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College English
Prof. Dunne
October 23, 2006
Guide for finding sources at the George T. Potter Library
Irene Kuchta
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- Provides access to the catalog (OPAC), databases, interlibrary loan forms, etc.
II. Finding Books at the Potter Library
- Catalog: use this to find books, journal titles NOT ARTICLES, government documents, reserve items, music,and movies owned by the Library. You may limit a search by language, year(s) of publication, type of material, etc. This may take a few seconds to load.
- Search the catalog using Keywordto find material
- For example: search for feminism or "gender roles" to locate a broad range of material and look for ideas for your project
- When you find appropriate material use the Related Records link in the record to located the subject headings and find more topic specific material
or virtually browse the shelves by selecting the call # and examining what books are classified like it.
- Journal Finder: this provides information regarding if a journal is available full-text online, in print in the library, or available on microfilm. You can browse online journals by using the "find periodical" link.
IV. Electronic Resources
- Some useful Databases for your projects:
| JSTOR | Comprised of the full-text of more than 500 academic journals. |
America: History and Life/Historical Abstracts
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History of the United States, Canada, and the world from pre-history to the present andLinks to JSTOR full-text and use Primary Catalog link to search our library holdings. |
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Provides multidisciplinary, easy-to-use access more than 3,500 journals (of which 2,100 are peer-reviewed) in the areas of humanities, social science and science and technology. |
| Academic Search Premier | A multidisciplinary database that contains many full-text articles. May also limit to scholary (peer-reviewed) journals. |
(Scholarly/Peer Reviewed/Refereed articles have been reviewed by a selected panel of experts in the discipline covered by that journal).
Tips
- Always switch to the Advance Search page in a database. This will give you more control over your results.
- Always use Boolean Operators-AND, OR, NOT when running a search. For Example: "gender roles" and television
- Always check your Spelling if the database results are Zero.
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V. Interlibrary Loan
Both of these links can be found under QUICK LINKS on the library's homepage.
- Interlibrary Loan: allows students to borrow a book or article that the Potter library does not own. There is a link from the Journal Finder page.
VI. Bibliographies
- Use Citing Sources for examples of "In-Text Citations" and "Works Cited"
- Use the Citing Websites and Print Sources to get call numbers for paper copies of syle manuals.
VII. Web Sources
- Evaluating Websites: to determine if the site is authoritative enough to use in your paper.
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