What is Normal?

Need help with your research? Contact:

Jen Jarson
Social Sciences Reference Librarian
phone: x3552
email: jarson [at] muhlenberg [dot] edu
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Online Sunday-Thursday 2pm-10pm.
See Ask a Librarian for more information.

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 -- Books, Videos, Music, ... (in Find box) -- Trexler Library Catalog

For tips on searching the catalog, use the Help link above the search boxes.

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 -- Books, Videos, Music, ... (in Find box) -- Other Library Catalogs -- WorldCat

For more information on Interlibrary Loan options, see http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/more/ill/index.html or ask for help.

GETTING THERE:      Library Homepage -- ILL (in the Services & Forms box)

Finding Articles

SEARCHING FOR ARTICLES

See a list of all databases at via the Library Homepage -- Articles A-Z (in the Find box).

Interdisciplinary and News Databases

Academic Search Premier
Large and diverse database that covers most academic disciplines. Contains both academic and non-academic resources. Includes many articles in full text.

LexisNexis Academic
Indexes and provides full-text of major national and international newspapers, newswires, select journals and magazines, and legal publications. Updated daily. Coverage varies by publication.

OmniFile (WilsonWeb)
Large and diverse database that covers most academic disciplines. Contains both academic and non-academic resources. Includes many articles in full text.

Subject-Specific Databases

Communication and Mass Media Complete
The most comprehensive database for the study of communication/media. Article full-text is available for many of those titles.

PsycINFO
The most comprehensive database for professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines.

Sage Journals Online
Provides full text access to all journals published by Sage 1999 to the present. Indexing of journals pre-1999. Subject areas covered include communication/media and psychology, among others.

GETTING THE ARTICLES

When searching for articles, 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 -- ILL (in the Services & Forms box) -- Articles request form). Fill out the form with as much information as possible. Ask for help, if you have questions.

Citing Your Sources

For information on citation styles, consult the following resources.

Writer's Handbook (University of Wisconsin--Madison)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Documentation.html

Trexler Library handouts on APA, MLA, and Chicago styles:
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/reshelp/citations.html
GETTING THERE: Library Homepage -- Citation Guides (in the Research Help box).