Introduction to Library Resources Helpful in Studying World Issues

The Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library contains many resources to help in answers to simple questions to providing information for a report or research paper. This paper will outline the main tools that use can use to pinpoint the exact resources that you need. Here at the Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library there is much useful information that is available in many different locations in the library and also in many different formats. This document will hopefully point you in the right direction in locating the right materials for your project, report, or paper.

SIRSI ILINK CATALOG

Use reference works as a starting point for research. For example, Encyclopedias give short descriptive articles on a topic, plus references that can be used to build a research paper.

General Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia Britannica
R 031 EN1B15
• Compton's Encyclopedia
R 031 C73s
• Worldbook Encyclopedia
R 031 W89w
• Collier's Encyclopedia
R 031 G69e
• Encyclopedia Americana
R 031 En20a

Subject Specific Encyclopedias

• Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968
(R 903 D56)
• Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. Oxford University Press, 1998.
(R 111.8503 En1k)
• The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. The Macmillan Company & The Free Press, 1967
(R 103 Emle)
• Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Routledge, 2000
(R 103 C74r)
• Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy. Greenwood Press, 1997.
(R 180.3 En1e)
• Dictionary of Psychology Brunner/Mazel, 1999.
(R 150.3 C81d)
• Encyclopedia of Human Behavior Academic Press, 1994.
(R 150.3 En1r)
• Encyclopedia of Sociology 2nd Edition. Macmillan Reference USA, 2000
(R 301.03 En1)
• The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Sociology. 3rd edition. Dushkin Publishing Group, 1986
(R 300.3 En1d3)
• Encyclopedia of Ethics. 2nd edition. Routledge, 2001
(R 170.3 En3)
• The Encyclopedia of Religion MacMillan Publishing Company, 1987
(R 200.321 En1)
• Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001.
(R 973.03 En1c)
• Encyclopedia of American Studies. Grolier Educational, a Division of Scholastic Incorporated, 2001.
(R 973.003 En1k)
• Encyclopedia of Utopian Literature ABC-Clio, 1995.
(R 809.93372 Sn5e)
• Encyclopedia of Rhetoric Oxford University Press, 2001
(R 808.003 En1s)
• A World of Ideas: A Dictionary of Important Theories, Concepts, Beliefs, and Thinkers ABC-Clio, 1995.
(R 809.93372 Sn5e)
• Encyclopedia of the Essay Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997
(R 809.4003 En1c)
• Encyclopedia of American Architecture McGraw-Hill, 1995.
(R 720.973 P12e2)
• On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio Oxford University Press, 1998.
(R 791.4475030973 D920)
• Encyclopedia Judaica New York: MacMillan Company, 1972
(R 032 En1j)

Biographical

• Cambridge Biographical Dictionary Cambridge University Press, 1990
(R 920.02 C35m)
• The International Who's Who 68th edition Europa Publications, 2004
(R 920.01 In8w)
• American National Biography Oxford University Press, 2002
(R 920.03 Am3g)
• Who's Who in America 58th Edition Marquis Who's Who, 2003
(R 920.07 W62w)
• The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Grove, 2001
(R 780.3 N42s2)
• Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists Institute of Physics Publishing, 1994
(R 925 B52d2)
• Encyclopedia of World Biography Gale Research, 1998
(R 920.02 W17b2)
• World of Invention Gale Research, 1994
(R 608 W89)
• World of Discovery Gale Research, 1994
(R 509.03 W89)
• Great Historians of the Modern Age Greenwood Press, 1991
(R 929.072022 G81)

Scientific

• Weeds of the West Western Society of Weed Science, 1996
(R 581.6520978 W41w5)
• Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals McGraw-Hill Publishing Co, 1990
(R 599 G92m)
• Encyclopedia of Fishes Academic Press, 1995
(R 597 En1)
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Zoology Oxford University Press, 1992
(R 590.3 C74a)
• McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Eighth Edition. McGraw-Hill, 1997
(R 503 W17e8)
• Van Nostrand Reinhold Encyclopedia of Chemistry Fourth Edition. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1984
(R 540 V26c4)
• The Gale Encyclopedia of Science Third Edition. Gale, 2004
(R 503 G13L)

