Political Science Honors Students

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Political Science Honors Students

• Grace York
• University of Michigan
• graceyor_at_umich.edu
• February 2004

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Todays Agenda

• Campus Libraries and Specialists
• Library Services
• MIRLYN Techniques
• Inter-Library Loan
• Book Purchases
• Journal Indexes
• Journals, Including Full Text on the Web
• Newspapers
• Archives
• Government Documents
• Numeric Data and Statistics

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Political Science Resources
A guide to major electronic and print
collections http//www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psi
ndex.html
Some links to campus-licensed web products do not
work with Powerpoint but will work if you cut and
paste the URL directly into your web browser
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Political Science Collections

• Graduate Library
• Major research collection in social
• sciences and humanities documents
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/grad/
• Undergraduate Library
• Core LSA materials
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/ugl/
• Twelve divisional libraries

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Subject Specialists

• Political Science
• Grace York graceyor_at_umich.edu
• Law
• Denise Schoene mden_at_umich.edu
• Numeric Data
• JoAnn Dionne jdionne_at_umich.edu
• Economics
• Kathleen Folger kfolger_at_umich.edu

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Subject Specialists

• Subject Selector List
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/collections/subselect
  .html
• Includes contacts in other subject disciplines,
  area studies, and major print or web collections.

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Divisional Librarieshttp//www.lib.umich.edu/libi
nfo/alphalist.html

• Labadie social and labor protest
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/spec-coll/labadie/
• Public Health health, hospital administration
• http//www.sph.umich.edu/phisa/index.html
• Science environment and geology
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/science/index.html
• Social Work social advocacy and gerontology
  
  http//www.lib.umich.edu/socwork/

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Independent Campus Libraries

• Historical
• Bentley Library (Michigan)
• http//www.umich.edu/bhl/
• Clements Library (Early U.S. History)
  http//www.clements.umich.edu/
• Gerald Ford Presidential Library (1974-76)
  http//www.ford.utexas.edu/

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Independent Campus Libraries

• Social Sciences
• Foster Library (Econ/Public Policy)
• http//www.econ.lsa.umich.edu/library/
• Kresge Business Administration Library
• http//www.bus.umich.edu/KresgeLibrary/
• Law Library (Court Decisions, State/International
  Law) http//141.211.44.51/library/index.ht
  m

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Reference Services

• Most libraries provide
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/libinfo/ulalpha.html
• Grad Reference
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/grad/ic/
• Grace York
• graceyor_at_umich.edu

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Reference Services

• Ask Us
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/askus/
• Ask Us Now
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/askus/askusnow.html
• Monday -Thursday, 10 a.m.-Midnight
• Friday- Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Sunday, 1 p.m. - Midnight

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Knowledge Navigation Center

• Text editors, distance learning and video
  conferencing
• Geographic information, text and graphic
  scanning, digital cameras
• One-to-one assistance, 10-8, M-Th 10-5 on Friday

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Inter-Library Loan

• Use for books, microforms and journal articles
  not in library system.
• There is usually no charge for books or
  microforms. There may be a charge for
  photocopying a journal article.
• You do NOT need to know the library we're
  borrowing it from.
• However, you can identify the library using
• MIRLYN-Web/Remote or OCLC First Search/World Cat.
  

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Inter-Library Loan

• You can apply
• At the Graduate Library Reference Desk
• Inter-Library Loan Webform
• http//ill.lib.umich.edu/illiad/illiad.dll
• MIRLYN-Web http//mirlyn.web.lib.umich.edu/

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Library Web Page http//www.lib.umich.edu/

• Library collections and services
• Access to electronic journals and databases
• Search engine, includes political science
  materials
• Can tailor a MyLibrary

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Library Web Pagehttp//www.lib.umich.edu/
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My Libraryhttp//my.lib.umich.edu

• Tailor a web page to customize a list of
  librarians, reference tools, databases,
  ejournals, and new books.

