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Ask A Librarian
We're here to help you!! There are four different ways to contact a librarian. 1.) Phone: 330-823-3795, 2.) Chat with a librarian, 3.) In person at the Reference Desk, 4.) E-mail: referencedesk@muc.edu.
Getting Started
A library reference room can be a good place to find expert sources of quick information. Encyclopedias and dictionaries offer concise information in a variety of subjects and can also spark ideas for specific research topics. These are examples of a few of the resources found in our reference room or online; the same titles might also be found in another library
Print Resources
Encyclopedias: General
The Cambridge Encyclopedia
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Encyclopedia.
The World Book encyclopedia of people and places.
Dictionaries: General
Webster's third new international dictionary of the English language unabridged / editor in chief, P
The American Heritage college dictionary.
Finding Books
For finding resources in the Mount Union College Library and other libraries, construct keyword & subject searches. A good strategy is to do a keyword search first, using words that you think might be in the title or content notes. When you find a resource that looks worthwhile, see what subject headings are used to categorize that item and use them to do subject searches. Searches in the online catalog will display what resources MUC owns in those areas. Once you find a material's call number, you can determine what floor of the library this item is located on by clicking the 'locations' link found on the homepage.
Finding Journal & Magazine Articles
Some indexes and databases will provide the full-text of articles online; others offer only a citation and/or abstract of the article. If the database you're using doesn't provide the full-text of an article, first check 'Research by Title' (found on the Library Home Page) to see if it is available online in another database or in Mount Union College Library's in-house collection.
Useful Journals
--Use 'Research by Journal Title' to view the holdings and access options for subject & related topic journals
--Some journals are full-text within databases, others are in print holdings in the Mount Union College Library
--Journals published from 2001-present are on the 1st floor of the Old Building
--Journals published from 1976-2001 are on the second floor of the Old Building
--Journals published from 1800's-1975 are located in the basement of the Old Building
Article Databases & Indexes (English)
General Research Indexes:
Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) Full text expanded coverage including news magazines, popular culture, medical and legal information
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Index, abstracts, and full text for many scholarly publications covering all academic areas of study
Digital Video Collection
(OhioLINK, Digital Media Center)
EJC ' Electronic Journal Center
Full text of 6000+ research journals
JSTOR
Full text scholarly journals in the Arts & Sciences, Business, Language and Literature
LexisNexis Academic
Full text news, business, legal, medical, and reference information
English Research Indexes
African American Poetry
Full text: almost 3,000 poems written between 1760 and 1900
American Drama
American Poetry Database
Full text: over 40,000 poems by more than 200 writers from the 17th Century to the early 20th Century
Annual Bibliography of English Language (ABELL)
1920-1997 (no longer being updated)
The bibliography currently consists of 69 volumes beginning in 1920 and issued annually; included in the bibliography are monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (ISI)
Bibliography of American Literature
A comprehensive bibliographic guide, providing nearly 40,000 records of the literary works of approximately 300 American writers from the American Revolution to 1930. Includes or has links to full text
Children's Literature Cumulative Database, CLCD
please click on the link for "Registered Users" to access database
Early American Fiction
Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare
Eleven complete editions of Shakespeare's works from the 1623 First Folio to the late Nineteenth Century, with additional printings of specific plays and over 100 adaptations by other playwrights
Eighteenth Century Fiction
Full Text: 96 works
English Poetry Database
Full Text: over 160,000 poems written in English by approximately 1,350 poets between the years 600 and 1900
English Prose Drama
Full Text: based on plays listed in the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature that were written or intended for the stage or primarily in prose
English Verse Drama
Full Text: over 2200 plays by more than 500 names authors and 300 anonymous works, from the Shrewsbury Fragments of the late Thirteenth Century though the end of the Nineteenth Century
Humanities International Complete
provides bibliographic references to literary, scholarly and creative journals published in the United States and Canada; this database covers over 1,700 journals and more than 1.5 million records
In the First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and other Personal Narratives
Iter Bibliography
Online Medieval and Renaissance bibliographies
Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)
Information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
Literature Resource Center (GALE)
Literary criticisms and reviews, Biographical information, full-text
MLA Directory of Periodicals
MLA International Bibliography
Shakespeare Collection
featuring The Arden Shakespeare Complete Works, Gordon Crosse Theatrical Diaries, Criticisms and Other Commentary, Other Works from Shakespeare's Time Studies in Irish Literature
includes Dictionary of Irish Literature, Modern Irish Writers, Irish Playwriters 1880-1995
20th Century African-American Poetry
20th Century American Poetry
20th Century English Poetry
William Butler Yeats
the complete works, full text searching available
Finding Internet Resources
Search Engines
Google Scholar (search engine for scholarly literature links on the open web) http://scholar.google.com/
Infomine (selected web resources for university-level work) http://infomine.ucr.edu/
The Internet is a very useful resource, but it can be frustrating to use if you don't know where to look for scholarly information, or to learn if the information you have found is accurate and true.
If you question the information found on a website, ask your instructor or a librarian. They will be happy to help you evaluate various web sites.
Final Writing and Presentation
A Writers Response, Electronic Resource
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association,
808.06615 A512p5
MLA handbook for writers of research papers,
808.02 G437m6
Mount Union College Writing Center
http://www.muc.edu/academics/writing_center