Rachel Carson & the Power of the Pen

Need help with your research? Contact:

Martha Stevenson
Reference Librarian
Phone: x3601
msteven@muhlenberg.edu

Reference Desk Hours:
Call or email to confirm
M 5-9 p.m.
T,Th 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
W,F 12-1 p.m.

Office hours (by appt.):
Call or email to arrange

FINDING BOOKS

    Trexler Library

    Search the Trexler Library Catalog (http://library.muhlenberg.edu) to find books the library owns. 

    A keyword search produces a broad list of results.  Use with Boolean Operators.
Use OR between like concepts or synonyms.  Use AND between different concepts.
		Example:  shark*

    	
A subject heading search produces a small, exact list of results.
	Library of Congress Subject Headings specifically for TLC
		Example:  marine animals
      Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
      Online encyclopedia through the library catalog.

      Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals
      Reference Collection 599.503 E56o

      Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences
      Reference Collection 551.46003 E56o

      Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
      Reference Collection 590.3 G895a

      Secrets of the Ocean Realm (video)
      AV Alcove 578.77 S446o pt.1-5

    WorldCat

    To expand your journal search considerably, try WorldCat. Follow the path: Trexler Library Home Page - Find - Books,Videos,Music - WorldCat. WorldCat is a unified catalog of many libraries in the U.S. and other parts of the world. This is a powerful search tool for books, web resources, and other materials on any subject. It will list area libraries if there are any and their holdings for that journal title.

    Regional Libraries

    As a Muhlenberg student, you have access and borrowing privileges to a number of college libraries in the Lehigh Valley. The Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges includes Cedar Crest College, DeSales University, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, and Moravian College. The web page for Regional Libraries (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/find/booksvideosmusic.html) will give you online access to their catalogs. Follow the path: Trexler Library Home Page - Find - Books,Videos,Music - Regional Libraries.

ELECTRONIC DATABASES
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/articles/databases/index.html

    Academic Search Premier contains full text for more than 4,000 scholarly and popular journals covering academic areas like the medical sciences, ethnic studies, education, humanities, etc.

    General Science and Biological & Agricultural Index both index scholarly and popular periodicals which have information on biology and agriculture plus many more scientific topics. Full text of some journals available.

    Health Source indexes and abstracts over 560 journals focusing on many medical dicsciplines. Full text of over 520 scholarly journals available.

    Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe is a full-text database of major newspapers, newswires, select trade journals and magazines. Also features country information, state and federal codes and case law.

    Morning Call is full-text of the Allentown, PA. newspaper from 1984 to the present.

    Newspaper Source is a full-text database of regional, U.S., and international newspapers. Also includes newswire services and syndicated columns.
INTERLIBRARY LOAN
Books and journals not found in Trexler Library can be ordered through Interlibrary Loan (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/more/ill/index.html).
Remember, start early to allow enough time to receive them. It could take anywhere from 7 days to 2 weeks.

WEBSITES

    Sea Creatures:
    SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Animal Information Database
    http://www.seaworld.org
    Click on the Animal Info link on the left.
    Blue-Crab Archives
    http://www.blue-crab.org
    National Aquarium in Baltimore
    http://www.aqua.org
    Chose either animal or exhibits or conservation link.
    Marine & Coastal Species Information System
    http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/WWW/macsis/index.htm
    Check the Fish or Invertebrates links for individual species. Be sure to scroll all the way down after you choose an individual species.
    Ocean Conservancy
    http://www.oceanconservancy.org
    The Fish & Wildlife link on the left side of the page provides biological profiles of a number of the larger sea creatures.
    Crustacean Society
    http://www.vims.edu/tcs/
    Click on the Crustacean Resources link at the left and scroll down to General Crustacea Information, where you will find many links to various individual crustacea.
    Pesticides:
    Rachel Carson Council, Inc.
    http://members.aol.com/rccouncil/ourpage/index.htm
    Environmental Working Group
    http://www.ewg.org
    EPA Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
    http://www.epa.gov/oppts
    Pesticide Action Network North America
    http://www.panna.org
    Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America
    http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol
CITING SOURCES
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/reshelp/citations.html

No matter where your information comes from, you always need to cite your sources. This is necessary to give the author proper credit for his or her work, as well as so that you or someone else could retrace the steps you took doing your research. The following sources provide examples of how to cite a wide variety of types of materials in footnotes or a bibliography.

The most frequently used citations have been compiled by the reference librarians on a webpage and handout. These can be found by following the path: Research Help - Citation Guides.