Perspectives on Inquiry MTU Library Resources

The Individual versus Society G. Gill UN1001, Sections 4 and 24

 

For Assistance

For individual assistance or instruction from a librarian, visit or phone the Reference/Information Desk (487-2507), e-mail instrlib@mtu.edu, or use the Ask a Librarian buttonon the Librarys web page.

 

Resources in the Reference Collection - First Floor

Current Biography (1940- ) CT 100 .C9 REF

Provides 2- or 3-page biographical profiles about living leaders in all fields of human accomplishment the world over, including theater.

Gales Literary Criticism Series PN771 .G27 REF

Chronologically arranged series of criticism and analysis of literary works, including some plays.

 

Use the Library of Congress Classification system to browse the collection:

P - Language and Literature

PN - Literature, Literary History and Collections PN 2000-3299 - Theater

PN 1600-1861 Drama (as a literary form) PS - American Literature

 

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

MTU Online Catalog contains records of materials owned by the MTU Library.

Two search interfaces, Basic and Keyword allow the user to search for items by author, title, subject, call number, ISBN/ISSN, or keyword(s.) Catalog records include bibliographic and location information for items retrieved in your search. Use the Location, Status, Call Number information to find an item in the Library Collections.

 

E-Resources access to electronic indexes/abstracts, online books, e-journals and selected websites.

From the E-Resource menu select listings by alphabet, topic or collection (e.g. FirstSearch or InfoTrac.) E-Resources are also searchable by name or keyword(s.) Use the index databases to locate journal articles, newspaper articles, or reviews on your topic. Some indexes or collections of indexes especially useful for research in this course include:

 

         InfoTrac

Expanded Academic ASAP Includes humanities journals, some in full text (1980- )

General Reference Center Gold Includes arts & entertainment news from magazines and newspapers (1980- )

New York Times Full text articles for the past 12 months. Includes the Arts section.

         FirstSearch

ArticleFirst - Index of articles from nearly 12,500 journals (1990- )

HumanitiesAbs An index of articles in the humanities (1984- )

MLA (MLA Bibliography) Literature, languages, linguistics, folklore (1963- )

WilsonSelectPlus Full text of articles from over 1400 periodicals (1994-)

         Lexis-Nexis

General News News publications in full text going back about 20 years.

Arts & Sports Includes play/performance reviews and entertainment news.

         JSTOR

Back issues of over 100 scholarly journals dated from with 2-5 years of the present, back to their beginnings.

 

Finding Older Periodical & Newspaper Articles - Indexes - First Floor, east of the elevator

Use these indexes to find articles dated earlier than those found through the E-Resources above.

         Readers Guide to Periodical Literature (1900-1991) AI 3 .I6 INDEXES - Index to popular periodicals.

        New York Times Index (1913-present) AI 21 .N5 INDEXES - The New York Times newspaper is available on microfilm (AI 21.N5) in the Microforms area, First Floor east.

 

 

 

 

Quick Reference for Databases

For more databases, see http://www.lib.mtu.edu/reference/course/databasekeyword.aspx

Collection/ Database	Boolean	Proximity/ Phrase	Truncation/ Wildcards	Full Text	Retrieve Results
InfoTrac Includes access to an academic, a general interest, and a health science periodical index.	AND, OR, NOT	Wx - same order within x words of one another Nx - either order within x words of one another	* multiple-character ! single-character ? exactly one character	Some	E-mail, Disk, Print
FirstSearch accesses about 50 databases, mostly periodical indexes with abstracts.	AND, OR, NOT	Wx - same order within x words of one another Nx - either order within x words of one another	* multiple-character # single-character + singular or plural only (s or es) ? any number of characters	Some	E-mail, Disk, Print
Lexis-Nexis Academic accesses news, business, legal, medical, and reference information	AND, OR	Phrase is system default W/n - either order within x words of one another W/p - either order, same paragraph W/s - either order, same sentence PRE/n First word precedes the second by n words	! multiple-character   * single-character	Yes	E-mail, Disk, Print
JSTOR accesses back issues of over 100 scholarly journals from within 2-5 years of the present, back to their beginnings.	AND, OR	NEAR keywords occur in the same sentence (within 10 words) or in the same paragraph (within 25 words)	+ retrieves singular or plural in English only	Yes	Disk, Print

 

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

Request items using an ILL form available at the Circulation desk, or online by selecting Library Services, then Interlibrary Loans on the Librarys web page. Some index databases also allow ILL requests through their sites.