CONTENTS
- HELP!
- Library & Computing Basics
- Finding Books, Articles, & More . . .
- Reference Sources Online
- Evaluating Sources
- Citing Source
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
Library
FINDING LIBRARY RESOURCES
LIS website - Find Books, Articles & More
Books
MIDCAT - First, click on "My Midcat".
Tips for searching the library catalog:
Enclose phases in quotes " ".
Truncate using an asterix *.
Read the information carefully to find
the location, call no., and status.
Can't find it? 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.
Which other indexes would be helpful? Choose indexes and databases to find articles (and other materials) with the help of these lists and descriptions:
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:
In Google, go to Advanced Search, then choose Google Scholar. Before you search, click Scholar Preferences. In the Library Links section, enter Middleburyand then select it. In Bibliography Manager, check 'Show links to import citations into RefWorks".
Remember to save your Preferences.
REFERENCE SOURCES - ONLINE
- 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?)
Evaluating Sources
Of all the resources you find, how do you decide which you should use? This very useful link lists guides and criteria by which to judge to all types of resources.
Citing Sources