Perspectives on Inquiry MTU Library Resources

Get Rich or Die Trying UN1001, Section R08 K. Paterson

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

 

For Assistance

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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.

 

Current Biography CT 100 .C9 REF

American Decades E 169.12 .A419 1994 REF

International Directory of Company Histories - HD 2721 .I63 REF

Business Statistics of the U.S.: Patterns of Economic Change - HF 3001 .B875 2007 REF

Encyclopedia of Business Ethics HF 5387 .E53 2008 REF

Household Spending: Who Spends How Much on What - HC 110 .C6 A666 2003 REF

Statistical Abstracts of the United States - C3.134:2008 Core Documents and ONLINE

 

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.

 

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; youll need your MTU User ID and Password as well as your Tech Express card number.

 

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.

 

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

 

 

 

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:

 

ABI/Inform Covers a wide range of business and management topics. Some full text included.

 

Biography and Genealogy Master Index - Enables users to locate biographical entries contained in more than 1,000 volumes and editions of important current and retrospective biographical reference sources. This index contains citations that point to over 15 million biographies on nearly 5 million people from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor.

 

CQ Electronic Library (Online) - Definitive reference resource for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. Includes CQ Researcher (1991-present; see H 35 .E2 REF for coverage back to 1959), CQ Weekly (1983-present), CQ Almanac (1941-present) and CQ Global Researcher (2007-present).

 

FirstSearch

The Wilson indexes (marked with * ) allow a Reviewed Journal Phrase field search for peer-reviewed journal.

AGRICOLA:Covers all aspects of agriculture, including agricultural engineering, environmental pollution, forestry, soils, and water resources. Provides citations to journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, theses, etc.

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

Biography Index - Cites periodicals and books, including individual and collective biographies, and juvenile literature.

*Biological & Agricultural Index - Covers the entire range of sciences related to biology and agriculture.

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

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 - 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

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. Updated daily.

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

 

LexisNexis

Academic: Provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications.

Congressional: An online resource from Congressional hearings, public issues, legislation, history, & legal research.

Statistical:Provides statistical information from a variety of government and private sources.

 

JSTOR -Back issues of over 1,100 scholarly journals dated from with 2-5 years. Coverage includes Biological Sciences, Business, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Economics, Geography, Health, History, Law, Political Science, Population Studies, Public Policy & Administration, Sociology, and more.