Fall 2009 — Professor Churchill and Professor Rigger
| Outline of this guide:
|
Other useful links:
|
Questions? Contact Sara Swanson (704-894-2157).
Finding Books
Use library catalogs to find books, videos, government documents, journals, magazines, and newspapers. The Davidson College Library Catalog contains information about materials owned by Davidson. WorldCat lists materials held in libraries around the world. If Davidson does not have a copy of what you need, use Interlibrary Loan to request it.
When searching for books and other materials in a catalog, try searching by keyword, author, or title. You may also search by Library of Congress subject headings. To locate appropriate subject headings, do a keyword search and then browse records.
To see electronic books held by Davidson, see ebrary, a collection of over 38,000 e-books published by over 220 academic, trade, and professional publishers. It covers all subject areas and includes tools that allow you to create your own virtual bookshelf, bookmark pages, and add and save notes and highlights.
For a list of helpful reference materials owned by Davidson College, click here.
Finding Journals and Articles
Starting Points | Art | History | Literature | Political Science | Other Databases
To find journals owned by the library, go to the Library Catalog, do a subject keyword search for your topic and limit your search by format to newspapers and periodicals. Clicking on the Periodicals link in the red bar on the library catalog search page will also allow you to browse journals by subject category.
Use the Library’s online indexes and databases to find articles from scholarly journals. Depending on your research interest, you may wish to search in general databases or discipline-specific ones. Here are some suggested databases:
- Starting Points
- Academic Search Premier
(1975 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers.
- LexisNexis Academic
(Approx. 1980 to present) Includes the full text of articles from local, national, and international newspapers, magazines, and trade journals as well as articles from law reviews and federal and state cases.
- OmniFile Full Text Mega
(1982 to present) Indexes articles from over 3,000 scholarly and popular periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences; also includes the full text of selected articles from over 1,650 of these periodicals.
- Art
- Art Abstracts & Art Index Retrospective
(1929 to present) Indexes over 370 periodicals, including journals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Subjects covered include art history, archaeology, architecture, decorative art, film, folk art, graphic art, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museology, photography, and sculpture.
- Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
(1973 to present) Includes citations to journal articles, books, conference proceedings, essays, exhibition catalogues, and other materials on the history of art in Europe and North America from antiquity to the present. BHA covers both the fine and the decorative arts. Contains records from RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art) and RAA (Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie).
- Humanities Abstracts
(1907 to present) Indexes articles in over 500 English-language periodicals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present.
- History
- America: History and Life & Historical Abstracts
(Time period covered: 1450 to present [world history]; prehistory to present [U.S. and Canadian history]. Publication coverage: 1954 to present). Indexes journal articles, book chapters, doctoral dissertations, and book reviews. Each database may be searched separately.
- Bibliography of Asian Studies Online
(1971 to present) Indexes articles, essays in edited collections, conference proceedings, and other materials on all subjects related to East, Southeast, and South Asia. Also lists books published between 1971 and 1992. International in scope; most citations are to works written in Western languages.
- Humanities Abstracts
(1907 to present) Indexes articles in over 500 English-language periodicals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present.
- Literature
- Humanities Abstracts
(1907 to present) Indexes articles in over 500 English-language periodicals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present.
- MLA International Bibliography
(1926 to present) Indexes articles, books, and dissertations in the areas of English, American, European, Asian, African, and Latin American linguistics, modern languages and literatures, film studies, and folklore.
- Political Science
- Bibliography of Asian Studies Online
(1971 to present) Indexes articles, essays in edited collections, conference proceedings, and other materials on all subjects related to East, Southeast, and South Asia. Also lists books published between 1971 and 1992. International in scope; most citations are to works written in Western languages.
- PAIS International
(1915 to present) Contains citations, with brief abstracts, to articles in over 800 English-language journals in public affairs. Also indexes government documents, pamphlets, directories, agency reports, and some books. Covers government, public administration, public policy, court decisions, political science, and international relations.
- Social Sciences Abstracts
(1907 to present) Indexes articles in over 500 English-language periodicals in the fields of anthropology, communication, corrections, economics, environmental studies, ethics, gender studies, geography, international relations, law, political science, psychology, sociology, and related subjects. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
(1975 to present) Includes citations to articles appearing in over 1,000 political science journals. Covers the fields of comparative politics, economic policy, international relations, and political economy, among others. International in scope.
- Other Databases
- Essay & General Literature Index
(1985 to present) Indexes chapters and essays in edited collections.
- JSTOR
Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note:JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years.
- Project Muse
Contains full-text articles from journals published by university and scholarly presses.
- Web of Knowledge
(c. 1900 to present) A multidisciplinary resource that provides citations to articles in thousands of journals in the social sciences, humanities, and sciences.
Reference Works
Style Guides and Citation Manuals | Biographies | Art | History and Political Science | Literature
To find reference resources held in the Davidson College Library, enter the appropriate keywords in the library catalog and limit Material Type to Reference Resources. You may also try the Reference Universe database to see which reference works contain information on your topic.
- Style Guides and Citation Manuals
- The Bedford Handbook. Diana Hacker. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006.
Reference Desk PE1408 .H277 2006
- The Little, Brown Handbook. H. Ramsey Fowler and Jane E. Aaron. 10th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2007.
Reference Desk PE1112 .F64 2007
- MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: MLA, 2009.
Reference Desk
LB2369.G53 2009
- Rules for Writers. Diana Hacker. 6th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008.
