Hypermedia
Need help with your research? Contact:
Jen Jarson
Social Sciences Reference Librarian
email: jarson [at] muhlenberg [dot] edu | phone: x3552
IM: jjarson1 (for AIM and Yahoo; add @hotmail.com for MSN)Need help after hours?
IM the Library at TalkToTrexler (for AIM and Yahoo; add @hotmail.com for MSN)
Online Sunday-Thursday 2pm-10pm.
See Ask a Librarian for more information.
Finding Articles: Selected Databases
To search for articles on your topic, use library databases.
Recommended interdisciplinary databases include:
Academic Search Premier
Full text access to scholarly and non-scholarly publications in a wide variety of disciplines and subject areas.Sage Journals Online
Full-text access to over 500 journals published by Sage, providing wide coverage of scholarly publications in all disciplines, but particularly the social sciences.For subject-specific database recommendations, check the Subject Guides.
For a list of all article databases, check Databases A to Z.
GETTING THE ARTICLES
- When searching for articles in library databases, you may find the full-text of an article linked in the database.
- If not, you need to search the Trexler Library Catalog to see if we own the journal in which the article is published.
- Most databases have a Get It! link embedded. Click the link to check our holdings.
- Otherwise, search the catalog by journal title or by ISSN. Verify that we have online, print, or microform access to the year/volume you need.
- If we do not own the journal you need, request the article via Interlibrary Loan.
- Some databases have a Request on Interlibrary Loan link embedded. Click the link to fill out the form. Click Submit.
- Otherwise, use the Interlibrary Loan Journal Article Request Form (Library Homepage -- Interlibrary Loan (in the Quick Links box) -- Articles request form). Fill out the form with as much information as possible. Ask for help, if you have questions.
Finding Books
TREXLER LIBRARY
Search the Trexler Library Catalog to find out what books, government publications, journals, videos, etc. the library owns.
GETTING THERE: Use the shortcut search box on the Library Homepage or Library Homepage -- Library Catalogs (in the Quick Links box) -- Trexler Library Catalog
OTHER LIBRARIES
WorldCat. To find books held by other libraries, search WorldCat, a database of over 60 million library records from around the country and world. Use the ILL button to request a book from another library. (ILL can take 10-14 days.)
GETTING THERE: Library Homepage -- Library Catalogs (in Quick Links box) -- Other Library Catalogs -- WorldCat
Finding Images
For tips on finding images, see the Finding Nonexclusively Licensed and Public Domain Images guide.
Citing Sources
For help citing your sources, check Trexler Library's Citation Guides or the UW-Madison Writer's Handbook.
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Last modified: 6 September 2010
