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

2. OneSearch

3. 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

4. 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

5. Synonyms

6. Synonyms

7. Books Check for other works by key author
Remember to follow up footnotes and references

8. Subject heading searching
Judiciary – 56 results

9. Subject heading searching

10. 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

11. Journal articles Author and title search
Powell, LR, ‘The constitutionality of France’s ban on the burqa." Wisconsin International Law Journal 31, no. 1:

12. Journal articles
Powell, LR, ‘The constitutionality of France’s ban on the burqa." Wisconsin International Law Journal 31, no. 1:

13. Databases

14. Web of Science

15. Web of Science

16. Web of Science

17. Web of Science

18. Web of Science

19. Newspapers British and some international newspapers
Electronic newspapers
British - Nexis, Times Digital Archive; British newspapers ; 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

20. Newspapers

21. Newspapers

22. Other media BBC Monitoring
Material in English from range of worldwide sources
Find via Sources tab

23. BBC Monitoring

24. BBC Monitoring

25. BBC Monitoring

26. Government publications
Parliamentary publications – sessional papers
House of Commons and Lords papers and bills
Command papers
Hansard – parliamentary debates

27. 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

28. 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

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

30. Managing your references
Bibliographic software
EndNote Online – reference manager and writing solution

31. EndNote Online

32. EndNote Online

33. EndNote Online Download Word link (CWYW) - tab in Word
Insert citations into your dissertation and watch your bibliography be generated automatically

34. EndNote Online

35. If you have any problems finding resources, please get in touch:
Further help
If you have any problems finding resources, please get in touch:
telephone
ask at the Information Point