1. LORNA PIMPERTON, SUBJECT LIBRARIAN
Politics, Philosophy and Religion: Using library resources for dissertation research
LORNA PIMPERTON, SUBJECT LIBRARIAN

2. Books
Use OneSearch – Lancaster collections to find books on your dissertation topic
Remember to use synonyms and related terms – Judges/Judiciary; Church of England/Anglican
Check for other works by key author
Follow up footnotes or references in books you find useful

3. Individual databases, which offer Material not indexed on OneSearch
Journal articles
Use OneSearch or
Individual databases, which offer
Material not indexed on OneSearch
More detailed search facility

4. Journal articles
If you cannot find a reference on OneSearch by author and title, use the reference details and check the journal title and holdings, eg
Gies, L. ‘The burqa is just like a maxi dress’, Journal of Human Rights Practice, 2013, 5 (1)

5. Journal articles
Article not on OneSearch
Can be accessed via journal

6. Databases
Use the Libguide for your area to locate databases – find it from the Library home page

7. Databases

8. Web of Science

9. Web of Science

10. Web of Science

11. Newspapers British and some international newspapers
Electronic, print and microtext format
Indexes to find information in print/microtext
Electronic newspapers
British - Nexis, Times Digital Archive; British newspapers ; Daily Mirror Archive 1900-
US – Nexis, Westlaw
World – Nexis, Westlaw
Use the libguide to find links to newspaper databases too

12. Newspapers
Select a source and narrow the search using the options on the right

13. Other media BBC Monitoring Worldwide On Nexis database
Material in English from range of media sources
Locate via Find sources

14. BBC Worldwide mionitoring

15. Government publications
The Library has extensive holdings of British official publications
Parliamentary publications
House of Commons and Lords papers and bills
Command papers
Hansard – parliamentary debates
Printed indexes available

16. Government publications
Sessional papers and Hansard now available on line from 18th century to 2003/4 – House of Commons Parliamentary Papers database
2006/7 onwards – Public Information Online

17. Material from other libraries
Your topic should largely be supported by the material here
You can visit other libraries – Sconul access scheme – link in Library A-Z list

18. Material from other libraries
Borrow material through other libraries – Interlending and Document Supply
Contact your subject librarian to discuss access
Place requests via OneSearch

19. Managing your references
Bibliographic software
EndNote Web – reference manager and writing solution

20. EndNote Web
Create a library of references

21. EndNote Web Download Word link (CWYW) - tab in Word
Insert citations into your dissertation and watch your bibliography generate automatically

22. EndNote Web
Use the Libguide

23. Further help
If you have any problems finding resources, please get in touch:
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