Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore

IDIS 302
Instructor - Oveta Popjoy
Fall 2009

Individual course index /fa09/idis302_popjoy.htm

Introduction | Effective Research Tips|Academic Integrity Tutorial | Recommended Databases | Book catalogs | Suggested Websites | Other helpful information

Introduction:
This guide provides information on finding and using quality information from the Langsdale Library.

For questions,email us at langref@ubalt.edu or phone us at (410) 837-4274.

Effective Research Tips

  • Use "and and "or" to connect ideas.
  • Use truncation * to look for plurals and word variations.
  • Consider alternate language; e.g., renewable energy sources instead of alternative energy.

Recommended databases (this only includes selected databases based on topics; for more, see full list of Electronic Databases):

General Ethics:

ABI Inform [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Indexes more than 1,300 journals on business, management, with 75% full-text.

Academic Search Premier  [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Provides full-text for over 3,400 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, and more. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL). Need help? Read the Academic Search Premier Visual Guide.

Business Source Premier [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies– present. Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL). Includes company profiles, many of which contain SWOT analyses.

Environmental Ethics

Environment Complete   [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Environment Complete offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Environment Complete contains more than 1,772,000 records from more than 1,680 domestic and international titles going back to the 1940s (including 1,108 active core titles) as well as more than 100 monographs. The database also contains full text for more than 650 journals.


Book catalogs:
Use these to locate books, journals (not individual articles), videos, and government documents. There are multiple subject headings for ethical issues in various arenas:

Ethics (with various sub-headings)
You may also search for subject headings for your particular discipline in combination with moral and ethical aspects (e.g., Information technology)

Catalog USMAI [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in the University System of Maryland, including UB.

Digital Dissertations (Dissertation Abstracts from Proquest) [on-campus]
Coverage 1861 – present. Indexes U.S., Canadian, British, and other European dissertations and theses; dissertations abstracted since 1980, theses abstracted since 1988. A 24 page preview of dissertations published since 1997 is available. The full text of dissertations may be obtained by clicking the free download button.

WorldCat [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. International database of collections (including books, journals , dissertations, documents, and other materials) held by libraries worldwide. Maryland libraries that own copies of the items display at the top of the list of libraries so you can easily determine if local libraries own the material needed. Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.

Suggested websites:
These may provide useful information or agencies or organizations who may be sources of information.

Dunstan, J. C. & Swan, G. M. (1992). The Ethics of Sustainability. Retrieved March 18, 2009 from http://www.nps.gov/sustain/spop/ethics.html

Ethics Web Resources compiled by Langsdale

Online Ethics Center at the National Academy of Engineering. Bibliography: Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Development. Retrieved March 18 2009 from http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/enviro/enviroresources/envsdbib.aspx

Other helpful information:

Citation Styles
Guides to MLA, APA, and other citation styles.

Comparing Scholarly Journals and Popular Magazines

Evaluating Web Resources
Guide to evaluating material obtained via the Internet

"How To" Research Guides
Series of subject bibliographies and tutorials

How to Cite Sources: APA Style
Detailed guide to creating reference list according to APA citation style

Interlibrary Loan

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