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***Titles marked with the Muhlenberg M are "most recommended" resources.***
Reference works
generally. . .
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org)
Not itself a scholarly source, but rather a repository of common knowledge. Good for locating topic- narrowing.colonial history. . .
Dictionary of American History (Ref Collection 973.003 D554o).
Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies (Ref Collection 970.003 E56o)
Presents broad overviews of all manner of subjects relating to the colonies; of particular use here--the bibliography which identifies key works in a particular subject.biography. . .
American National Biography M (Ref Collection 920.073 A512n)
Books
The following online catalogs can be found by visiting the Trexler Library Home Page
Finding Books
Trexler Library Catalog
Catalog of all books and documents in Trexler Library at Muhlenberg College.WorldCat
Catalog of books and documents in libraries throughout the world. Watch especially for the AREA LIBRARIES designation. Use E-ZBorrow for faster interlibrary loan.
E-ZBorrow
A catalog of books and documents in the libraries of PALCI, to which Muhlenberg College belongs. Submit interlibrary loan requests here for rapid delivery.
Periodical articles
Journal articles pertaining to this subject area
can be accessed from home or campus by visiting the
Trexler Library Home PageFinding
ArticlesPeriodical Databases & Indexes.
general indexes with full text. . .
Academic Search Premier M
A good starting place for journals, and includes the full text of about 3000 journals. Limit to "peer reviewed" to find only scholarly articles. Back issues of journals begin as early as 1990. Recent issues may not be included yet, due to publisher agreement. Journals held in Trexler Library are marked accordingly.
Omnifile (WilsonWeb)
Includes extensive full text, from both popular and scholarly periodicals.
subject-specialty indexes. . .
America History and Life M
The standard index for colonial American and U.S. history. Some links to full text.
Historical Abstracts
The standard index for European history. Some links to full text.
getting to the full text. . .
Once you have found the citation of a journal article you're interested in, follow this path to see if the journal is available online or in print in Trexler Library: Trexler Library Home Page
articles via interlibrary loan. . .
Journal articles not found in Trexler Library can
be ordered by following this path:
Trexler Library Home PageFinding
ArticlesGetting a Copy of an Article.
Web search engines, directories, and selected sites
search engines and directories. . .
Google (http://www.google.com)
Non-selective. One of the largest web crawlers.HotBot (http://www.hotbot.com)
Non-selective. One of the largest web crawlers. Advanced search offers more precision than Google.Google Scholar M (http://scholar.google.com)
A web crawler that looks for content it identifies as "scholarly." Emphasis is on books and journal articles. Intended as a "federated search" to search across disciplines (weighted toward sciences and social sciences). Not always full text. Check our Journal Locator (see above) to see if Muhlenberg has access to the full text.Librarian's Index to the Internet (http://lii.org/)
Highly selective search engine and directory of web resources. Both scholarly and popular sites deemed important by a team of California-based public librarians. Entries are accompanied by paragraph-length descriptions.
Evaluating resources
One way to check to see if a journal is "academic/scholarly" vs. "magazine/consumer" is to look the journal title up on UlrichsWeb, follow the path: Trexler Library Home Page
Finding Articles .
The database Academic Search Premier, listed above, also contains information about whether or not a journal is peer-reviewed, and the intended audience of the journal.
For detailed information about a journal and its intended audience, consult the reference book Magazines for Libraries, held at the Trexler Library reference desk.
Citing sources
For online step by step directions on writing a
paper, consult the University of Richmond's Writer's Web (http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb.html).
For tips on citing print and electronic sources, follow the path
Trexler Library Home Page
Research HelpCitation
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