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Books

• Books Include
• Monographs, bibliographies, biographies,
• encylopedias and dictionaries
• Monographs Provide
• In-depth treatment of subject
• Background information
• Suggestions for future research
• Bibliographies
• Most Books Not on the Web
• However, can identify on web

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MIRLYNhttp//mirlyn.web.lib.umich.edu

• MCAT
• Books and Periodicals in Library System
• ELEC (Subset of MCAT)
• Full Text Journals on the Web
• INDEXES
• Numerous Periodical Indexes
• REMOTE
• Catalogs of Independent Campus and Big 10
  Libraries, EMU, Ann Arbor District

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MIRLYN Featureshttp//mirlyn.web.lib.umich.edu

• Call numbers, locations, whether books checked
  out
• Can print and download
• Direct links to web products
• Can initiate inter-library loan, Buhr retrieval,
  intra-library transfers, recalls, renewals

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MIRLYN Signonhttp//mirlyn.web.lib.umich.edu

• GUEST Signon is automatic. For quick check,
  printing, and downloading
• VALIDATED Signon at first chance for
• Indexes
• Recalls and renewals
• Inter-Library Loan
• Links to campus-licensed web products

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MIRLYN Searchinghttp//mirlyn.web.lib.umich.edu

• Author - Title - Subject - Keyword - Various Call
  Numbers

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MIRLYN Subject Searchinghttp//mirlyn.web.lib.umi
ch.edu

• Subjects Use Library of Congress Subject Headings
• (Controlled vocabulary regardless of title)

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MIRLYN Subject Searchinghttp//mirlyn.web.lib.umi
ch.edu

• LC Subject Country and Form Subdivisions

Country Subject Subdivisions United
States--Foreign Relations
China--Foreign Relations
Elections--Yugoslavia
Elections--United States Form Subdivisions
Elections--Bibliography
Politicians -Biography
Economics--Dictionaries
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MIRLYN Keyword Searchinghttp//mirlyn.web.lib.umi
ch.edu

• Uses Boolean Logic

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MIRLYN Keyword Searchinghttp//mirlyn.web.lib.umi
ch.edu
http//www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/training/boolean.
pdf
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MIRLYN Keyword Searchinghttp//mirlyn.web.lib.umi
ch.edu

• gender w gap and politic?

Skip Examples
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MIRLYN Keyword Searchinghttp//mirlyn.web.lib.umi
ch.edu

• Advanced Keyword Searching
• Fielded searches for author, title, subject,
  keyword, language, format and date

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Saving MIRLYN Recordshttp//mirlyn.web.lib.umich.
edu

• Click on computer disk next to record to save
• Then choose MY SAVED RECORDS at top

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Saving MIRLYN Recordshttp//mirlyn.web.lib.umich.
edu

• You can change citation format, print,
• download, or e-mail your list

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Retrieving Bookshttp//mirlyn.web.lib.umich.edu

• For the most part, you want to come to the
  library to retrieve the book in person
• Graduate Library Stacks Directory
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/navigator/gradstax.html

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More Info in MIRLYN Recordshttp//mirlyn.web.lib.
umich.edu

• Use MORE INFO for a fuller record, Buhr retrieval
  and intralibrary transfers

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Intra-Library Transfers in MIRLYNhttp//mirlyn.we
b.lib.umich.edu

• You can apply for inter-library loan if the book
  is missing or not here at all
• You can request transfer from Buhr or another U-M
  library

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Circulation Periodhttp//www.lib.umich.edu/circ/

• Length of circulation varies with library
• Undergraduate three weeks for everyone
• Graduate eight weeks if graduate student
• semester if faculty or T.A.
• three weeks if undergraduate
• Books can be recalled after three weeks
  regardless
• of initial circulation period

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Renewing Books in MIRLYNhttp//patron.lib.umich.e
du/

• You can renew a book or determine what you have
  already checked out

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Inter-Library Loan

• You can apply for Inter-Library Loan through
  MIRLYN
• However, you can identify a likely donor library
  using OCLC World Cat (optional)
• http//firstsearch.oclc.org/dbnameWorldCatFSIP

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OCLCs World Cathttp//firstsearch.oclc.org/dbnam
eWorldCatFSIP

• You can search by author, title, publisher,
  keyword, date, format, language, ISBN or ISSN
  number

Skip Examples
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OCLCs World Cathttp//firstsearch.oclc.org/dbnam
eWorldCatFSIP
Click on the title to see the full record
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OCLCs World Cathttp//firstsearch.oclc.org/dbnam
eWorldCatFSIP
From the full record, choose LIBRARIES to see
who owns it
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OCLCs World Cathttp//firstsearch.oclc.org/dbnam
eWorldCatFSIP
This record lists one library. Click on ILL to
borrow it.
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OCLCs World Cathttp//firstsearch.oclc.org/dbnam
eWorldCatFSIP
Fill in the form it will be forwarded to the
UMich Library
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Campus Licensed Web Products

