M.U.H.S.

Middlebury Union High School Visit & Library Workshop:

Searching, Locating, & Keeping Track of Resources

REFERENCE WORKS
For finding definitions, “facts,” background information, summaries, statistics, etc. (dictionaries, encyclopedias, yearbooks)

Gale Virtual Reference Library    
To limit the Gale page:

• At Middlebury Learning Center, go to Gale Periodicals and click on select all to deselect all.  
• Click on the title Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Available anywhere in VT

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CATALOGS:
For finding books & most other library materials, try these catalogs.

MIDCAT   Search to learn what books & other works are owned by Middlebury College. (For finding magazines & Journals, see Indexes)

Ilsley Public Library   Search the public library site.

Open WorldCat  Beta.  Search this catalog to see what books are owned in libraries worldwide. 

Google Books  Electronic books. Good for finding quotations. Complete book is often available for works published before 1927; selected, partial text available for many works published more recently

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INDEXES:
For finding citations—and sometimes full text—of articles in periodicals (such as, newspapers, magazines, and journals) go/indexes, if at the college.

A-Z List Chech this list to see if Middlebury has access to a particular journal, magazine, or newspaper.  Search by the publication title, NOT the article title!  (go/journals, if at the college)

Academic OneFile Excellent source of both scholarly & popular articles. Connect through MUHS Learning Center page, and follow reference instructions above.

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers News from 1995 to present.  100 newspapers—latest year only. Connect through MUHS Learning Center page, and follow reference instructions above.

MLA Bibliography (Modern Language Association) - no off-campus access.  For finding articles about literature and language.

Other Subject Indexes - no off-campus access.

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KEEP TRACK of FINDINGS
with FireFox’s Zotero or other free citation manager