Perspectives on Inquiry Library Resources

Good & Evil in Science Fiction & Fantasy UN1001, Section R02 Debra Bruch

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.

 

Locating Books & Periodicals - Shelved by Library of Congress Classification System (LCCS) call number.

Books are located on the Third Floor in the Main Collection

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.

 

Reference Collection - 2^nd Floor Use to collect background information on an issue or start your research. The collection is arranged by subject using LCCS call numbers.

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

Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature - PN 56 .F34 S97 1983 REF

Contemporary Authors - PN 452 .C62 REF

Contemporary Literary Criticism PN 771 .C59 REF

The dark-blue, paper-cover index, arranged by author, refers to volumes containing biographical material on authors and critical material on their works.

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism - PN771 .G27 REF

Reference guide to sciencefiction, fantasy, and horror - PN 3433.5.B87 1992 REF

Sciencefiction book review index, 1923-1973 - PN 3433.8.H36 1975 REF

Sciencefiction book review index, 1974-1979 - PN 3433.8.H36 1981 REF

Encyclopedia of Fantasy PN 3435 .E53 1997 REF

Sciencefiction handbook for readers and writers - PN3448 .S45 E45 REF

Survey of Science Fiction Literature PN 3448 .S45 S8 REF

 

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.

 

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) To request material not available at the J. Robert Van Pelt 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.

 

Government Information on the Web

USASearch.gov: www.usasearch.gov - Portal to federal and state government information.

 

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 From Concordia University http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/citations.html

 

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.

 

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

MLA International Bibliography - Indexes, serials, books, dissertation, etc., published worldwide in literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore

 

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

AH Search (Arts & Humanities) - ISI's Arts & Humanities Citation Index provides complete indexing for more than 1,150 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Citation indexes allow researchers to take an older paper they know is useful/relevant and find who cited it in more recent papers.

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.

Book Review Digest - Provides reviews of adult and children's books from American and Canadian periodicals and from selected journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, as well as library review media.

*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".

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.

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.

 

LexisNexis Academic Wide range of business, legal, medical, and current affairs information including U.S. newspaper coverage in full text. A News search allows the researcher to limit the Source material to book, movie, music, play & video reviews.

 

JSTOR -Back issues of over 1,100 scholarly journals dated from with 2-5 years. Coverage includes Anthropology, Film Studies, Folklore, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion Sociology, and many other areas.