• OCLC First Search
• Electronic Journals
• Databases such as
• JSTOR
• Intl Political Science Abstracts,
• LEXIS Academic Universe
• World News Connection

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Access to Campus Licensed Web Products

• Any campus workstation (141.211-141.214 IP)
• Dial-in to [phone]
• Library web page (outside AA and cable modem)
• electronic newspapers /journals or networked
• electronic resources)
• Requires authentication with kerberos or library
  password
• http//proxy.lib.umich.edu/login?url
• preface to URL
• Requires authentication with kerberos or library
  password

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Characteristics of Articles

• Specific Subjects
• More Current Than Books
• Bibliographies

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Scholarly v. Popular Journals

• Popular
• Magazine
• Prof Writer
• Public
• General
• Eye-Catching
• Bibliography Rare
• Time

Scholarly Journal Expert Researchers Jargon Abstra
ct - Methods - Analysis - Conclusion Bibliography
AmPolSciRev
Criteria Name Author Audience Language Structure
References Example
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Scholarly v. Popular Indexes

• Popular
• OCLC First Search
• ProQuest
• (unlimited search)
• Academic Universe
• (news and magazines)

Scholarly JSTOR ProQuest (Peer
Reviewed) Academic Universe (law reviews)
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Political Science Indexes

• Printed Indexes
• Index the most journals
• Usually provide historical coverage
• Use the index to find title, issue, pages
• Electronic Indexes and Full Text
• Selected journals
• Except for JSTOR, most begin in 80s and 90s
• Use SFX button to see if library has full text,
  search for title in MIRLYN, apply for ILL

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Political Science Indexes

• CRIS Combined Retrospective Index to Journals in
  Political Science, 1886-1974
• (Z 7161 .C77)
• International Bibliography of Political Science,
  1953- (Z 7163 .I62)
• International Political Science Abstracts, 1951-
  (Ref. JA 36 .I6)

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International Political Science AbstractsRef.
JA 36 .I6, 1951

• Indexes Journal Articles in Western European
  Languages
• Separate Index Refers to Abstract

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International Political Science Abstracts,
1989http//web5.silverplatter.com/webspirs/start
.ws?customerc135082databasesIPSA

• Boolean searches assume a phrase and use as
  truncation symbol

Skip Examples
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International Political Science Abstracts, 1989

• You can do a second search once you see the
  results of the first search

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International Political Science Abstracts, 1989

• Retrieve SEARCH HISTORY to combine searches

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International Political Science Abstracts, 1989

• Check off searches then combine using AND or OR

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International Political Science Abstracts, 1989

• Check the search you want and click on DISPLAY

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International Political Science Abstracts,
1989and SFX

• If you like the article, click on the SFX button
  for various options to obtain text

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International Political Science Abstracts,
1989and SFX

• If you like the article, click on the SFX button
  for various options to obtain text (full text,
  printed call number in MIRLYN, or inter-library
  loan)

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• http//www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?usernameumich
  accessumich093catpolisci
• You can start with a quick search, fielded
  (advanced) search, or a thesaurus search

Skip Examples
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• http//www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?usernameumich
  accessumich093catpolisci
• Type term in thesaurus and display

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• http//www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?usernameumich
  accessumich093catpolisci
• Check the term plus any broader or related terms
  you want and SEARCH.

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• http//www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?usernameumich
  accessumich093catpolisci
• Once you have the results from the first search,
  you can do a second search.

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• http//www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?usernameumich
  accessumich093catpolisci
• Example of a keyword search.

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• http//www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?usernameumich
  accessumich093catpolisci
• Results of second search. Choose SEARCH HISTORY
  to combine them.

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• http//www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?usernameumich
  accessumich093catpolisci
• Check off the searches, decide whether to AND or
  OR them, and search again.

