Section R26 K. Holles

Librarian: David Bezotte (dbezotte@mtu.edu, Phone 487-3041, Library-Room 203)

 

For Assistance

         For online library tours, guides, maps, and tutorials, select Tours, Tutorials, and/or Maps on the Librarys website.

         For a copy of this guide and for lists of resources recommended for specific classes, select Course Guides.

         For individual assistance or instruction from a librarian, visit the Reference & Information desk on 2^nd floor, phone 487-2507, or use e-mail or instant messaging by clicking Ask a Librarian on the Librarys website.

 

Reference Collection - 2^nd Floor Use to collect background information on an issue or start your research. The collection is arranged by subject using the Library of Congress Classification System (LCCS) call numbers. An outline of the system is available at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html.

Magazines for Libraries - Z 6941 .K2 REF DESK - Reviews & evaluates periodicals; indicates refereed titles.

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory - Z 6947 .U4 2006 REF DESK Titles of refereed publications marked with arrow (>).

CQ Researcher (1959-present) H35.E2 REF and ONLINE from 1991.

Reports on timely issues. Provides an overview, history, impact, positions, and resources for further study.

Encyclopedia of American Social Movements HN 57 .E594 REF

American Attitudes HN 90 .P8 M58 2000 REF

International Encyclopedia of Women HQ 1115 .R69 2000 REF

CQs Guide to the Presidency JK 516 .C57 1996 REF

Guide to U.S. Elections JK 1967 .C662 2005 REF

 

Resources on the Librarys Web Page - www.lib.mtu.edu

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) To request material not available at the JRVP Library

To request books and articles from other libraries, complete the appropriate New Request form, available by selecting Interlibrary Loan on the Library's website and logging into ILLiad (Inter-Library Loan Internet Accessible Database). When using ILLiad for the first time, click on First Time Users to set up your account; youll need your MTU User ID and Password as well as your M number.

 

JRVP Online Catalog The JRVP Online Catalog contains records of materials owned by the MTU Library, including books, periodicals, videos, CDs, maps, government publications, and microformat materials. Two search interfaces, Basic and Keyword, allow the user to search for items by author, title, subject, call number, ISBN/ISSN, or keyword.. Use the Location, Status, and Call Number information to find an item in the Library collections. To search for a periodical, search by Journal Title for the periodical title (sometimes called "Source"), rather than by article title or author.

 

Locating Books & Periodicals

Books are located on the Third Floor in the Main Collection, shelved by Library of Congress call number.

Periodicals in are shelved by Library of Congress call number in these locations:

CURRENT JOURNALS (1^st Floor): Recent issues kept here until bound or reissued in microfilm/fiche.

SERIALS COLLECTION (Garden Level): Older volumes in print format.

MICROFICHE & MICROFILM AREA (2nd Floor, west): Older volumes on microfiche or microfilm.

Electronic journals are found under E-Journals on the Librarys web page.

To determine whether or not the library owns a particular periodical, checking both the JRVP Online Catalog and E-Journals is recommended.

 

Evaluating Information Sources - Consult these sites provided by other institutions:

Identifying Research Articles & Refereed Journals: http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/lsx/tutorial/section3.html

Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Sources: http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/LibraryGuides/primsrcs.shtml

Evaluating Web Sites: http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html

 

Citation & Style Guides From Concordia University http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/citations.html

 

Government Information on the Web

USASearch.gov: www.usasearch.gov - Portal to federal and state government information. All sites linked by USAsearch are evaluated for accuracy and authority.

 

Databases (Periodical & Newspaper Indexes)

To find citations to articles from journals, conference proceedings, and other publications, go to the Librarys website and select Databases. The resulting screen offers four options for finding databases:

(1) "Search for Databases" to search database titles and/or descriptions,

(2) "Databases A-Z" to browse an alphabetical list by title,

(3) "Search by Subject Headings" to view databases grouped by subject, and

(4) "Search by Providers" to view databases grouped by publisher/provider.

 

To select the databases that best meet your needs, look at the database descriptions and consider

Topics covered (General news? Engineering? Social sciences? etc.)

Time period covered (1980-present? Most recent year? Last ten years? etc.)

Types of publications indexed (Periodical articles? Newspapers? Books? etc.)

Levels of publications indexed (Popular/news? Academic/research/scholarly? Trade/professional? etc.)

 

For tips on using techniques such as truncation and Boolean & proximity operators in various databases, select Tutorials on the Library's website, then Database Keyword Search Tips. Individual databases also have online help available.

 

Many databases include some articles in full text. If you're viewing an article citation from a database and see the Husky Fetch symbol , click on it for options for locating the article. Most of these databases may be accessed by MTU students/faculty/staff from off-campus by entering your ISO/Husky Mail user ID and password.

Here are some databases recommended for this course:

 

FirstSearch - Databases marked with ( * ) allow a Reviewed Journal Phrase search for peer-reviewed journal.

Alternative Press Index (AltPressIndex) - Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change. AltPressIndexArchive with coverage back to 1969 is also available.

Article 1^st - Contains citations for items listed on the table of contents pages of over 12,600 journals in all subject areas.

*Humanities Abstracts - Covers English language periodicals in all areas of the humanities.

*Social Science Abstracts - Covers periodicals in anthropology, economics, ethics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, and international relations.

PsycFirst - Most recent three years of the PsycINFO database covering worldwide research in psychology and related fields. Contains citations and abstracts from all types of publications.

Readers Guide Abstracts Indexes/abstracts popular periodicals from the US and Canada for a wide variety of subjects.

*Wilson Business Abstracts - Complete and accurate indexing and abstracting of 345 leading business magazines.

*WilsonSelectPlus Full text articles from over 1400 periodicals covering research in the Social Sciences, Humanities, Business, Education and General Sciences.

WorldCat Worldwide library catalog with over 52 million bibliographic records, including library holdings information, for all types of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. This does NOT index periodicals at the article level.

 

Thompson Gale - Allows researcher to limit searches to "peer-reviewed publications".

Expanded Academic ASAP Scholarly and popular research on a variety of academic subjects. Includes full text.

General OneFile - News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

Academic OneFile - The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources with coverage of physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.

 

LexisNexis Academic Wide range of business, legal, medical, and current affairs information. Extensive U.S. newspaper coverage in full text. Updated daily.

 

JSTOR -Back issues of over 200 scholarly journals dated from with 2-5 years. Coverage includes Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Psychology, Sociology, and many other areas.

 

Political Science: A SAGE Full-Text Collection CSA Illumina (1974-present) - Covers such subjects as General Political Science, American Government & Politics, Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, Policy Studies, Political Communication, Peace / Conflict Studies, Presidential Studies, and Political Theory / Philosophy.