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Catalog

1) Contains:
  • Links to databases (ProQuest, EBSCO, etc.)
  • Curated subject guides to facilitate your research
  • Curated topic guides to help you with citing, writing, and researching
2) Searches the catalog:
  • Physical items (books/DVDs) in the library
  • Integrated electronic databases
  • Integrated open access resources

Journal Search

Type the publication's title and review the results. Below the title is the availability date range; result no. 3 does not have an end date, so that result would have current content:

Click on the title or online access link to see more information and access the publication:

Search Strategies

SUBJECT and KEYWORD searches are not the same. The catalog uses controlled vocabularies for subjects. Keywords are natural language.

A CONTROLLED VOCABULARY like Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) helps ensure the same topics are described using a formalized terminology. The terms are based on broad and narrow topics. Other controlled vocabularies include: Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).

Controlled Vocabulary refers to an established list, organized arrangement, or database of preferred terms and phrases (usually subject or genre/form terms) in which all terms and phrases representing a concept are brought together. A controlled vocabulary is usually listed alphabetically in a subject headings list or thesaurus of indexing terms. Controlled vocabularies provide a way to organize knowledge for subsequent retrieval. https://www.librarianshipstudies.com/2020/04/using-controlled-vocabulary-is-same-as.html

A BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD in the online catalog will give important information including the title, author, publisher, publication date, subject headings and the Dewey decimal call number.

THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM is a classification scheme used to organize books. Other libraries may use the Library of Congress Classification System.