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• http//www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?usernameumich
  accessumich093catpolisci
• Check results to save, print or mail
• Choose View Record for abstract and SFX for text

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OCLC First Searchhttp//firstsearch.oclc.org/FSIP

• Contents
• World Cat (library catalogs)
• Public Affairs Information Service
• (1973, polisci and econ in Western European
  languages)
• Search by
• Author, title, keyword
• Language, date

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OCLC First Searchhttp//firstsearch.oclc.org/FSIP
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Web of Science/SSCI, 1956http//isiknowledge.com
/

• Indexes articles
• In numerous social sciences journals as issued
• Provides citation indexing
• New articles listing old articles and books
• Used for
• Updating Information
• Determining Value of Original Book or Article

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Web of Science/SSCI, 1956http//isiknowledge.com
/

• Choose Web of Science from top of the main screen
  and GO Skip Examples

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Web of Science/SSCI, 1956http//isiknowledge.com
/

• EASY SEARCH
• Search for one author, one subject, or one place.
  
• Includes new articles and citation searching.
• FULL SEARCH
• Search for new articles (general search) by a
  combination of author, subject, journal, author's
  affiliation, type of information (article, book
  review, news) and language.
• Search for citations to original article by a
  combination of author, journal, or date.

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Web of Science/SSCI, 1956http//isiknowledge.com
/
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Web of Science/SSCI, 1956http//isiknowledge.com
/

• Citation search new articles citing old
  articles and books
• General search new articles

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Web of Science/SSCI, 1956http//isiknowledge.com
/

• Cited reference searches use authors last
  name, first initial and date if possible cited
  work search requires expert knowledge of
  abbreviations

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Web of Science/SSCI, 1956http//isiknowledge.com
/

• Choose the blue link to retrieve the original
  article

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Web of Science/SSCI, 1956http//isiknowledge.com
/

• Record of the original work shows its
  bibliography, links to newer articles citing it,
  and related records which share the bibliography.

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Political Science IndexesFull Text

• JSTOR for scholarly research,
• 1900
• ProQuest popular and scholarly, ca. 1985
• Individual titles (roughly 1994)
• Congressional Quarterly (1983)
• National Journal (1977)

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JSTORhttp//www.jstor.org/

• Indexes scholarly journals--Provides full
  text--1900-last five years
• Political science, public opinion, history,
  economics, population studies, sociology

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JSTORhttp//www.jstor.org/

• Sample Titles
• American Journal of International Law
• American Political Science Review
• International Organization
• Journal of Conflict Resolution
• Public Opinion Quarterly
• World Politics
• Skip Examples

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JSTORhttp//www.jstor.org/

• Indexes by
• --Author--Title--Abstract--Full
  Text--Date--Journal
• Print
• --JPrint--Adobe Acrobat

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JSTOR - Basic Search http//www.jstor.org/

• Search by keyword, author, title
• Basic Search ALWAYS use separate boxes
• Choose journal group or individual titles and
  Search

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JSTOR - Advanced Search http//www.jstor.org/

• Advanced Search ALWAYS put quotations around
  words and phrases you can use Boolean operators
• Choose journal group or individual titles and
  Search

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JSTORhttp//www.jstor.org/

• Click on title for page by page access
• Click on print/download for copying entire
  article in Adobe Acrobat format
• JSTOR is full-text no need for SFX

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JSTORhttp//www.jstor.org/

• Click on title for page by page access
• Click on print/download for copying entire
  article in Adobe Acrobat format

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Proquesthttp//www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.htm
l

• Indexes 2500 journals (popular and scholarly)
  since the 1980s
• Full text of about half
• Includes peer-reviewed journals
• Some historical newspapers
• ABI-Inform for business and economics
• Skip Examples

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Proquesthttp//www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.htm
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• You can choose to search journals, newspapers,
  or ABI Inform (Business)

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Proquesthttp//www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.htm
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• Basic search is by keyword
• Choose journals, business, current newspapers or
  multiple (all databases except historical
  newspapers)

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Proquesthttp//www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.htm
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• Choose a date range or specific date

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Proquesthttp//www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.htm
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• You can limit articles to full-text,
  peer-reviewed, types of articles (e.g.
  editorials). Can alter sorting of results.

