1. Chapter 14 a Guide to Print, Electronic, and Other Sources

2. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 | 2 Chapter overview Looks at the library as a resource Other resources include: The World Wide Web, discussion boards, and live performances How to find information in indexes for books, magazines, or newspaper articles How to use search engines to find information on the Internet

3. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 | 3 Research begins with the library Traditional print sources include: Online catalog Books and reference material Magazines and journals Newspapers

4. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 | 4 New electronic options Reference materials on CD-ROM (most are available online instead) Periodical databases such as Ebsco Host Full-text online journals, newspapers E-books Organizational Web sites, many with discussion boards

5. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 | 5 Three types of books Scholarly books—published by university presses. Specialized and addressed to academics. Trade books—published by commercial presses, generally for a broader audience Other books—published by religious and political presses, nonprofits and professional organizations

6. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 | 6 Five kinds of periodicals Scholarly journals with research by scholars (New England Journal of Medicine) Public affairs magazines (New Yorker) News magazines (Newsweek) Trade magazines (Advertising Age) Popular magazines (Rolling Stone)

7. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 | 7 The library catalog The catalog lists the materials (including books and periodicals) in the library. Records are organized by author, title, periodical, and subject. The old-fashioned card catalog is gone; catalogs are now online.

8. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 | 8 Periodical indexes Indexes list articles in magazines and journals; there are three types of indexes. Those listing the citations only, such as the Readers Guide to Periodicals Those with abstracts, a brief summary of the contents of the article (Historical Abstracts) Those with the full text, such as LEXIS/NEXIS or Ebsco Host

9. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 | 9 Two types of encyclopedias General: Includes traditional encyclopedias such as World Book, Microsoft Encarta, and Collier’s Specialized: Refers to encyclopedias that cover a narrow topic, such as literature, education, or philosophy.

10. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 | 10 Bibliographies Lists of articles or books on a narrow topic Annotated: Includes a paragraph summary of each source Textbook: Mentions the Bibliographic Index, which is published each year, providing a master list of bibliographies

11. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 | 11 Search engines See page 473 for a list of Web directories, or search tools. Search engines such as Google use key words. Others, such as WebCrawler, are Web directories, organized more like a library catalog.

12. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 | 12 More search engines Metasearch engines search multiple search engines at once. Ask Jeeves is a natural-language search engine. Hint: once you look these up, save them as favorites (if using Internet Explorer) or bookmarks (if using Netscape Navigator)

13. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 | 13 Using keywords See the box on page 473 for tips to finding the right keyword or keyword combination for search engines and electronic databases.

14. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 | 14 Government sources Lots of information is available from the government, including a summary of legislation on a weekly and quarterly basis. See the listing of government publications, on pages 506-507. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html

15. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 | 15 Other sources Performances and events (seminars, lectures, plays, concerts) Museums Television, documentary films, radio, and other forms of media

16. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.14 | 16 Student Companion Website Go to the student side of the Web site for exercises, chapter overviews, and links to writing resources for this chapter: http://college.hmco.com/pic/trimbur4e