Perspectives on Inquiry - MTU Library Resources

Great Voices in Religion

UN1001, Section 18 Bucky Beach bsbeach@mtu.edu

Librarian: Amanda Binoniemi- abinonie@mtu.edu Phone: 487-3041

 

Resources in the Reference Collection - Second Floor

The reference collection is a good place to begin exploring an unfamiliar subject. The resources found here can give you definitions of terms and background information on your subject, along with help identifying specific issues within your broad subject area to explore in more detail.

 

Current Biography CT100 .C9 REF

The International Who's Who CT 101 .I6 REF

Facts on File D 410 .F3 REF

Facts on File Yearbook D 410 .F3 REF

New Catholic Encyclopedia BX 841.N44 2003 REF

The Interpreters Bible BS491.2.I55 REF

 

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

MTU Online Catalog contains records of materials owned by the MTU Library. To use the Librarys Catalog, go to the home page and click the Catalog button.

Two search interfaces, Basic and Keyword, allow the user to search for items by author, title, subject, call number, ISBN/ISSN, or keyword(s).

Most books are located in the Main Collection on Third Floor.

Some possible Library of Congress Subject Headings to use in a Basic Subject search:

Biography

Religious Biography

Religious Thought

History Modern 20th century

 

E-Resources

Access to electronic indexes/abstracts, online books, e-journals and selected websites.

To find citations to recent articles from journals, conference proceedings, and other publications, go to the Librarys web page at http://www.lib.mtu.edu and select E-Resources & E-Alerts.

E-Resources are searchable by name or keyword using the box at the top of the screen, or by subject area or by provider using the pull-down menus lower down on the screen. Here are some of the databases that may be useful for this course.

Thompson Gale

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

 

FirstSearch

FirstSearch is a provider of many databases. Suggested FirstSearch indexes include:

WorldCat International catalog of books, periodicals, papers, websites.

ArticleFirst Indexes over 12,000 journals. The drawback is that almost no articles are full-text.

Alternative Press Index Interdisciplinary and international in scope.

Biography Index Individual and collective biographies in periodicals and books.

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

Wilson Select Plus Fewer journals than ArticleFirst, but almost all articles are full text. Also, each entry has subject headings that improve searching strategies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JSTOR

Contains scanned images of over 200 scholarly journals in a variety of academic disciplines. Includes journals in History and Religion.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index Biographies on nearly 5 million people, living and deceased.

 

E-books:

The Internet Public Library: Sponsored by the University of Michigan School of Information. Links to selected internet sites grouped by subjects. Includes religion.

netLibrary: Full-text versions of books. Requires users to have a MTU IP address, an ISO password or to have established an individual user account.

 

 

Resources on the Web

Nobel Peace Prizewinners http://www.nobel.no/index.html

Templeton Prize Winners http://www.templetonprize.org

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

Information on evaluating information sources (from Cornell University Libraries):

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

JRVP Library Michigan Technological University Sources for Citation Style Manuals:

http://www.lib.mtu.edu/reference/tutorials/citationstyle.pdf

 

 

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) - access to items from other libraries.

Requests are made through ILLiad, the personalized online ILL account system.  After your initial registration is complete, use ILLiad to request books and articles.   ILLiad also allows you to track the status of your requests and cancel requests. 

ILL requests may also be made directly through some database providers such as FirstSearch and Thomson Gale.  Follow the HuskyFetch menu options and select "Get Item from another Library via ILLiad."  Please be sure to check the JRVP Library holdings before submitting a request directly from a database.

 

Note: The ILL process can take time (longer than 10 days in some cases.) Plan your research time accordingly.

 

For Assistance

For individual assistance or instruction from a librarian, contact the Reference Desk (487-2507), e-mail reflib@mtu.edu, or use the Ask a Librarian button on the Library's web page.