Perspectives on Inquiry MTU Library Resources

Ethics & Ethical Decision Making UN1001, Section 20 P. Gotschalk

Librarian: David Bezotte (dbezotte@mtu.edu, Phone 487-3041)

 

Guide to the Libraryhttp://www.lib.mtu.edu/about/MTU_Library_Guide.pdf

Answers your questions about the basics of using the MTU Library.

 

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 button on the Librarys web page.

 

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.

 

Locating Books & Periodicals

Books are located on the Third Floor in the Main Collection, shelved by Library of Congress call number.

Periodicals 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): Bound periodicals dated 1971 or later.

MICROFORMS AREA (1^st Floor ): Microfilm & Microfiche cabinets located on east side of 1^st floor.

STORAGE: Bound periodicals dated before 1971; request these at the Circulation Desk.

E-Journals: The Library subscribes to an increasing number of journals which provide electronic versions of their publications online. Access them under E-Resources on the Librarys web page.

 

Government Publications

Due to the CILIT construction, government documents in paper are housed offsite. Forms are available at the Circulation Desk or at the Reference Desk to request them from offsite storage. For assistance with government documents, please contact the Government Documents Coordinator or submit a reference request to reflib@mtu.edu.

Government Documents Coordinator: Joan Goodbody (goodbody@mtu.edu, Phone 487-2698)

 

Reference Collection First Floor

The Reference Collection is a good place 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. An outline of the system is available at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html.

 

Student Development Theory

Encyclopedia of Human Behavior BF 31 .E5 1994 REF

MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences BF 311 .M556 1999 REF

Encyclopedia of Human Intelligence BF 431 .E59 1994 REF

Encyclopedia of Education LB 15 .E47 2003 REF

Encyclopedia of Higher Education LB 15 .E49 1992 REF

Learning Theories A to Z LB 15 .L4695 2002 REF

 

Ethical Decision Making

Encyclopedia of Psychology BF 31 .E525 2000 REF

Encyclopedia of Ethics BJ 63 .E45 1992 REF

Encyclopedia of Psychology BF 31 .E525 2000 REF

Ethics BJ 63 .E54 1994 REF

Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics BL 31 .E5 REF

Bakers Dictionary of Christian Ethics BJ1199 .B34 REF

Codes of Professional Responsibility BJ 1725.C57 1990 REF

Dictionary of the History of Ideas CB 5 .D52 REF

Professional Ethics and Insignia HD 6504 .A194 2000 REF

Encyclopedia of Sociology HM 17 .E5 1992 REF

Encyclopedia of Ethics in Science & Technology - Q175.35 .B37 2002 REF

Encyclopedia of Bioethics QH 332 .E52 2004 REF

Encyclopedia of the Human Genome QH 447 .E53 2003 REF

 

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

JRVP Online Catalog: http://ils.lib.mtu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First

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.

 

Periodical & Newspaper Indexes

To find citations to recent articles from journals, conference proceedings, and other publications, go to the Librarys web page at www.lib.mtu.edu and select E-Resources, then Search for an E-Resource. The resulting screen offers four search options for finding databases or electronic journals: (1) Keyword search of database titles and/or descriptions, (2) Search by subject area, (3) Search by collection name, (4) Browse an alphabetical list by title. Here are some of the collections/databases youll find there.

 

InfoTrac

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

General Reference Center Gold Covers general, news, and business periodicals.

FirstSearch

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

WilsonSelectPlus Full text articles from over 1400 periodicals covering a broad range of subject areas.

FirstSearch also includes databases covering the professional and scholarly literature in specific areas. Some examples are Education Abstracts, ERIC (education), Article 1^st, Humanities Abstracts, and Social Sciences Abstracts.

LexisNexis Academic

General News - Full text coverage of national and international newspapers, periodicals, and other news sources.

This collection also includes legal, medical, and business information in full text.

ABI/Inform - Covers a wide range of business and management topics.

 

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
ABI Inform Global database accesses citations and articles from business/industry periodicals.	AND, OR, NOT	Phrase is system default. W/n either order within n words of one another Not W/n separated by at least n words PRE/n first word precedes the second by n words	.. use with a phrase of 3 or more words ? any no. of characters * one character .. exactly as typed	Some	E-mail, Print, PDF
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

 

Resources on the Web

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

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

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

Identifying Refereed Journals: http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/lsx/tutorial/section3_1.html

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

Citation style guides: http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/citations.html- A site on citation styles produced by Concordia University Libraries. Includes examples of MLA citation style.