COMP 100: Composition

Mr. McDermott
Fall 2009

Selected Reference Sources

Alex Steinweiss

Biography Index (volumes 18 and 33)

REF CT100 .B5

The Final Voyage of Henry Hudson

Dictionary of National Biography (volume 28)	REF DA28 .O95 2004
Dictionary of American Biography (volume 11)	REF CT213 .A68 1999
Encyclopedia of World Biography (volume 8)	REF CT103 .E56 1997 (also available in electronic form via the online catalog and the Gale Virtual Reference)
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography (volume 9)	REF CT275 .N22

Burned-Over District: NY & US Spirituality

Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895 (volume 1)	REF E185 .E545 2006
Encyclopedia of American History (volume 4, check index)	REF E174 .E53 2003
Encyclopedia of New York State	REF F119 .E53 2005

Online Encyclopedias

Gale Virtual Reference Library: A collection of full text electronic reference books covering many subject areas. Can be searched by keyword, source, subject, image caption, full text, and audience. Individual books can be combined for cross-title searching.

Finding Books in Milne Library

On the library web site, enter search terms in the box under the tab Find Books & Media. Truncate or shorten terms using the *, if you are uncertain of the spelling, or if searching for variations of a word, such as myth(s), mythology(ies), mythical. Press Enter or click on Go.
For example: Gree* myth* for Greek/Greece myth(s), mythology(ies)
A“Words Anywhere ” search will bring up a list of items that might not all be on your topic. For example, if you enter “music” in the search box, your results will include items with “music” anywhere in the record for the item, which could be in the title, author, publication information, contents notes, or subject headings. To limit your search by author, title, or Library of Congress subject heading (if known), you can use the drop-down menu next to the search box and choose the appropriate field.
In any list of results, the number of items owned by the library will be followed by the number of items in circulation. (1 owned / 0 out). The Is it here? link to the far right provides more detail about the status of the item.
Note the call number for the item and consult Library Floor Plans to determine the location of the item.

If you do not find the item on the shelf, ask at the Circulation Desk to see if the book has been checked in and is waiting to be shelved. If still not available, complete a “Search” card for the item. A staff member will look for the item and notify you of the results. Items in circulation can be requested on interlibrary loan from another library.

For more information about any item, click on the title in the results list. To limit the list to those items more specifically about your topic, click on the headings after subject at the bottom of the record for the item. The resulting list should have fewer, but more relevant, items.
Books with no call numbers indicate items that are on order, in process, or part of an electronic book collection. Ask a librarian for help.

Periodical Databases

All of the following databases are linked from the library home page under "Find Databases & Articles | Databases by Name (A-Z)." Databases are also arranged by subject "Databases by Subject."
America: History and Life: Bibliographic reference guide to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Also available in print.
Academic Search Complete: Provides full text for about 6,100 periodicals including over 5,100 peer-reviewed journals across most areas of academic study as well as indexing and abstracts for more than 10,000 magazines and journals.
Art Index: Provides comprehensive indexing of over 350 international art publications, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins from 1984 to the present. Topics covered include art, archaeology, art history, crafts, fashion design, non-western art, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, and textiles.
Business and Company Resource Center: A comprehensive business resource which provides access to periodical and newspaper articles, information about domestic and international companies, investment reports, brands, industry and company rankings, corporate histories. Coverage includes public and private companies. A good source for company histories and chronologies.
Business Source Complete: Provides full-text for scholarly business and management journals as well as financial data, case studies, industry reports, market reports, and company profiles


LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe: Contains full text general news and reference information, as well as legislative, legal, business, financial, and health sources. Includes the full text of major newspapers including the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, Le Monde. Updated daily.
MasterFile Premier: Provides full text for over 1700 general reference publications from many disciplines.
New York Times Archive: The New York Times archive provides full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. It is possible to limit by article type including: classified ad, display ad, editorial cartoon, letter, comic, editorial article, review, stock quote, weather, legal notice, and real estate transaction.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Provides 50,000 signed biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000.
Readers' Guide Retrospective: Index to popular magazines and journals. Particularly useful for historical research. Many of the articles are available in either print or microfilm format in the Milne Library basement. Please ask a librarian if you need assistance. Four simultaneous users.

Finding a Copy of a Periodical Article

If there is no full text with the citation for an article, click on or Find It!. If a full text of the article is available in another database, there will be a link connecting you to that database, where you can locate the article in the appropriate volume, or search for the article by title or author.
: You can also determine whether a periodical is available electronically by entering the periodical title in the search box under Find Journals on the library home page and clicking on Search. If the title is available in electronic form, check the coverage, and click on the database link(s) and search for the item(s) needed. If the title is available in the library, click on "SUNY-Oneonta Print Holdings" and then on "Is it here?" to see the complete holdings.

Locating the article in print or microfilm, if unavailable in electronic form:: If under "Links to Full Text," there is a link to the title, click on "Journal," and then on "Is it here?" Check "Summary holdings" to see if Milne Library has the particular issue needed and in what form the article can be found. Periodicals are located on compact shelving or in microfilm drawers on floor P.

Requesting an article on Interlibrary Loan:: If you find an article from a periodical that is not available at Milne Library in any form after you have linked to "Check Library Catalog", you can request the article through MyILLiad Logon through a link on the record for the article needed (see computer screen that comes up after you click on Find It!). Click on My ILLiad Logon. You need to be registered to submit ILL requests. See a librarian for help. You can also request articles through the MyILLiad Logon link on the library web site.

Prepared by Michelle Hendley, Reference & Instruction Librarian
hendlemm@oneonta.edu
Milne Library, SUNY College at Oneonta
October 2009