Databases
To access the electronic databases you can click on the hypertext link, or from the library homepage select Articles | Research Guides. The hypertext link provided will take you to the A-Z List and you will have to select your database from there.
The following list of databases represents only some of the resources available in a discipline. The are sources for journal and newspaper articles. For review sources please see GSLIS Review Sources. For additional help in selecting or using these resources please ask a reference librarian.
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Full text, indexes and abstracts are provided for
8,035 journals in the collection. This database offers information in
nearly every area of academic study including: social sciences, humanities,
education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language
and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies
and more.
Biography Reference Bank
Biography Reference Bank contains biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images. It contains the full text of the articles from more than 100 volumes of biographical reference books published by H. W. Wilson, including all the articles from all volumes of Current Biography, the World Author Series, Nobel Prize Winners, World Artists, World Film Directors, American Reformers, and numerous biographical books on musicians and composers throughout history
First Monday
First Monday is a peer-reviewed journal on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet. Since its start in May 1996, First Monday has published 499 papers in 92 issues; these papers were written by 605 different authors. 1996- present.
Humanities Full Text
The database indexes, abstracts and delivers the full text of feature articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama, and poetry, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, radio and television programs, and more. 1995-present
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Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe
News, business, medical and legal information, with full text and abstracts. Includes foreign news sources, national and regional newspapers, (not the Chicago Tribune) regional U.S. news services, radio and television transcripts, federal and state case law, medical, legislative and industry news, annual reports from SEC and many other sources. Newspapers are updated several times daily, and wire services hourly. Coverage dates vary.
Library Literature & Information Science Full Text
Indexes articles and book reviews in more than 234 key library and information science periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere. Full-text coverage for selected periodicals is also included. Books, chapters in collected works such as conference proceedings, library school theses, and pamphlets are also indexed. Full-text coverage begins in 1994.
Periodical Abstracts
Multidisciplinary subject areas and topics. 1987-present.
Readers' Guide Full Text
A database containing comprehensive indexing and abstracting of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada, plus the full text of selected periodicals. 1994-present.
Ulrichsweb
Web version of of Ulrich's Periodical Directory. This bibliographic database provides detailed information on serials published throughout the world.
Union List of Periodicals
Provides access to a compilation of the union lists provided by OCLC member libraries. These lists help you determine which libraries hold specific journal issues and other items. Available information includes: lists of titles, locations of libraries holding those titles, and specific information on coverage by each library. Coverage dates vary.
WilsonSelectPlus
WilsonSelectPlus is a collection of over 750,000 full-text articles drawn from over 1,600 magazines and journals. 1994 to the present.
Catalog Instructions
If you have any trouble accessing any of the resources mentioned on this site, please ask for help at the Reference or Circulation Desks.
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The direct link to the Dominican Library Online Catalog is http://domweb.dom.edu/library/Crown/Books/books.htm.
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If you cannot locate the item you need at Dominican try searching all
65 ILLINET Libraries. http://library.ilcso.illinois.edu/ilcso/cgi-bin/welcome.
You can have many materials sent to Dominican from any of the 65 libraries.
Materials such as videos and reserve items may not be requested.
Books, if they have been written on your topic, will give it an extensive treatment and may provide references for further reading. To find books written on your topic, use references from encyclopedia articles and look up the titles in the ILLINET Catalog.
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Search tips:
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Use Quick Search if you know the name of a specific book.
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Select Start of Title Search from the search by box. Type in your title.
(N.B. You must know the first word of the title to use Quick Search.
If you know some words but not the first word use the Guided Search
option)
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Leave out a, an, the if it is the first word of the title.
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Look for the library call number and status
Search for a topic:
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Search tips:
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Using the Any word Anywhere in Quick Search, type in likely key words
in the search box. Put quotes around phrases. Use ? to truncate. Example:
art? and "20th century".
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Click on any titles that look relevant. Note library location and call
number but also note subject headings to use in a second search for
better results. Example: Art, Modern -- 20th century. Another
example: the subject heading for bullfighting is bullfights.
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For books about an author (biography or criticism and interpretation),
use the Basic search mode. Type the author's name (Example: morrison,
toni) and change the drop down box to Subject Browse. Click on
Search. Then click on the subject heading that has the extension "Biography"
or the extension "Criticism and Interpretation" to
get to the list of books about your author.
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To limit these results to only works in English, click on the limit
results button just above the date of the first entry. Now select English
from the list of languages and click the Set More Limits button at the
bottom of the page. Scroll through the results for good records. Click
on the title of a good record to get the call number.
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Select the item(s) you want
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Click “Request”
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Enter your Student ID number and last name
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Select to have your materials sent to Dominican University
Internet Sites
American
Library Association
Association of College
& Research Libraries
Internet Library for Librarians
Librarians' Index to the Internet
Reference Reviews (Gale Group)