? replaces any single character ( wom?n finds women or woman)
The catalog DOES NOT search determiners (a, the, an) or prepositions well
You can also click on the hyperlinked Subject Headings within a book record to find out approximately how many books in the library use that same term for description.
Helpful Subject Headings (NOT an exhaustive list!):
Children's Literature
Children's Literature -- History and Criticism
Children's Literature, American
Children's Literature, American -- History and Criticism
Go toPirate Sourceto find Research Guides by subject. From the Library Home page, select Info By Subject; Pirate Source is the first entry. Helpful subjects within Pirate Source are:
Literature Online: Search for criticism and reference; includes indexing by the MLA Bibliography and the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature.
America: History and Life: Use this database primarily for historical background on your topic. Book reviews are included.
ERIC: Search for education and teaching-related articles in this database. Hint: limit to Journal Articles for this project.
Historical Abstracts: This database provides historical research focusing on parts of the world other than North America. Book reviews are included.
MLAIB (Modern Language Association International Bibliography):This is the primary index for research on any aspect of language or literature.
PSYC Info: This database includes articles on teaching and learning, and contains a variety of document types, from journal articles to empirical research.
Web of Science: Use to search these two databases: Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index. Two unique features of this database are its inclusion of cited references and a “find related records” option.
If it’s not full-text: Find It!
How can I see articles?
Many of our databases include the full text of articles. In some cases, though, the full text of an article may not be available online in the database you are using due to publishers' restrictions or the prohibitive cost of providing them online. Increasingly, when you search for articles in the library's databases you will see the button on your results list or on the screen showing the citation/abstract of the article.
Serial Solutions is a service offered by Joyner and Laupus Libraries that allows you, at the click of a button, to go from an article citation in one database to a full text copy of that article in another, or to see if a particular article or specific journal is available in full text electronic format. It also allows you to find out if that journal is available in print at either Joyner or Laupus.
What if the article I want is not available full-text online?
If the article is not available online, you can check the Joyner Library catalog or the Laupus Health Sciences catalog to see if it is held in printed form. The button does this for you automatically from within databases. If you live within Pitt County you would need to come to the library to make a copy of the article. If you are a distance-learning studentliving outside of Pitt County, you can have articles copied and sent to you, using Interlibrary Lending.
Citation Linker: If you already have a citation from someone else’s bibliography and want to find out if we have that article, key it into the Citation Linker. When you click the Find IT! Button at the bottom of the page, you will generate an menu of options that works like the one described above.
Don’t forget about Interlibrary Loan!
If Joyner doesn’t have the book or journal article you need, request this item by interlibrary loan.
Journal articles are often delivered electronically within a few days.
Books may take a couple of weeks to be shipped through the mail.
