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INT 400: Pop!Tech
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How to Find Books
Use Fogler Library's catalog, URSUS, to look for books, both print and electronic. If you want to order a print book from another library, click on the Request button on the top of the page. You will be asked for your name and barcode (on the back of your MaineCard). Electronic books will have links under the title information; the access method varies, so be sure to read all the information.
You may also want to search in MaineCat, which includes other libraries across Maine (i.e. Bates, Bowdoin, and Colby). After you have run a search in URSUS, you will see a Search MaineCat button at the top of your results list. You can request these books as well.
Ways to Identify Articles
As most scholarly information is not freely available on the Internet, the following databases will help you find discipline-specific articles. This list is a sampling of the databases available; for a full list go to Indexes & Databases.
ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Compendix (Engineering Village)
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Article Linker allows you to automatically check URSUS for electronic and/or print subscriptions to journals that are not fulltext in the above databases.
Interlibrary Loan - use for journal articles we do not have access to
Citing Sources
It is very important to cite words and/or ideas you take straight from another work and put into your own writing. For information consult the print guides at the Reference Desk, or Quick Reference: Citation Guides.
Still Unsure...?
There are lots of ways to get help. You can contact the Reference Desk - you can come in, call us at 581-1673, or use the Ask-a-Librarian chat or email service. You may also contact librarian Nancy Lewis; you can send her an email on FirstClass (nancy.lewis@umit.maine.edu) or call her at 581-3613 to set up an appointment.
You can also refer to the Introduction to Library Research guide.
Nancy.Lewis@umit.maine.edu | Revised: 08/03/2009
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