LIS 521
Spring 2001
INDEXES, AND DIRECTORIES
INDEXES
Periodical Indexes
GATEWAY
Expanded Academic Index
GATEWAY
Lexis-Nexis Academic UNIVerse
GATEWAY
Research Library (in ABI/INFORM Global Edition)
Wilson "Family" of Indexes
(note: the Wilson family of indexes is available electronically via OCLC FirstSearch. See web
version of handout for details. Selected files from the WILSONLINE data base are also available
through Apr. 30 via a trial arranged by the Washington State Library.)
Index shelves
AI3.R48
reference / OUGL
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (fs) [wl]
Index shelves
AI3.S63
reference / OUGL
Social Sciences Index (fs)
Index Shelves
AI3.H8
reference / OUGL
Humanities Index (fs)
Examine at least one of the following in detail. Have some idea what areas are covered by each.
Index table
Art (CD Rom)
GATEWAY as Art
Abstracts
Art Index [wl]
Index Table
OUGL / Science
General Science Index (fs)
Index shelves
Z666.L56
Reference, GATEWAY
Library Literature
Indexes To Newspapers
Index shelves
reference / OUGL
D410.F3
Index shelves
AI21.N44
GATEWAY
National Newspaper Index (in ABI/INFORM Global
Edition)
Reference
(CDRom in SUZ, OUGL)
New York Times Index
Miscellaneous Indexes
Index shelves
reference / OUGL
AI3.E752
Index shelves
Z5917.55.S52
reference / OUGL
PN1022.H39
ready reference
reference / OUGL
Indexes To Book Reviews
Index shelves
Reference (1905-1994)
Z1219.B65
Index shelves
Z1035.A1B6
Facts on File [trial via WSL to 4/30]
reference / OUGL
Essay and General Literature Index
Short Story Index [wl via WSL to 4/30]
/ Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry [trial via WSL to
4/30 – see Columbia U.P.]
Book Review Digest Wilson. (fs)
Book Review Index
Internet
Amazon.com
Internet
Guide to Internet Review Sources
DIRECTORIES (Katz p. 283 ff)
Bibliographies
AY2001.D57
ready reference
Directories in Print
Institutional And Professional
College Guides
Reference
Var. call #’s
Peterson's Guide to Four Year Colleges , etc.
AS22.E5
Ready reference
GATEWAY
Encyclopedia of Associations
AS911.A2F65
Grants Funding
Shelf
reference
The Foundation Directory. See also UW SPIN Grant
Database (Gateway)
Trade And Business
PN161.L5
ready reference
Literary Market Place (Katz p. 103)
HG4057.A4
Business reference
Standard and Poor's Register of Corporations,
Directors and Executives
T12 .T62
Business Reference
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers. (not in
Katz)
INDEXES, AND DIRECTORIES - EXERCISE
1. How is the Expanded Academic Index different from the Wilson indexes? How does it differ
from other examples of full-text electronic databases? On what basis would you select one of
them for your library?
2. Identify a category of information need for which indexes can be said to be a surrogate. What
index(es) is most useful with regard to your GIN? Did you note ways in which it might have
been even more helpful?
3. Does an index have any value as a substantive current events source? Try to provide an
example of information related to your GIN that you were able to find using such an index
alone. Could the same resource be used to identify the winner of the Tour de France Bicycle
Race last summer?
4. Increasingly newspapers are providing online editions. Does your home town have a
newspaper on the web? What effect do you think these web publications may have on news
indexes such as the ones on our list. Why?
5. Idenify a category of information for which directories can be said to be a surrogate.
Investigate one of the web's phone/internet directories (See Yahoo for suggestions). Look for
information on yourself and a couple of friends. Were you successful in finding correct
directory information?
6. Attempt to locate a specialized directory that has some relevance to your GIN. Can you
suggest ways in which the directory might have been even more useful? If you were not able
to locate a relevant directory, describe what such a tool might be like if it did exist.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1.
Where would you expect to find the citation to an article written about Sharon Stone for
People Magazine? Was it difficult to find in full-text?
2.
Where would you expect to find citations of information about retrospective exhibitions of
Picasso's works?
3.
Where would you look to find a source that will provide the rest of a quotation that begins, "I
think that I shall never see ..."?
4.
Where would you look to find out what academic institutions offer Ph.D.'s in Library and
information science?
5.
Who is the chief executive officer of the American Society for Information Science?
6.
How many of these questions can be answered using the WWW?
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