Geographical

• Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary Merriam Webster, 1998
(R 910.3 M55m3)
• The Colombia Gazetteer of the World Columbia University Press, 1998
(R 910.3 C72c)
• The Times Atlas of the World Tenth Comprehensive Edition, 1999
(R 912 T48r10)
• The MacMillan World Atlas Macmillan, 1995
(R 912 M22m)
• Road Atlas 2004: United States, Canada, Mexico American Map Corporation, 2003
(R 912.73 R53a)
• The World Factbook 2005 United States. Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
(R 910.5 W89c)
• Oxford Atlas of Exploration Royal Geographic Society, 2003
(R 911 At6r)

Languages; Word Definitions

• Webster's New World Dictionary of American English Third College Edition. Prentice Hall, 1994
(R 423 W39nw)
• Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language (Unabridged) Merriam-Webster 1971,2002.
(R 423 W38th)
• Cassell's New Latin Dictionary Funk & Wagnalls, 1959
(R 473.2 C27n)
• Cassell's German-English, English German Dictionary Macmillan Publishing Co, 1978
(R 433.2 B46c)
• Collons Robert French-English, English-French Dictionary Collins Publishers, 1982
(R 443.21 C69)
• Cassell's Italian Dictionary Funk & Wagnalls, 1967
(R 453.2 C27i)
• Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Classical Quotations John Grant Booksellers, 1963. (808.8 J711d2)

Literature & Authors

• Masterplots 1st Revised edition Salem Press, 1976
(R 808.8 M27m rev. ed.)
• Masterplots II: Drama Series Salem Press, 1990
(R 808.8 M27m2d)
• Contemporary Authors Cumulative Index Gale, 1962-2005
(R 928 C74AU Index)
• Contemporary Authors Vols. 1-235 Gale, 1962-2005
(R 928 C74a)
• Contemporary Authors New Revision Series Vols. 1-141 Gale, 1962-2005
(R 928 C74AU)
• Contemporary Literary Criticism Vols. 1-127 Gale, 1973-2000
(R 809.046 R45c)
• Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism Vols. 1-110,117,132 Gale, 1978-2003
(R 809.04 T91)
• Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism Vols. 1-101,127 Gale, 1981-2003
(R 809.04 T91)
• Literature Criticism from 1400-1800 Vols. 1-52 Gale, 1984-2000
(R 809.03 L71)
• Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism Vols. 1-37 Gale, 1988-2000
(R 928 SO5a)
• Short Story Criticism Vols. 1-35,61-62 Gale, 1988-2003
(R 809.3 Sh8Yh)
• Poetry Criticism Vols. 1-34 Gale, 1991-2002
(R 811 P751Yy)
• Black Literature Criticism. Gale, 1992-1999 (R 809.8889 B56yd
• Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography Vols. 1-6 Gale, 1987
(R 811 P751Yy)

Social Problems
• Encyclopedia of World Poverty Sage Publications, 2006.
(R 362.503 EN1O)
• Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, and Policy ABC-Clio, 2004.
(R 362.5 P86M)
• Encyclopedia of Public Health MacMillan Reference USA, 2002.
(R 362.103 En1b)
• Encyclopedia of Prisoners of War and Internment. Grey House Publishing, 2006. (R 355.113 EN1V)
• Censorship: A World Encyclopedia Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2001.
(R 363.31 C33J)
• Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law. (R 363.33 G95c)
• Encyclopedia of Housing. Sage Publications, 1998.
(R 363.503 En1v)
• Encyclopedia of Criminology Routledge, 2005.
(R 364.03 EN1W)
• Environmental Encyclopedia. Thompson Gale, 2003.
(R 363`.7003 EN8C)
• Encyclopedia of Genocide. ABC-Clio, 1999.
(R 364.15103 EN1C)
• Encyclopedia of AIDS Fitzroy Dearborn, Publishers, 1998
(R 362
• Encyclopedia of Conspiracy Theories Chamberlain Bros., 2005
(R 366 C76B)
• Encyclopedia of Terrorism. Sage Publications, 2003.
(R 303.625 K96E)
• Encyclopedia of Sociology MacMillian Reference USA, 2000.
(R 301.03 En1)
• Encyclopedia of Communication and Information. MacMillan Reference USA, 2002.
(R 302.203 En1s)

