WRIT 300
Mel Freitag
Spring 2008
Individual course index /WRIT300_freitag.htm
Introduction
| General
databases | Subject-specific
databases |
Book catalogs | Other
helpful information
Introduction:
This guide provides information on locating and accessing print and online resources from Langsdale Library, including books, journal articles and web resources. This, however, is only a sampling of materials available at Langsdale. Visit the Langsdale website for information on our full collection.
Questions?
| General Reference: | Catherine Johnson: |
| email: langref@ubalt.edu | email: cajohnson@ubalt.edu |
| phone: 410.837.4274 | phone: 410.837.4276 |
| IM: UBLangsdale | IM: LangCRJ |
Class Resources:
General
databases:
Use these to find full text periodical articles and/or citations to
articles. These databases contain information from a variety of disciplines but may still help you find articles in your dicipline.
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).ArticleFirst [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 – present. Indexes journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Citations only. No abstracts or full-text. Now includes ContentsFirst.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.
Subject-specific
databases.
This only includes selected databases based on some topics; for
more, see full list of Electronic
Databases:
Research Help by Topic
Series of subject bibliographies and tutorials
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.Criminal Justice Abstracts [on-campus]
Communication & Mass Media Complete [on-campus]
Coverage: 1968 - present. Criminal Justice Abstracts indexes the major journals, books and governmental reports in the areas of criminology and related disciplines. Topics include crime trends, corrections, police, offenders, juvenile delinquency, courts, victims, and sentencing.
Coverage: various dates. Provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. This database originated with the acquisition and subsequent merging of two popular databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies -- CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA)), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). Communication & Mass Media Complete provides an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media. offers full text for over 200 titles and contains citation coverage for additional sources. In total, several hundred valuable sources are covered.Humanities International Complete (EBSCO) [on-campus]
Humanities International Complete is an essential collection for comprehensive coverage of the humanities with some full text content. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this database includes all data from Humanities International Index (over 2,000 titles and 2 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 770 journals.PsycINFO [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1887 – present. Indexes 1,300 Psychology journals from nearly 50 countries. Also includes abstracts for dissertations, books and book chapters. Same coverage as PsycLit.Soc Index with full text (Ebsco) [on-campus]
This index features more than 1,300,000 records with subject headings from a 15,600 term sociology-specific thesaurus designed by expert lexicographers. This product also contains informative abstracts for more than 620 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895. In addition, this file provides data mined from more than 500 "priority" coverage journals as well as over 1,390 "selective" coverage journals. Further, extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers, and other sources is included.
Book
catalogs:
Use these to locate books, journals (not individual articles), media,
and government documents.
UB Catalog [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in Langsdale Library.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.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.
Accessing materials from off-campus (Research Port)
Guide to off-campus accessCitation Styles
Guides to MLA, APA, and other citation styles.Evaluating Web Resources
Guide to evaluating material obtained via the InternetGetting your Library Barcode
Fill out this online form to have the library e-mail you a barcode number or renew your existing barcode.Interlibrary Loan
Describes how to request items that Langsdale Library does not own. The service is free and you can complete all of the forms online. Items usually take 1-2 weeks to arrive.Library barcodes and UB computer accounts
Explanation of the difference between the two types of accounts, and who to contact to get each one.
For more information e-mail langref@ubalt.edu, call 410-837-4274 or Chat with a Librarian at http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/info_services/contact.htm.
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