IDIS
300
Philippia Richardson
Spring 2008
Individual course index /sp08/idis300_richardson.htm
Introduction |Academic Integrity Tutorial | 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.
- Power Point presentation (3/21/08)
Databases (this only includes selected databases based on topics; for more, see full list of Electronic Databases):
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).CQ Researcher [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1991 - present. Provides full text essays on social and political topics, including chronologies, overviews of issues, opposing viewpoints and bibliographies.Lexis-Nexis Academic [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Features full text of many newspapers and periodicals. Also offers business news, legal materials such as federal & state codes, case law and legal journals.Opposing Viewpoints (Gale) [on-campus]
Covers social issues, such as Gun Control, Genetic Engineering, Censorship, Endangered Species, and Terrorism. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center brings together viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, biographies of social activists, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, newspaper and magazines articles, as well as links to more than 1,800 reviewed and subject-indexed web sites. It takes its name from the Opposing Viewpoints print series published by Greenhaven Press, an imprint of the Gale Group.
Book
catalogs:
Use these to locate books, journals (not individual articles), videos,
and government documents.
Catalog USMAI [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in the University System of Maryland, including UB. You may search up to six individual locations or the entire system.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.
Comparing Scholarly Journals and Popular Magazines
Evaluating Web Resources
Guide to evaluating material obtained via the InternetCitation Styles
Guides to MLA, APA, and other citation styles."How To" Research Guides
Series of subject bibliographies and tutorialsRegister Online for your Library Barcode
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