Reference Desk
PE1408 .H277 2008
- A Writer's Reference. Diana Hacker. 6th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007.
Reference Desk
PE1408 .H2778 2007
- Biographies
- American National Biography. Ed. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. New York: Oxford UP, 1999-2002.
Reference R 920.073 A512
- Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- .
- Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century. Ed. Steven R. Serafin. 3rd ed. 4 vols. Farmington Hills, MI: St. James, 1999.
Reference R 803 E562 1999
- Gale Literary Databases. Gale, 2001- .
Includes:
- Contemporary Authors
- The Dictionary of Literary Biography
- International Dictionary of Art and Artists. Ed. James vinson. 2 vols. Chicago: St. James Press, 1990.
Vol. 1 (Artists): Reference R 927 I61
- Modern Japanese Writers. Ed. Jay Rubin. New York: Scribner's, 2001.
Reference R 928.956 M689
- Art
- Atlas of World Art. Ed. John Onians. New York: Oxford UP, 2004.
Reference Atlas Area R 702 O98a
- ArtSpeak: A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords, 1945 to the Present. Robert Atkins. 2nd ed. New York: Abbeville Press, 1997
Reference R
700.9 A874a
- ArtSpoke: A Guide to Modern Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords, 1848-1944. Robert Atkins. New York: Abbeville Press, 1993.
Reference R
709.03 A874a
- ARTstor
A collection of over 900,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and the social sciences; covers a wide range of cultures and time periods. Also includes tools to manipulate and analyze the images.
- Dictionary of Art. Ed. Jane Turner. 34 vols. New York: Grove's, 1996.
Reference R 703 D554
- Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art. James Hall. 2nd ed. Boulder: Westview, 2008.
Reference R
704.94 H177d
- A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. Ian Chilvers. New York: Oxford UP, 1998.
Reference R 927 C538d
- International Dictionary of Art and Artists. Ed. James Vinson. 2 vols. Chicago: St. James Press, 1990.
Vol. 1 (Artists): Reference R 927 I61
Vol. 2 (Art): Reference R 709.2 I61
- Oxford Art Online. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007-.
Includes:
- Grove Art Online
- The Oxford Companion to Western Art
- Oxford Companion to Art. Ed. Harold Osborne. Oxford: Clarendson Press, 1984.
Reference R 703 O98
- The Oxford Companion to the Photograph. Ed. Robin Lenman. New York: Oxford UP, 2005.
Reference R 770.3 O98
- The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Art. Ed. Harold Osborne. New York: Oxford UP, 1981.
Reference R 709.04 O98
- The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms. Edward Lucie-Smith. 2nd ed. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2004.
Reference
R 703 L937t
- History and Political Science
- The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan. Ed. Richard Bowring and Peter Kornicki. New York: Cambridge UP, 1993.
Reference R 952 C1781
- The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History. Gary D. Allinson. New York: Columbia UP, 1999.
Reference R 952.03 A437c
- Countries and Their Cultures. Ed. Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember. 4 vols. New York: Macmillan, 2001.
Reference R
306 C855
- Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Japan. J.A.A. Stockwin. New York: Routledge, 2003.
Reference R 320.952 S866d
- Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture. Ed. Sandra Buckley. New York: Routledge, 2002.
Reference R 952.04 E56
- Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. Ed. David Levinson and Karen Christenson. 6 vols. New York: Scribner's, 2002.
Reference R
950 L665e
- Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Ed. David Levinson. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1991.
Reference R 306 E56
- Europa World: The Europa World Year Book Online. London: Europa, 1959-.
- Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. 2 vols. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1993.
Reference R 952 J351 1993
- Modern Japan: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. Ed. James L. Huffman. New York: Garland, 1998.
Reference R 952 M689
- New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Ed. Maryann Horowitz. 6 vols. Detroit, MI: Scribner's, 2005.
Reference R 901.9 D554 2005
- The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World. Ed. Joel Krieger. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2001.
Reference R 320.03 O98 2001
- Political Handbook of the World. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 1975-.
- Political Parties of the World. Ed. Bogdan Szajkowski. 6th ed. London: John Harper, 2005.
- Literature
- Dictionary of Oriental Literatures. Ed. Jaroslav Prušek. 3 vols. New York: Basic Books, [1974].
Reference R 890.3 D554
- Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. Eds. Eugene Benson and L.W. Conolly. 2nd ed. 3 vols. New York: Routledge, 2005.
Reference R 820.9 E561 2005
- Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century. Steven R. SErafin. 3rd ed. 4 vols. Farmington Hills, MI: St. James Press, 1999.
Reference R 803 E562 1999
- Gale Virtual Reference Library: English Resources
Includes:
- Great Literature of the Eastern World. Ed. Ian P. McGreal. New York: HarperCollins, 1996.
Reference R
895 G786
- Literature Resource Center
Contains full-text biographies, critical essays, journal articles, and excerpts of criticism and reviews about over 130,000 literary authors and their works; covers dramatists, essayists, novelists, poets, and other writers from all time periods. Includes:
- Contemporary Authors
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
- Encyclopedia of Literature
- Modern Japanese Writers. Ed. Jay Rubin. New York: Scribner's, 2001.
Reference R
928.956 M689
- The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Cenutry Literature in English. Ed. Jenny Stringer. New York: Oxford UP, 1996.
Reference R
820.3 O98
Thanks to Susanna Boylston, Assistant Director, Information Literacy & Content Selection, who created an earlier version of this guide.
|
