1. Resources for GOVT 325, Fall 2006 Dr. Tony Fonseca Serials Librarian tony.fonseca@nicholls.edu

2. Library Main Page You will see the Power Search link below the main search box

3. The iLink Power Search Here we have put in two search terms, and limited ourselves to books (under Type), which will weed out government documents

4. Results By clicking on Details, we can see the item record for each book

5. Details (Item Record) If we click on the tab that says Catalog Record we can actually find out the correct Subject Terms to use to do this search effectively, in this case, Southern States—politics and government

6. Follow the Subject Links… Note: Replace the dashes in the subject headings with commas

7. A more relevant results list

8. But Ellender isn’t the only library in the world…. Go to Electronic Research Databases, and click on WorldCat

9. What if you could search EVERY catalog in the world…. Guess what. WorldCat does that.

10. What might you find? You can limit those results by simply clicking on the icon that says Limit (top left, below Detailed Record)

11. Here we limit by Subject Headings

12. A total of 2,130 books to choose from, which can be further limited to the last decade Again, use the Limit icon and choose Date.

13. And they are all available through Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)

14. You can also find articles on political topics Once again go to our Electronic Research Databases

15. Notice they are arranged by subject (the third link)

16. Here are your Government databases You can click on and search any one, for example International Political Science Abstracts

17. We can try the search term southern politics….

18. 18 Hits, and some articles are even Full-Text Notice the pdf full-text version of the 2 nd article

19. Basically, you get a photocopy delivered to your desktop

20. And remember…. If we do not have an article as full-text, we may have it in print, and you can photocopy it. Ask a librarian how to determine this. If we do not have an article as full-text, we may have it in print, and you can photocopy it. Ask a librarian how to determine this. If we do not have an article in full-text nor in print, we can always Interlibrary Loan it for you. Again, a librarian can tell you how to do this. If we do not have an article in full-text nor in print, we can always Interlibrary Loan it for you. Again, a librarian can tell you how to do this.

21. If you don’t happen to be in the library by the way, all you have to do is call the Reference Desk, at 448-4625. The librarian on duty can talk you through the process of determining if we have something in print. Just make sure you have opened an Interlibrary Loan account with Nicholls. Start at the Library Mainpage….

22. Under Services, click on Interlibrary Loan

23. Go to the ILLiad link in the first paragraph

24. Click on First Time Users, follow the directions, and voila, you are done

25. So you see, thanks to database interfaces, WorldCat, and the ability to perform Power Searches, you will be able to master all your information needs, which will make you more successful as a student and a more marketable potential employee….

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