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Proquesthttp//www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.htm
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• Retrieve full text through text, pdf or SFX icon
• Access MIRLYN for call number through SFX icon
• Mark publications you want to see

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Proquesthttp//www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.htm
l

• You can download citations into ProCite and
  EndNote
• Use e-mail to send article to yourself

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Electronic Journals

• Listed In
• MIRLYN-Web
• Electronic Journals and Newspapers
• MyLibrary
• SFX button in databases

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Newspapers

• Current Newspapers in Serials/Microforms
• Electronic Journals and Newspapers
• Academic Universe
• Foreign Broadcast Information Service (Guide)
• World News Connection

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• Comprehensive source for newspapers, TV
  transcripts, law reviews, court cases, Roper
  surveys. Default is Quick News

Skip examples
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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• Guided Search provides more file options

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• A Guided Search ALSO lets you search the full
  text of an article.

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• You can search within results, sort results by
  relevance or date, or switch to expanded list to
  view keywords

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• Expanded results example. Can be marked for
  printing.

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• You can email citations.

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• Use your web browser to download entire article
  text.

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• Legal area includes federal and state court
  cases, Shepardizing for federal cases, and law
  reviews

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• Roper public opinion surveys appear in reference
  section of Academic Universe

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• Search results include Gallup, CNN, USA Today,
  CBS, New York Times

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• Polls only have questions and brief results

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World News Connectionhttp//wnc.dialog.com/

• Translations of foreign radio broadcasts by CIA
• One report for each region for each day
• Full text of most since 1994
• Predecessor was the Foreign Broadcast Information
  Service
• Skip Examples

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World News Connection http//wnc.dialog.com/

• Advanced searching is the most efficient

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World News Connection http//wnc.dialog.com/

• You can combine keyword, publication, date, city,
  region, broad subject

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World News Connection http//wnc.dialog.com/

• Articles can be viewed individually by the web
  link or as a group by checking off boxes

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Dissertations

• University of Michigan Dissertations in library
  (paper and microfilm)
• Other Dissertations may be borrowed or purchased
  for approx. 30 through Dissertation Express
• Proquest Digital Dissertations indexes
  dissertations since 1861 and provides full text
  since 1997

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ProQuest Digital Dissertations
http//wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/gateway

• Search by author, title, adviser, department,
  date, university, keyword

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ProQuest Digital Dissertations
http//wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/gateway

• Downloads since 1997 are free use Dissertation
  Express for purchasing paper

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Archives

• Manuscripts are primary source material
• Archives USA indexes American Archives
• National Archives has its own finding lists.
• Microfilm records can be borrowed on
• Inter-Library Loan.
• Access to Primary Sources indexes microfilm
• collections of American manuscripts
• and government documents.

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Archives

• Digital National Security Archive picks up
  post-WWII international relations documents.
• Declassified Documents covers Cold War era
• but includes miscellaneous documents
• outside large collections.
• Additional resources are listed on From the
• Archives to Your Desk Top.

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Government Publications

• Considered Primary Source Material
• Laws, Regulations, Court Decisions and Treaties
• Policy Statements and Memos
• Legislative Debates
• Engineering, Environmental, and Health Research
• Government Operations Overviews and Programs
• Consumer Information
• Statistics

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Government Publications

• University Library is a Depository For
• Federal Government
• Michigan
• Canada
• United Nations
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
  Nations
• South Pacific Commission
• Asian Development Bank
• It also purchases OECD, World Bank, and many
  other publications
• Law Library is the European Union depository

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Locating Government Publications

• Most documents appear in MIRLYN but some don't
• Consult the Documents Center for Help
• Many governments have been issuing their
  publications on the web since 1993.
• Documents Center http//www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs
  is one of the largest gateways.

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Access U.N.http//infoweb.newsbank.com/

• Indexes UN Document since 1946
• All Publications in Documents Center
• Full Text of Resolutions on Web Since 1966
• Full Text of Official Records Since 1993
• Skip Examples

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Access U.N.http//infoweb.newsbank.com/

• You can search country speaking as author choose
  keywords, type of publication, dates

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Access U.N.http//infoweb.newsbank.com/

• Ask in the Documents Center for publications that
  are not on the web in full text

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Federal Government Publications

• Majority listed in MIRLYN
• Current usually listed in FirstGov or Googles
  Uncle Sam
• Some must be identified through OCLCs Government
  Publications Catalog
• Congressional Universe for Congress
• Statistical Universe for most data items

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Congressional Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/
congcomp/

