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FAU LIBRARIES CATALOG
BOOKS
For example: medieval history--tudor
Click on the "Catalog". This source lists the books, government
documents, videos, and other materials owned by the FAU libraries. It
will tell you what books and journals, etc. the library owns. To find
the actual journal articles you may choose to search by subject or
keyword in the databases listed below.
A. Keywords: May search for two
keywords using the terms and/or/not to limit search.
B. Author's Name: Use last
name first with no commas.
C. Title: If the title begins
with A, An or The, skip the first word and begin
searching with the next word.
D. Subject: Must be specific
to Library of Congress search terms. Use dashes in narrowing
your search.
WAYS TO FIND ARTICLES
A. Use EZ Proxy link for off-campus access. The link is on the Libraries' Home Page under
Connect from Off Campus
B. Interlibrary Loan a service through which one library
lends an item from its collection, or provides a photocopy
of an item, to another library.
C. SFX 
is extremely helpful in searching for articles
that cross databases.
OTHER HELP
D. Research Help
E. What's Your Major
ELECTRONIC DATABASES
Electronic Databases are available from the FAU
Libraries home page at http://www.fau.edu/library by selecting
"Indexes/Databases" under the heading
"Quick Links." When accessing the databases
remotely, be sure to select the "Off Campus Connect" link
for the "EZproxy" server.
Databases help you locate journal and magazine articles that are relevant to your specific research topic. You may search the databases by title
or subject.
Early English Books Online (EEBO) | Full Text |
Contents/Info: From the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the
age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War,
Early English Books Online (EEBO) will contain over 125,000 titles
listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640),
Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and the Thomason Tracts
(1640-1661).
Historical Abstracts | 1954-present |
Contents/Info: Indexes journals covering the history of the world from 1450 to the
present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in a
companion database America: History and Life)
Iter Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance | 400-1700 | Full Text |
Contents/Info: A Middle Ages and Renaissance bibliography of close to 500,000 records for articles, essays, books, and reviews.
JSTOR | Full Text |
Contents/Info: Journal Storage (More than 500 scholarly journals in education,
humanities, mathematics, science [including the General Science
Collection and Ecology and Botany Collection], and social science
disciplines)
Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO) |
Full Text |
Contents/Info: Provides access to a large and growing resource of essential medieval and early modern sources online.
ProQuest Direct | Some Full Text |
Contents/Info: Provides access to ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry,
Criminal Justice Periodicals and ProQuest Newspapers.
RLG Union Catalog (RLIN) |
Contents/Info: Contains records for materials from many different libraries, museums,
and archives. Each record describes an item or collection; most give
local holdings information. You can limit your search in this file by
material type.
ADDITIONAL
HELP
Ask-A-Librarian: email reference help
Chat/Instant Message: NEW: Add FAUReference for Meebo Instant Messenger Reference help, M-F, 9am-5pm
Reference desk phone number: 561-297-3785
Make an appointment with a librarian: One-on-one reference consultation
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