ENWR 110-11 Magnificent Obsession

Selected Library Resources

FINDING BOOKS, VIDEOS, JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS, CD’s, etc.

1.Search VIRGO catalog to see which books, videos, journals, newspapers, CD’s, etc. we own and find out where they are. To do a keyword search in VIRGO:

fear and media

media and terror$

fear and (internet or web or blog$)

time [“first words” journal title]

2.Finding a Book in Alderman Stacks

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/find/

INDEXES TO SCHOLARLY AND POPULAR JOURNAL ARTICLES etc.

3. InfoTrac OneFile, 1980- (VIRGO Databases; Journal Articles)

All topics, scholarly and popular journals. Lots of Full Text. Also good for book, film, theater, and television reviews. Truncation symbol=*

Gun violence

4.MLA International Bibliography, 1963-. (VIRGO Databases; Journal Articles)

Covers the subject of literature and language. Scholarly periodical articles, books, chapters in books, etc. Truncation symbol=*

September 11 Terrorist Attacks and poetry

5. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials , 1942- (VIRGO Databases; Journal Articles)

Lists articles on religious studies from journals in many disciplines. Truncation=* war and religion

6. America History and Life, 1964- (VIRGO Databases; Journal Articles)

Covers the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to present with records from 2,000 English-language journals published worldwide. Truncation=*

Hiroshima and genocide

CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPER COVERAGE

7.Lexis-Nexis (VIRGO Databases; Newspaper Articles)

http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe

Wonderful source for full text of current Newspapers and other media, including the New York Times, London Times, Irish Times. Find Book reviews, articles, interviews, etc. Truncation=*

republican campaign wolves

7a.ProQuest Historical Newspapers (VIRGO Databases; Newspaper Articles)

http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BioRC?finalAuth=true

Search and see full text of articles from the New York Times (1851-1999), the Wall Street Journal (1889-1995), and the Washington Post (1877-1987). Good for reviews and interviews. Truncation=*

IMAGES

8.Associated Press Photo Archive (VIRGO Databases; Reference Sources / Images)

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dmc/colls/ap/ap.html

Searchable database containing 400,000 images, taken since late 1995. Features state, regional, and national photos. Hundreds of images added daily.

bush ads

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES

9.Encyclopedia Britannica. AE5 .E363 (current & 1910) http://search.eb.com

10.Oxford English Dictionary. (OED) 2d ed. http://etext.virginia.edu/oed.html

NEW Third Edition: http://dictionary.oed.com/

STYLE MANUALS

11.MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. PN147.G444 1998 (Ald Ref Desk)

12.MLA Style: Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web. http://www.mla.org/style_faq4

13.ACCESSING UVA DATABASES FROM OFF-GROUNDS

To access all of the databases we looked at today, plus more, from off grounds or when away from Charlottesville, set up a 1) proxy server account or use 2)“UVA Anywhere”. This is very easy to do. For instructions see:

http://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/proxy/

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/indexes/authent.html

14.GETTING BOOKS OR ARTICLES OUR LIBRARY DOESN’T OWN

When in VIRGO, choose Interlibrary Services from the blue side bar on the left and fill out a request form for items we don’t own or which are missing from our collection. We try to get books to you within a week. Journal articles come sooner, sometimes on the same day. We can also purchase titles that we don’t own and have them for you within a week. Fill out a purchase request form to have this done.

15. CALL NUMBER ORDER

P1 .R98

PR7 .L2 A43

PR67 .A12 1960

PR423 .A10

PR2069. M39

Karen Marshall * Alderman 511* 982-2677 * kmarshall@virginia.edu * November 2004

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