LORNA PIMPERTON, SUBJECT LIBRARIAN Politics, Philosophy and Religion: Using library resources for dissertation research LORNA PIMPERTON, SUBJECT LIBRARIAN
OneSearch
Structure of OneSearch Books and more – Library catalogue Materials in the physical library – print and e books, DVDs, print and electronic journal titles, databases Articles and more Contents of many (but not all) electronic journal titles/databases; other electronic materials
Remember to use synonyms and related terms Books Use OneSearch – Books and More to find books and media materials on your dissertation topic Remember to use synonyms and related terms
Synonyms
Synonyms
Books Check for other works by key author Remember to follow up footnotes and references
Subject heading searching Judiciary – 56 results
Subject heading searching
Use OneSearch – Articles and More/Everything or Journal articles Use OneSearch – Articles and More/Everything or Individual databases, which offer Material not indexed on OneSearch More detailed search facility
Journal articles Author and title search Powell, LR, 2013. ‘The constitutionality of France’s ban on the burqa." Wisconsin International Law Journal 31, no. 1: 118-146
Journal articles Powell, LR, 2013. ‘The constitutionality of France’s ban on the burqa." Wisconsin International Law Journal 31, no. 1: 118-146
Databases
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Newspapers British and some international newspapers Electronic newspapers British - Nexis, Times Digital Archive; British newspapers 1600-1900; Daily Mirror Archive 1900-; Observer and Guardian Historical Archive; Financial Times Historical Archive US – Nexis, Westlaw World – Nexis, Westlaw Use the libguide to find links to newspaper databases too
Newspapers
Newspapers
Other media BBC Monitoring Material in English from range of worldwide sources Find via Sources tab
BBC Monitoring
BBC Monitoring
BBC Monitoring
Government publications Parliamentary publications – sessional papers House of Commons and Lords papers and bills Command papers Hansard – parliamentary debates
Government publications Sessional papers and Hansard now available on line from 18th century to 2003/4 – House of Commons Parliamentary Papers database; some 17th century material 2006/7 onwards – Public Information Online
Materials from other libraries Your topic should largely be supported by the material here You can visit other libraries – Sconul access scheme – see Using other libraries in the Library web pages
Materials from other libraries Borrow material through other libraries – Interlending and Document Supply Contact your subject librarian to discuss access Place requests via OneSearch
Managing your references Bibliographic software EndNote Online – reference manager and writing solution
EndNote Online
EndNote Online
EndNote Online Download Word link (CWYW) - tab in Word Insert citations into your dissertation and watch your bibliography be generated automatically
EndNote Online
If you have any problems finding resources, please get in touch: Further help If you have any problems finding resources, please get in touch: l.pimperton@lancaster.ac.uk telephone 01524 592539 ask at the Information Point