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FAU Libraries
The selected sources listed below are useful for
finding books, articles, and primary sources. BOOKS 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.
A. Use EZ Proxy
link for off-campus access. The link is on the Libraries' Home Page under Connect from Off Campus D. Central Search
available off of the Library's Home Page provides 360 degree searching of all FAU databases. OTHER HELP E. Research Help 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. ADDITIONAL HELP Reference desk phone number: 561-297-3785 Make an appointment with a librarian: One-on-one reference consultation
Information Literacy and Instructional Services
LIBRARY RESOURCE PAGE
INSTRUCTOR : LYN LAVIGNE
mlavigne@fau.edu
297-4318
FAU LIBRARIES CATALOG
WAYS TO FIND ARTICLES
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.
F. What's Your Major
For Literary Criticism:
Contents/Info: Delivers
biographical and bibliographical information on authors and their
works. Covers authors of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, history,
and journalism.
Contents/Info: Provides
access to more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama
and prose, 180 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism
and reference resources.
Contents/Info: Provides
a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations.
The indexed materials coverage is international. Subjects consist of
literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory &
criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing
and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history,
theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also
included.
For General Research:
Contents/Info: Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary database
providing the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text -
from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General
Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text,
Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text. Full-text
articles from five additional periodical databases are also included
when available: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Full
Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals
& Books, and Library Literature & Information Science Full
Text. Full-text coverage begins in 1994. Each database has its own
start dates for indexing, abstracting, and full text; start dates for
full-text rights to individual journals vary within a database.
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)
Contents/Info: A
one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of
topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education,
environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature
and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and
many general interest topics.
Contents/Info: Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social
issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference
content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide
a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access
viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents,
links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
: email reference help
Chat/Instant Message: NEW: Add FAUReference for Meebo Instant Messenger reference help, M-F, 9am-5pm
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