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R – General Medicine
RA – Public Aspects of Medicine
RB – Pathology
RC – Internal Medicine R - First line: alphabetical
726
- Second line: simple numeric
.P4975 - Third (and fourth) line: alphabetical then decimal
2001 - Last line: date published
R
720
.B9
2002
R
726
.D43
2004
R
726
.E67
2005
Book:
Physician-assisted
suicide
R
726
.P4975
2001
R
726
.P66
2008
RA
340
.K34
G67
2006
RB
9
.G78
2008
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“R” located on
shelf marked:
QL 757 .D –
RA 645 .M
R
726
.P4975
2001
(STACKS)
is in this range.
This is it.
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WebCat
• Use WebCat to find books, videos, CDs,
DVDs, and instructors’ reserves
• The library has many locations for
materials. The most commonly used are:
REFERENCE, HIGH DEMAND, STACKS
Questions?
Finding Magazine and
Journal Articles
• Use an online source such as InfoTrac,
FirstSearch or LexisNexis
• About 17,000 journal, magazine &
newspapers are available
• Up-to-date and comprehensive
• Many scholarly publications are available
Magazines vs. Journals
Magazines
Journals
Brief articles and essays
Lengthy research articles
Pictures, illustrations
Charts, graphs, statistics
No citations or used rarely Cited works at end
Wide general audience
Specific group of scholars
Purpose is commercial
Purpose is to educate
Articles not peer-reviewed Articles are peer-reviewed
Extensive advertising
Selective advertising or no
advertising
Click on
►Research Databases
to find magazine,
journal and
newspaper articles.
Magazines,
Journals and
Newspapers
Click on
InfoTrac
Click on Academic OneFile
1. Enter search term(s)
2. Select “Subject” or “Keyword”
3. Click “SEARCH”
494 articles are ACADEMIC JOURNALS.
We could also click on Magazines, Books,
News and Videos or Audio sources.
Brief information lists title,
author, journal info and
article length.
Click title to view.
Use “Print” or “View PDF pages”
to print the article.
Related Subjects
Note page range
Change from
ALL to Pages: 1
Clicking Print will now
print only page 1.
Check to see how many pages will print.
Note:
End of article contains
information for
“Works Cited” page.
InfoTrac
• Use to find high-quality journal,
magazine and newspaper articles
• Up-to-date and comprehensive
• Use from home or off-campus with
MCC student login
• If you find little with a subject search,
try a keyword search.
Questions?
Finding a Specific Periodical
• Looking up by title
– Where is Forbes
– Where is Journal of Trauma Nursing
– Is it in print or in an online database? Or in
both locations? How far back do we have it?
Click on
►Periodical lists
for all titles available.
Click on title or by subject
Enter specific magazine or journal
title here.
This will search through
all of the 17,000 periodicals
that are available in our library
or in our online databases.
Look for Title begins with:
journal of trauma
Click on Search
We have the Journal of Trauma Nursing
beginning with 07/01/2005 issue.
CINAHL Plus database.
What would you do if you needed an article
from a 2004 issue of the Journal of Trauma Nursing?
Title of Article
Author
Name of Magazine
Other descriptive information
Your name and
contact information
This information is used to
contact you when your article
is received.
Finding a Good Database
• Ways to choose the best databases for
your topic
– Online lists
– Print handouts
– Ask a librarian
Databases by Subject
Choose your subject area
from above table
Many good medical
and
nursing databases
Student Support
These Information Literacy Modules may help you with
your research.
Questions?
Library Exercise
• Complete questions 1 through 9 on the
exercise sheet.
• Remember to staple papers from questions
3, 4 & 9 to your exercise sheet.