Research
FYS 101: The Languages of War
Fall 2007
Brenda Boyle
Ann Watson: watsona@denison.edu, ex. 6389Books
You will be able to access books from Dension's library as well as other libraries in Ohio. Using the CONSORT Library Catalog, you will have access to books at Denison, Kenyon, Ohio Wesleyan and the College of Wooster. From within the catalog, you can access OhioLINK, which gives you access to the books in most university libraries in Ohio.
When searching in OhioLINK or CONSORT follow these tips for more productive KEYWORD Searching:
AND = fewer results
OR = more results (use between similar terms)
* = truncation (use to search all forms of a word)
" " = quote marks (use to search a phrase)
( ) = parentheses (use to nest complex searches)
Finding Articles
Use this list of links as starting points to find journal articles on your topic, but you can also explore the list of Online Resources linked from the Library Web Page.
- America: History & Life This is the main tool for locating scholarly articles on American history
- Academic Search Complete This resource contains full text for over 3,430 scholarly publications. Academic Search Complete includes full-page images as well as color embedded images. This scholarly collection provides full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study.
- New York Times Historical Archive 1851-2004 (full text)
- Lexis Nexis Academic Universe (full text)
- Readers Guide to Periodical Literature Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature indexes and abstracts the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada. Date coverage is 1890 to the present.
- link]pais] PAIS International is an index to the literature of public affairs -- current issues and actions which affect the world communities, countries, people, and governments.
- American History Electronic Reference Full text electronic reference books with specific sources on American Military History
- International Political Science Abstracts International Political Science Abstracts includes current indexing and abstracts of the world's leading journals in political science.
Full-text Sources
It is a good idea to check multiple sources to determine whether you have online access to the full text of articles. Here are some sources you can try to begin this search. If you have problems finding a journal, please ask for assistance from a reference librarian.
Use the following link as a guideline in preparing your annotated bibliography.