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FINDING BOOKS
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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: France and food*
A subject heading search produces a small, exact list of results. Library of Congress Subject Headings specifically for TLC Example: genetically modified foods
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Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Ref. Collection 641.03 K19e
Encyclopedia of Genetics
Ref. Collection 576.503 E56o
Food and Drink in America
Ref. Collection 641.3003 O98e
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.
EZ Borrow
Another way of obtaining books that are not owned by Trexler Library is through EZ Borrow. Books requested through this service often arrive within 3-5 days. Follow the path: Trexler Library Home Page - Find - Books,Videos,Music - EZ Borrow.
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.
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/articles/databases/index.html
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Academic Search Premier contains full text for more than 4,500 scholarly and popular journals covering academic areas like the medical sciences, ethnic studies, education, humanities, etc.
Business Source Elite is a full text database of over 1,000 of the world's top management and marketing journals. Dates back to 1985.
Health Source emphasis on nursing and allied health.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe is a full-text database of major newspapers, newswires, select trade journals and magazines. Also has a legal section that gives the transcripts of court cases and decisions.
Omnifile is full text covering a variety of subject areas. Includes General Science and Biological and Agricultural Indexes.
Philosopher's Index covers all major fields of philosophy such as ethics, logic, metaphysics, etc.
SocAbs (Sociological Abstracts) provides citations and abstracts of research in sociology and related disciplines in the social behavioral sciences.
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.
SEARCHING THE WEB
Proceed with caution when using a search engine! Results will not necessarily provide accurate information. To access a checklist of criteria for evaluating web resources go to Evaluating Resources Handout (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/guides/evaluating.pdf).
CITING SOURCESGoogle (http://www.google.com)
Government documents are a rich source of information on this topic, and many of these are available on the Web. Used the Advanced Search option to limit the domain to .gov or .org sites. (Trexler Library also has a large collection of government documents, located on level A. A keyword search in the catalog will often retrieve government document titles as well as books.)Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/) is another source for scholarly articles. Emphasis is on science topics.
Librarian's Internet Index (http://lii.org/)
This directory will provide you with a list of sites that have been identified by librarians as high in quality. For the most effective results, use the advanced search interface to enter your search terms..
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.