FYSE 1211 Godel, Bach, Escher

Contents

• HELP!
• Library & Computing Basics
• Finding Books, Articles, & More . . .
• Reference Sources Online
• Evaluating Sources
• Citing Sources

HELP!

Check the Library and Information Services (LIS) website, call the Information Desk, x2000, contact the Computing & Technology Helpdesk, x2200, or the Library Reference Desk, x5496.

For help with general questions about the libraries, finding resources for your work in this class, or help with the work you are currently doing, contact: Judy Watts, x5798, LIB 206.

LIBRARY & COMPUTING BASICS

Computing

• LIS website - Computing & Technology
• Computing "How-To" Guides
• Technology Workshops

Library 

• Library & Information Services Hours, Locations, Maps
• Library Borrowing & Use
• Course Reserves

Finding Library Resources

• LIS website - Find Books, Articles & More

Books

• MIDCAT  - First, click on "My Midcat".

    Tips: 
        Enclose phases in quotes " ".
        Truncate using an asterix *.
        Read the information carefully to find
          the location, call no., and status.
        Can't find? Look for this symbol:
                
      Still didn't find the title you need?
        Click on ILLIAD to request on
        Interlibrary Loan.

Articles

• Academic OneFile - This interdisciplinary index covers all subjects in more than 10,000 academic related journals and magazines from 1980 to the present. Most are available full-text.

Choose indexes and databases to find articles (and also other materials) with the help of:

• Indexes and Datases by Subject
• Research Guides 

Steps for Locating Journals in the Libraries

If you've found an article via an index or database and the full text is not available, look for a link that says something like, "Find . . ." or "Link to . . .". A new window will open when you click on it. Follow the links to the online journal or the print edition at Middlebury,
or,
Go to the Print and E-Journals A to Z list and search for the title of the journal. Follow the links to the print or online location the the volume and date you need.
If we do not subscribe to what you need, you may request it via NExpress if the journal is there or from Interlibrary Loan.

Google Scholar

Use the power of  Google to find Middlebury resources. Go to Advanced Search, then choose Google Scholar. Before you search, click Scholar Preferences. In the Library Links section, enter Middlebury. In Bibliography Manager, check 'Show links to import citations into RefWorks".
Remember to Save your Preferences before you search.

Reference Sources - Online

• Access Science (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online)  - Comprehensive Encyclopedia for non-specialists and scientists including evaluated links to online resources, biographies, images, and encyclopedic articles.
• Grove Art Online - The primary reference source for the field of art, broadly defined.
• Grove Music Online - "The world's premier authority on all aspects of music
• Gale Virtual Reference Library - An entire collection of subject-specific reference sources. Search across the entire database, or narrow your search to a subject or source.
• Oxford Reference Online - A comprehensive reference package for a broad range of subject areas that includes maps, timelines, bilingual dictionaries & more.
• More, Lot's More at:

go/eref

(Do you know about the GOtionary?)

Of all the sources you find, how do you decide which to use? This very useful link has guides and criteria for all types of resources.

Citing Sources

Citation and Style Guides

go/RefWorks