Indexes

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Indexes
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What are indexes?

• Database (print or electronic) to identify
  articles (and sometimes reports, dissertations,
  books) written on a particular topic.
• Index tells what has been published on a topic
  not what the library owns on a topic.

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Choosing the right index

• There are hundreds of indices available in the
  library.
• What index to use?
• Depends on the topic the discipline
• Depends on the format of material you want
  scholarly journal articles, magazine or
  newspaper articles, dissertations, etc.
• Depends on the era for which you want material
  primary or secondary sources

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Choosing the right channel
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Choosing the right index
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Choosing the right index
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Where to find index databases

• On the Information Gateway
• Top 20 Databases
• Databases Catalogs
• Browse Subject
• To find databases most useful for history
  research go to the history subject page