X152: Right Start Seminar

Finding Books

Search IUCAT to find out what books, government publications, journals, videos, etc. the library owns.
     Hint: Limit your search to: "Blmgtn - All Bloomington Libraries" to only find items that are on this campus.
     Hint: Use Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT), and Truncation Symbols ($) to construct your searches.

Finding Government Documents

IUB receives about 89% of all materials published by the Federal Government. These items cover a wide range of subject areas--from legal materials and the records of Congress to health and education information and in-depth research conducted by the Smithsonian. Most of the government documents that we receive have records in IUCAT.

Google UncleSam

Google's search tool for state and federal webpages.

Finding Articles: Databases

More relevant databases can be found at the Databases by Subject page
The online path to these databases is: Library Homepage > Databases by Subject

General & Interdisciplinary Databases

*** Academic Search (EBSCO)
Provides fulltext coverage of magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journals for almost every academic discipline.

Encyclopaedia Britannica
The equivalent of the complete printed Encyclopaedia Britannica plus Internet links.

Google Scholar
Special version of Google's index to scholarly content on the web. Connects to full-text resources available to IU users. Requires sign-on for off-campus use.

Examples of Subject-Specific Databases:

PsycINFO
Indexes journal articles, books, dissertations and technical reports from the world literature on psychology and related fields. Coverage: 1887-

ERIC (EBSCO)
Covers over 750 periodicals and nearly a half a million documents. Fulltext documents since 1993.Coverage: 1966-

MLA International Bibliography
Indexes material in modern languages, literature, linguistics and folklore. Coverage: 1963-

PAIS International
Index to articles, books, studies, selected official documents and other resources on public policy issues, public administration, law, politics and government. Coverage: 1972-present

Articles: Tracking Them Down

Search the "Find Information" page to see if we have the journal/magazine electronically.

Search IUCAT to see if we subscribe to the journal/magazine in print.

Citing Your Sources

No matter where your information comes from, you always need to cite your sources. The most frequently used citations have been compiled by the reference librarians on a webpage and handout (APA, MLA and Chicago). These can be found by visiting: http://www.indiana.edu/~libinstr/cite/.

Chicago: The Chicago manual of style, 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003
Z253 .U69 2003 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - Reference Chicago Manual of Style Online: The electronic version of the classic guide to documentary style.

APA: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. Washington, DC: APA, 2001.
BF76.7 .P83 2001 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - Reference

MLA: Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003

Questions?

There are librarians available to help you at any stage of the research process!

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In Person: Available at the East and West Tower reference desks during regular library hours.

Phone: 812-855-8028

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