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Jen Jarson
Social Sciences Reference Librarian
phone: x3552
email: jarson [at] muhlenberg [dot] edu
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See Ask a Librarian for more information and other ways to get help.
Finding Secondary Sources: Articles
What are secondary sources? See Primary vs. Secondary Sources.
What are scholarly sources? See What is a Scholarly Article?
SEARCHING FOR ARTICLES
Start with (for scholarly and non-scholarly publications)...
Academic Search Premier
Full text access to scholarly and non-scholarly publications in a wide variety of disciplines and subject areas.Omnifile (Wilson Web)
A database with some full text articles covering various academic subjects including general sciences, humanities, social sciences, and business.For additional scholarly publications, try...
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Scholarly journals, trade journals, and monographs in the areas of communication and mass media.For additional non-scholarly publications, try...
LexisNexis Academic
Full text of thousands of newspapers, magazines, broadcast transcripts, business publications, legal materials, and more.Also try...
See a list of all databases via the Library Homepage -- Databases A to Z (in the Quick Links box).
Check the Subject Guides (linked from the Library Homepage in the Research box) for other recommended databases for this and other subject areas.
Not sure which database will have the best results for your topic? Try Search Central to search across many of the library's databases at once to identify those with the most results for your search. From the Library Homepage, use the Search Central search box in the tab on the Search Central link in the Quick Links box.
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 Secondary Sources: 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
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
Citing Your Sources
Consult the following resources for information on and examples of APA, Chicago, and MLA styles:
Citation Guides (Trexler Library)
http://muhlenberg.edu/library/reshelp/citations.htmlUniversity of Wisconsin Madison Writing Center Writer's Handbook
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/
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Last modified: 15 April 2011