• Indexes Congressional hearings, committee prints,
  reports, documents and laws since 1789
• Selected full text testimony since 1988
• Congressional Record, 1985
• Bills, 1989
• Current laws and regulations, Federal Register
  since 1980
• Skip Examples

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Congressional Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/
congcomp/

• Choices on main screen

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Congressional Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/
congcomp/

• Search for publication can be limited by subject,
  speaker, date, bill number

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Congressional Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/
congcomp/

• Results list all hearings, prints, reports and
  documents

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Congressional Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/
congcomp/

• Abstract lists people who testified at hearing.
  Links to selected text on the web provides paper
  and microfiche call numbers for library

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Congressional Quarterlyhttp//library.cqpress.com
/cqweekly/

• Web version (1983) summarizes bills, debates,
  and politics in Congress. Use box on lefthand
  side to search for articles.

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National Journalhttp//nationaljournal.com/

• Web version (1977) summarizes Executive Branch
  politics. Also includes the Almanac of American
  Politics (evaluating Congresspersons) since 1998.
  Some committee markups.

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Leadership Directorieshttp//ldi.bvdep.com/

• Search the Yellow Books for the most current list
  of government officials, including Congressional
  staffers.

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CQ Government Collectionshttp//library2.cqpress.
com/

• Congress analyzes members of Congress and
  voting behavior by personal characteristics
• Supreme Court Decisions and background documents
• Voting and Elections National and gubernatorial
  election results by state and county, 1789

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Statistics

• Data sets can be ftp-ed directly from ICPSR when
  on
• campus
• The Library's Numeric Data Services
• Provides help in downloading and choosing data
  sets
• Can borrow public opinion data from Roper
• Helps grads and faculty set up Webstract/DRI-Pro
  (U.S. and international economic/business data)

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Census 2000http//factfinder.census.gov

• Primary access point for 1990 and 2000 Census
  data
• Data sets, reference maps, and thematic mapping
• Geography from the nation to individual block
• Summary Files 1 and 2 include age, race, sex, and
  tenure
• Summary Files 3 and 4 have income, occupation,
  ancestry, commuting, education, poverty,
  disability, citizenship
• Data for 106th and 108th Congresses

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Census 2000http//factfinder.census.gov
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SourceOECDhttp//www.sourceoecd.org/

• Subscription primarily to statistics and
  periodicals
• National Accounts
• Main Economic Indicators
• STAN database
• Various energy publications
• Country economic surveys

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SourceOECDhttp//www.sourceoecd.org/

• Use statistics, periodicals or quick search as
  entrance point
• See Additional Examples.

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Statistical Resources on the Webhttp//www.lib.um
ich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

• Twenty-three pages of unique statistical links
  for the academic community.

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Statistical Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/st
atuniv/

• Federal government data, 1974
• Business/state data, 1980
• International agency data, 1983
• About 15 of major publications in full text
• Remainder in Documents Center on microfiche and
  many in library system in paper
• Skip Examples

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Statistical Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/st
atuniv/

• Initial screen defaults to full text searching
• Choose keywords, data breakdowns, frequency,
  time, and if spreadsheet needed

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Statistical Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/st
atuniv/

• You can search within your results

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Statistical Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/st
atuniv/

• Full text results usually have GIF version of
  table XLS spreadsheet may be linked at the
  bottom

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Statistical Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/st
atuniv/

• SEARCH ABSTRACTS is more comprehensive

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Statistical Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/st
atuniv/

• Abstracts indicate if a web link available

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Statistical Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/st
atuniv/

• Publications should always be available in the
  Documents Center on microfiche some in the
  library in paper some on the web

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Evaluating Web Sites

• Authors or organizations expertise
• Purpose of site (e.g. entertainment, primary
  documents)
• When created how often updated
• Does it represent a viewpoint?
• Quality of writing
• Quality of documentation?
• Undergraduate Library Guide to Evaluating Web
  Sites

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Citation Guides

• Undergraduate Library Citation Guide
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/ugl/research/citationguid
  e/
• Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications
• http//www.lib.memphis.edu/govpubs//citeweb.htm

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Library Maps

• Maps of the Hatcher/Shapiro complex and Hatcher
  call numbers are available at
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/navigator/index.html

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Political Science Librarian

• Grace York
• 203 Hatcher Library
• graceyor_at_umich.edu
• [phone]