Finding academic/scholarly sources @ F&M and Beyond: journal articles
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Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) This link opens in a new windowIndex to content from core journals in all areas of the social sciences (e.g. anthropology, economics, law/legal studies, political science, sociology, etc.) Provides lists of sources cited, plus publications citing the original article. Also known as SSCI. Publication dates: 1900 --
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Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowComprehensive database of over scholarly journals, and other formats, covering sociology, social work, and other social sciences. Publication dates: 1952 --
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Project Muse This link opens in a new windowProvides access to scholarly journals and eBooks in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Publication dates: 1990s --
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Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new windowIndexes periodicals and academic journals in a wide range of social sciences (e.g. anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, social work, sociology) and related fields. Publication dates: 1983 --
Finding academic/scholarly sources @ F&M and Beyond: books
Search Discover to find books and ebooks @ F&M:
To perform a general, exploratory search in Discover:
- Start at the F&M College Library web site: library.fandm.edu
- Click on the BOOKS tab.
- Type in your search statement to perform a Keyword search
- To discover books published by a university press, include the word "university":
- Example search statement:
- university AND "campaign finance"
- Example search statement:
- To discover books published by a university press, include the word "university":
- Search!
- On the results page, select: Sorted by: BEST MATCH
- To determine the publisher of a book:
- Click on the title-link of the book
- Click on the arrow to open the DESCRIPTION
- Read the PUBLICATION line to determine the publisher
To discover print books available beyond F&M:
- Follow the steps above, but change the location to: Libraries Worldwide. Then:
- On the results page, select:
- Format: Print book--because we can borrow print books (not ebooks!) from other libraries...
- Sorted by: Best match
- If you discover books not available at F&M but of interest to you:
- search EZ BORROW to determine if you could borrow books from
a nearby library. - If the book is not available via EZ Borrow, use the Interlibrary Loan
(or "ILL") service.
- search EZ BORROW to determine if you could borrow books from
EZBorrow (EZB)/Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Use EZBorrow (EZB)/Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to request articles, book chapters, books, and other materials not available at F&M.
EZBorrow (EZB)/Interlibrary Loan (ILL) for Books via DISCOVER
If you find a print book in DISCOVER to which we do not have immediate access, click on the button in DISCOVER to request the book from another library.
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The Information Cycle
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