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Catalog

Online Access & Guides

  • Database links (ProQuest, EBSCO, etc.)

  • Subject guides to facilitate your research

  • Topic guides to help you with citing, writing, and researching

Find Books & Articles

  • Search for:
    • Physical items (books/DVDs) in the library
    • Integrated electronic databases
    • Integrated open access resources

Journal Search

Go to the Catalog and use the Journal Search tab to see if the library has access to a particular periodical (journal, newspaper, magazine)

  • 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:

NewsBank

Search NewsBank for newspapers and magazines.

Quick Links is convenient when searching regional newspapers

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.