Cultures

• The Native North American Almanac Gale Research, 1994
(NA R 970.00497 N21c)
• American Indian Tribes Salem Press, 2000
(NA R 970.00497 Am3r)
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life Gale, 1998
(R 305.8003 W89g)
• American Indian Tribes Salem Press, 2000
(NA R 970.00497 Am3r)
• Countries and their Cultures Macmillan Reference USA, 2001
(R 306.03 C83e)
• The Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture Greenwood Press, 2002
(R 306 G85I)
• Encyclopedia of World Cultures G. K. Hall & Co., 1991
(R 306 En1)
• The Greenwood Guide to Popular Culture Greenwood Press, 2002
(R 306 G85i)
• Countries and their Cultures MacMillan Reference, 2001
(R 306.03 C83E)
• Sport in American Culture ABC-Clio, 2004
(R 306.483 D19s)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America Gale Group, 2000
(R 305.80097303 G13L)

Statistical Information

• The Time Almanac Information Please, 2004
(R 031.02 T48b)
• The World Almanac and Book of Facts World Almanac Books, 2007
(R 317.3 W89wr)
• Oklahoma Almanac Oklahoma Department of Libraries,
(R 317.66 Ok4aL)
• Texas Almanac Dallas Morning News,
(R 317.64 T31t)
• Statistical Abstract of the United States 127th edition. U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2007
(R 317.3 UN3s)
• Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition Cambridge University Press, 2006.
(R 317.3 H62C)
• Social Trends and Indicators USA Thompson Gale, 2003
(R 317.3 SO1d)
• Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios CCH, 2007
(R 657.30212 T75A)
• The Almanac of American Politics. National Journal Group,
(R 328.73 AL6)

Yearbooks

• Statesman's Yearbook 144th Ed. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
(R 328 ST2S)
• Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Abingdon Press, 2008.
(R 280.6973 YE30)

MAGAZINES,JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS

Unlike books, the contents of journals are not available in the SE library catalog. So where are they located? They are located in magazine and journal indexes. Magazine and journal indexes assign a subject to each article in each journal indexed in the magazine and journal index. Until the 1990's most magazine and journal indexes were in paper, now they are almost all on the Internet. Some of these journal indexes on the Internet index popular magazines, other scholarly, while others are devoted to one subject area, NO Journal Index indexes every journal that is published, so they are selective.

A periodical index is a publication that indexes the content of periodicals. There are many different periodical indexes, some general and some subject specific. One thing needs to be made clear: There is not any periodical index that indexes every single periodical being published today. So each index is selective in what periodicals it indexes. Periodical indexes tend to index the most important or most popular or most respected or well known periodicals.

PAPER PERIODICAL INDEXES

For many years periodical indexes were published in paper, like a book. They would usually come out every few months with an update, and then come out at the end of the year with an annual cumulation. Paper periodical indexes are cumbersome to use and take some take to look at every year, but they can contain information on many valuable articles written sometimes years ago, and paper indexes are valuable places to search for topics in music, drama, art, literature and history.

ONLINE PERIODICAL INDEXES

Some Online Databases that the SE Library Has

1. Where the Databases are located
These databases are all to be found on the SE Library's Electronic Resources Page at: http://www.se.edu/lib/electres.htm

2. What EBSCOHost and FirstSearch are
The word EBSCOhost or FirstSearch to the right of the database name in the table above indicates the name of the database vendor where you can find these databases. If you look at the list of links on the ELectronic Resources page, you will see the links organized by the type of database that they are. You will find EBSCOhost and FirstSearch under the listing of databases called Periodical Databases. When you go down the list, you will see at least two links for both EBSCOhost and FirstSearch. The first link is for those that are on the SE campus. Click on that link, and you will be taken to the list of databases under EBSCOhost or FirstSearch. The second link is the off campus link. This link is necessary to use if you are off of the SE Campus. This link takes you to a page where you will be asked to type in a userid or authorization number, and a password. The userid or authorization number and password to gain access to EBSCOhost and FirstSearch is available at the SE Library Reference Desk, and also is on the proxy server.

Electronic Resources
http://www.se.edu/lib/electres.htm
This page contains links to electronic databases that the SE Library subscribes to or free databases that were put on this page.

Internet Resources by Subject
http://www.se.edu/lib/search2.htm
This is a page that has been put together by librarians that contain a list of links to resources on the Internet by topic.

Government Documents
http://www.se.edu/lib/govdocs/govdoc%20home.html
This is a page of links to government documents, which are documents and databases published by the United States government on many different topics. There are many useful reports and statistics published by the government on the Internet.

Internet Search Tools
http://www.se.edu/lib/search3.htm
This page, which is on the SE Library's Web Site, contains links to search engines, directories, meta search engines that are available on the Internet.

The Oxford English Dictionary
http://dictionary.oed.com/

USA.gov
http://www.usa.gov/