Perspectives on Inquiry MTU Library Resources

Creating the "Drug Fiend": Drugs and Drug Policy in the USA UN1001, Section R37 & R45 S. Clancey

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

 

For Assistance

         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.

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

Encyclopedia of Psychology BF 31 .E535 2000 REF

Encyclopedia of World Cultures GN 307 .E53 1991 REF

CQ Researcher (1959-present) H35.E2 REF and ONLINE from 1991. Reports on timely issues, including issues concerning drugs. Reports provide an overview, history, impact, positions and resources for further study.

Encyclopedia of Sociology HM 17 .E5 2000 REF

Encyclopedia of American Social Movements HN 57 .E594 2004 REF

Taking Sides. Clashing Views on Controversial Social Issues - HN59.2 .T35 1999 REF

Tobacco Industry and Smoking - HV5760 .P36 2004

Encyclopedia of Drugs and Alcohol - HV5804 .E53 1995 REF

West's Encyclopedia of American Law - KF 154 .W47 1998 REF

Encyclopedia of Education - LB 15 .E47 2003 REF

Encyclopedia of Bioethics QH 332 .E52 2004 REF

Basic & Clinical Pharmacology -RM 301.28 B311 2004 REF

PDR for Nonprescription Drugs, Dietary Supplements, and Herbs- RM 671.A1 P48 2005 REF

Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals - RS 51 .M4 2001 REF

 

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.

 

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) To request material not available at the J. Robert Van Pelt Library, 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 Contains records of materials owned by the MTU Library, including books, periodicals, videos, CDs, maps, government publications, and microformat materials. Use the Location, Status, and Call Number information to find an item in the Library collections. To search for a periodical article, search by Journal Title for the title of the periodical (sometimes called the "Source"), rather than searching by article title or author.

 

Information on the Web

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

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

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

Citation style guides: http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/citations.html

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

American Memory: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html - Gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history & culture of the U.S., offering over 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.

Medline Plus: http://medlineplus.gov/. Directs you to information to help answer health questions. Brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.

Legal sites

Cornell Law School legal information - http://www.law.cornell.edu/ - Designed especially for law students.

Hieros Gamos - http://www.hg.org/ -, legal information including news, resources, etc., in over 50 languages.

OYEZ Project - http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage - Provides access to more than 2000 hours of Supreme Court audio recorded since 1995. Pre-1995 coverage is selective.

Drug Policy and Research

DRCNet Online Library of Drug Policy - www.druglibrary.org

Erowid - www.erowid.org

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies - www.maps.org

Drug Policy Alliance - http://blog.drugpolicy.org 

Centre for Drug Research, University of Amsterdam - www.cedro-uva.org

 

Databases (Periodical & Newspaper Indexes)

To find citations to articles from journals, conference proceedings, and other publications, go to the Librarys website and select Databases. 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:

 

CSA Illumina - A comprehensive science-related set of databases, including

Health and Safety Science Abstracts - Covers recent work relating to public health, safety, and industrial hygiene.

 

FirstSearch - Databases marked with ( * ) allow a Reviewed Journal Phrase field 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.

*Biological & Agricultural Index - Indexes key periodicals in the life sciences and agriculture.

*Education Abstracts- Encompasses all areas of educators, including administration, teaching methods and curriculum.

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

Medline - National Library of Medicine's comprehensive database covering all areas of medicine.

*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 periodicals in Social Sciences, Humanities, Business, Education & 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".

Academic OneFile - Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources.

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

General OneFile - News and periodical articles on business, current events, economics, education, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many more.

Health Reference Center Academic Consumer health and allied health research. Includes full text.

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers - Collection of newspapers from around the country and the world.

 

Lexis-Nexis Academic Wide range of news, business, legal, medical, and current affairs information in full text.

Lexis-Nexis Congressional - Congressional hearings, public issues, legislation, history, and legal research.

 

JSTOR- Back issues of over 200 scholarly journals dated from with 2-5 years including Biological Sciences, Business, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Education, Law, Political Science, Psychology, Public Policy & Administration, Sociology, and more.