ELECTRONIC
RESOURCES
and
SERVICES
by Amy Gunn, Public/Electronic Services
Librarian
Find out if the Library has online
access to the full-text of a journal, newspaper or magazine that
you need…
The Library has recently purchased a new service, from the popular
EBSCO vendor, called “A-to-Z”. The “A-to-Z”
service allows librarians and patrons to search by title for those
periodicals to which the library has online access in full-text!
The title list combines all titles received electronically by the
library through e-journal subscriptions as well as those included
in aggregated databases from multiple publishers. This allows anyone
to search the library’s list of more than 10,000 full-text
titles with online access. Go to
http://atoz.ebsco.com/home.asp?Id=1138 to use this fabulous new
service!
Keep in mind that if you would like to search for magazine, journal
or newspaper articles on a particular topic, you can use any number
of online databases. Here are just a few:
EBSCOhost’s Academic Search
Elite
A general academic database that covers a variety of academic subject
areas. Most titles are indexed from late 1980s or early 1990s to
the current.
Expanded Academic Index
A general academic database that covers a variety of academic subject
areas and complements EBSCOhost. Again, most titles are indexed
from the late 1980sor early 1990s to the current.
InfoTrac OneFile
A subset of Expanded Academic Index which also includes information
from a variety of news sources and consumer health information.
Opposing Viewpoints
This resource contains information on hot or controversial topics.
The content is made up of full-text selections from reference works,
secondary sources, and full-text articles from over 30 major newspapers
and newsmagazines.
Readers’ Guide
This “classic” database indexes popular magazines from
1890 to present and includes full-text from 1994 to present.
Any current College students or employees are able to use the Library’s
resources from anywhere they have internet access. Go to the Library’s
Electronic Resources page http://www.mc3.edu/sa/lib/lib_dbs.html
and click on the resource you would like to use. If you are not
on-campus, then type in your network ID and password. Faculty, please
encourage your students to follow the instructions at http://www.mc3.edu/it/st/faqs.html#studentid
for accessing the Library’s databases from home. If you have
any questions, please ask the Librarian at the Reference Desk.
