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Books | Book Chapters | Review Articles | Journal Articles | Statistics | Citing Sources

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Finding Books

Using Catalogs to Find Books:

    1.) Ariadne
    • Search by Keyword
    • Find and Use Subject Headings
    • Browse the shelves by Call Number
    2.) MeLCat (now includes Western's libraries)
    • Search by Keyword
    • Find and Use Subject Headings
    • About MeLCat
    4.) WorldCat and 5.) Interlibrary Loan
    • Search by Keyword
    • Find and Use Subject Headings
    • Order item through Interlibrary Loan

How does Searching work? See this interactive explanation!

Using Subject Headings

  • Search by Keyword and look for Subject Headings in individual records
  • Do a new Keyword Search using words from the Subject Headings

Examples of Subject Headings:

See also: Library of Congress Classification...

Western Michigan's Waldo Library - Hours and How to get to Western

Book Chapters

To find chapters within books, do a keyword search in Ariadne on your topic, whether your topic is an idea, a period of history, or a person. A keyword search will search multiple fields of the record for a book, such as title, author, contents, etc. The field called Contents is where chapter titles are listed.

Example: neighborhood change
Example: social capital

In Ariadne, you can use a keyword search to find your topic specifically in the contents note field, where chapter titles are listed. To search the note field, your search would look like this:

Example: n:child care

Some indexes allow you to search specifically for book chapters.

Finding Review Articles

Annual Review of Anthropology
K has Print: 1972-current (missing 1985), call number GN1 .A623
K has Online: 1996 to present in Annual Reviews
K has Online: 1972 to 2002 in Annual Reviews Back Volumes
K has Online: 1972 to 2001 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences I Collection

Annual Review of Sociology
K has Print: 1976-current, call number HM1 .A56x
K has Online: 1996 to present in Annual Reviews
K has Online: 1975 to 2002 in Annual Reviews Back Volumes
K has Online: 1975 to 2001 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences I Collection

Annual Review of Political Science
K has Online: 1998 to 2002 in Annual Reviews Back Volumes
Western has: Print, 1998-current (JA1 .A73)
Full text access ONLY on Western's campus: 1998-current
Click http://polisci.annualreviews.org/ to view tables of contents: 1998-current

Annual Review of Public Health
K has Online: 1980 to 2002 in Annual Reviews Back Volumes
Western has: Print, 1983-current (RA421 .A66)
Full text access ONLY on Western's campus: 1997-current
Click http://publhealth.annualreviews.org/ to view tables of contents: 1984-current

Finding Journal Articles

Scholarly Journals (American Sociological Review)

  • Authors are scholars or researchers in their fields.
  • Authors cite their sources in footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographies.
  • Individual issues have little or no advertising.
  • Articles must go through a peer-review process.
  • Articles usually report original scholarly research.
  • Most illustrations are charts, figures, or graphs.
  • Authors use the specialized language or jargon of the discipline.

Popular Magazines (Time, Newsweek)

  • Authors are free lance writers or magazine staff members.
  • Authors may mention sources, but rarely cite them in notes or bibliographies.
  • Individual issues contain many advertisements.
  • There is no peer review process. Articles are reviewed by editors or publishers.
  • Illustrations are numerous and colorful.
  • Articles are meant to inform and entertain an educated audience.
  • Language is written for the general adult audience (no specialized jargon).

Is it Scholarly? Look it up in Ulrich's Online!

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory Online < about >
Look for section called "Document Type"
Document Type MUST say "Academic/Scholarly Publication" to be considered scholarly!

Journal Indexes

Print and online indexes lead you to article citations that include author, article title, journal title, publication date, volume number, and page number of the article. Citations do not include the entire text of the article.
See How to Find Journal Articles.

Social Sciences Abstracts < about >

America: History and Life < about >

EconLit < about >

PAIS International < about >

PsycINFO < about >

 

Do you have access to a journal?  

    1.) Ariadne (print)
    • Title search on Title of the Journal to locate print journal
    4.) Interlibrary Loan
    • Order item through Interlibrary Loan
    • Use *only* when the journal is not available through Ariadne, Electronic Journals, or WestCat.
Is a particular journal covered in a specific Index?
  Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory, Reference Z6941 .U5
  Which journals are in which FirstSearch databases

Don't forget to use bibliographies found in reference books, annotated bibliographies, books, and journal articles!

 

Full-Text Databases

Electronic Journal Finder
Off-Campus Access to Licensed Resources

JSTOR < about >
Full text database of scholarly journals in many disciplines. Most recent three to five years of issues are not included.

Project Muse < about >
Full text of Johns Hopkins University Press scholarly journals.

Full Text Databases that include a mix of Scholarly and Popular sources:

Academic OneFile < about >

Expanded Academic ASAP < about >

General Reference Center Gold < about >

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe < about >

Proquest < about >
Fulltext database with scholarly and popular sources. You can select to search only peer-reviewed journals.

Wilson Select Plus < about >

 

Statistics Websites

Michigan Statistics and U.S. Government Resources

Use these points to evaluate the credibility of Websites:

1. Accuracy
How reliable is the information? Are there editors and fact checkers?
2. Authority
What are the author's qualifications? Is the publisher reputable?
3. Objectivity
Is the author trying to sway opinion? Is the information free from bias?
4. Currency
Is the publication date indicated? Is the source up to date?
5. Coverage
Does the site cover the topic comprehensively, or are there information gaps?

Sites that provide guidance on evaluating Websites:

Citing Your Sources in the Chicago Style

The American Anthropological Association has based its citation style on the Chicago style. For more on the American Anthropological Association style, see http://www.aaanet.org/pubs/style_guide.htm

Examples of Citations in the Chicago Style:

Book citation:

Smith-Rosenberg, Carroll. Disorderly Conduct: Visions of Gender in Victorian America.
  New York: A.A. Knopf, 1985.

Journal Citation:

Edwards, Justin D. "Henry James's 'Alien' New York: Gender and Race in the
  American Scene." American Studies International 36, no. 1 (1998): 66-80.

Chapter in a Book:

Schlereth, Thomas J. "Country Stores, County Fairs, and Mail-Order Catalogues:
  Consumption in Rural America." In Consuming Visions: Accumulation and Display
  of Goods in America, 1880-1920 edited by Simon J. Bronner, 251-300.
  New York: Norton, 1989.

Chicago Manual of Style
14th ed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993.
Reference, Z253 .U69 1993.

Chicago Style
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.
See the The Chicago Manual of Style FAQ web site for citing electronic resources in the Chicago Style.

See: How to Cite Sources

See also Citing Sources for help in citing print and electronic resources in various bibliographic styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)

ALWAYS check the style manual!! DO NOT rely on other guides!