Senior Seminar: Our Planet

Senior Seminar: Our Planets, Ourselves

Need help with your research? Contact:

Kelly Cannon
Humanities & Business Librarian
phone: x3602
email: kcannon@muhlenberg.edu
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Reference desk IM: talktotrexler

Reference works

Gale Literary Index
Access: Trexler Library Home Page > Articles A to Z
A master index to the literary biographies and critical reprints contained in the Gale series in the Reference Area on level A of Trexler Library.

Authoritative secondary commentary in books . . .

Trexler Library Catalog
NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library) > catalog.
Catalog of all books and documents in Trexler Library at Muhlenberg College.

WorldCat *** RECOMMENDED***
NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website > Database > Most Popular > WorldCat
Catalog of books and documents in libraries throughout the world. Watch especially for the AREA LIBRARIES designation.

Authoritative secondary commentary in journal articles. . .

America History and Life
ACCESS: Trexler Library website (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library) > Articles A to Z
Index to peer-reviewed articles concerning American literature.

Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com)
Contains citations of books and articles cited in scholarly works: a citation index.

MLA
ACCESS: Trexler Library website (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library) > Articles A to Z
Standard index for literary criticism.

Historical Abstracts ***RECOMMENDED***
ACCESS: Trexler Library website (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library) > Articles A to Z
Standard index for peer-reviewed articles and scholarly books on European history.

getting to the full text of an article. . .

Once you have found the citation of a journal article you're interested in, click on the Get It link found next to the citation, or run a journal title search in Trexler Library's online catalog. ACCESS: Trexler Library website > catalog.

articles via interlibrary loan. . .

Journal articles not found in Trexler Library can be ordered on interlibrary loan.
ACCESS: Trexler Library website > ILL

Reviewed websites

Intute (http://www.intute.ac.uk/)
From a consortium of universities in the UK, reviews websites for purposes of higher education and research.

Citing sources in the Chicago style or other styles

For tips on citing print and electronic sources, visit Trexler Library's Citation Guides for Print and Electronic Resources. ACCESS: Trexler Library website > Citation Guides. Also try using Zotero (http://www.zotero.org) to format citations found when browsing with Firefox.

A note on copyright

Generally, small portions of copyrighted texts, etc. can by copied for use in the classroom, as this use falls under the auspices of fair use. If you publish your projects to the web, permission should be sought for borrowed material that is copyrighted, unless your project is a critique or parody of the borrowed work.