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RESEARCH: Journals, articles and more

RESEARCH: Journals, articles and more. Using the Allison Library and UBC Library Indexes & Databases. Introduction. Myth: “Everything is freely available on the Internet” Fact: Many (most) scholarly resources are found either in print or through subscription-based databases .

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RESEARCH: Journals, articles and more

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  1. RESEARCH: Journals, articles and more Using the Allison Library and UBC Library Indexes & Databases

  2. Introduction • Myth: “Everything is freely available on the Internet” • Fact: Many (most) scholarly resources are found either in print or through subscription-based databases

  3. Presentation Outline • Search Strategies • Allison Library Journals • Indexes: Print • Indexes: Electronic • UBCLibrary • Electronic indexes & databases • Open Access journals • Access (how do I get the articles?) • (in print, online full text, interlibrary loans)

  4. Search strategies: Boolean operators: And, Or, Not Atheism AND Reformation “AND” NARROWS the search Atheism OR Reformation “OR” BROADENS the search Atheism NOT Reformation “NOT” LIMITS the search Use NOT with caution

  5. Search strategies: Boolean operators, combined Refine a search: group synonyms For example Christian AND (justice OR ethics) (Christian OR Mennonite) AND (justice OR ethics)

  6. Search strategies: Truncation & Wildcards Truncation use * Reform* * = wild card for any letters after the “m” will search for . . . • Reforms • Reformed • Reformation • Reforming Wildcard use ? Wom?n will search for all occurrences of: • Woman • Women • Womyn

  7. Journals, articles, indexes, databases • Journals (scholarly aka peer-reviewed vs popular) • Journal Indexes & Databases • Print & Electronic • Citations • (source only: author, title etc.) • Abstracts • (short comment on articles contents) • Full Text(PDF or HTML)

  8. Allison Library subscribes to: • EBSCO databases (five): • ATLA Serials (main database for theology and religion) • New Testament Abstracts (NTA) • Old Testament Abstracts (OTA) • Catholic Periodical Literature Index (CPLI) • Christian Periodical Index (CPI) • ProQuestReligion: • Smaller database than ATLA but full text • Religious and Theological Abstracts (RTA) • Some overlap with above sources • Cambridge, Oxford, Sage Journals (Selected Titles) • TREN Theological Resource Exchange Network • Theses and dissertations

  9. NEW!A – Z akaA to Z

  10. Remote Access: Ezproxy

  11. EBSCO Sample searches

  12. EBSCO, ProQuest Religion, & RTA • Publications • Crux (overlap) • EBSCO • RTA • Not it ProQuest • Church & State (overlap) • EBSCO 01/01/1986 (volume 39) [no full text] • ProQuest 01/01/1992 (volume 45) [full text from 1999] • KEY THING to remember is that there MAY be overlap in the databases BUT the overlap may be limitedHOWEVER there may also be FULL TEXT available in that overlap.

  13. Real time search

  14. UBC Library Indexes & Databases Five commonly used UBC databases: • Academic Search Complete: • Multi-disciplinary includes some religion and theology • Almost all full-text • JSTOR: • multi-disciplinary generally providing a back run • All full-text • Philosopher’s Index: • Abstracts from books and journals of philosophy • PsychINFOand 3 other Psych databases: • Citations and summaries from psychology-related journals • Largely full-text • MLA: • For literature • No full-text Real Time Search 2

  15. UBC Journal & Indexes Access X

  16. UBC Library: article finding tool IF you have an Article title and Journal title AND the article is NOT available in full text through our databases THEN does UBC have full-text access? • Go to UBC Library • > Advanced Search

  17. UBC Library: Interlibrary Loans FIRST check the Allison, VST, & St. Marks libraries (Theolog) • THEN go to UBC Library • > Use the Library • Borrowing Services • > Borrowing from non-UBC Libraries (ILL)

  18. Allison Library Fall 2011

  19. UBC Library: Interlibrary Loans FIRST check the Allison, VST, & St. Marks libraries (Theolog)

  20. Questions?

  21. Additional help Reference Librarian • In person • at the reference desk • By phone • 604.221.3341 • By email • reference@regent-college.edu • By chat (skype) • Twitter @allisonlibrary • PowerPoint Slides will be available at theoreference.ca

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