Selected Sources for INTL 394: Global Media in an Age of Neo-Liberalism

• Research & Computing Help
• Reference Resources
• Finding Books: Catalogs
• Books at Macalester
• Finding Articles: Indexes

• Journals at Macalester
• Interlibrary Loan
• Web Research
• Citing Your Sources

For Research Help:

• Visit the Reference Desk in the Library, just inside the main doors to your right. (Librarians are available Mon.-Thurs. 8am-9pm, Fri. 8am-4:30pm, Sat. 12:30-4:30pm, Sun. 1pm-9pm).
• Sign Up for a Reference Consultation Session with a Librarian using the Library's Ask Us service.
• Call the Reference Desk at x6618 [Off Campus (651) 696-6618].
• Send an Email Reference Question using the Library's Ask Us service.
• Contact your Library Instruction Session Librarian.

Leslie Mollner
Reference & Instruction Librarian
mollner@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6502

For Computing Help:

• Visit the Computing Help Desk Office in the Humanities Building, Room 310. (Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8am-10pm, Fri. 8am-4pm, Sun. 4pm-10pm)
• Call the CIT (Computing & Information Technology) Computing Help Desk at x6525 [Off Campus (651) 696-6525] and speak directly to a consultant or leave a message.
• Email the Computing Help Desk to report a problem or ask a question.
• Use CIT Documentation, instructional handouts explaining systems and software, for help with computer, application, program, and network questions.

When starting a research project, it is often a good idea to check the Reference Collection to find background information on your topic area. Resources typically found in the Reference Collection include dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and statistical materials. The Reference Collection is located on the First Level of the DeWitt Wallace Library near the Reference Desk. Books are shelved under LC Call Numbers based on their subject matter. Find Reference materials by browsing the shelves or by using the CLICnet catalog. The materials listed below represent a sample of Reference resources that relate to your class.

Check the Reference Collection for additional resources that may relate more directly to your specific project.

General Reference Sources

Discipline Specific Reference Sources

Focal illustrated dictionary of telecommunications (in Xreferplus)
Xerxes Mazda and Fraidoon Mazda. Burlington, Mass. : Focal Press, 1999.
MAC Online Reference Resource

Use online catalogs to locate books in local libraries. Here at Macalester, our online catalog is called CLICnet. It is often helpful to start with a "Superkeyword" search in the CLICnet catalog where you combine topics that relate to your research project. For example:

• globalization and telecommunications
• mass media and germany
• neo-liberalism or neoliberalism
• telecommunications and (policy or policies)
• world trade organization and regulation
• telecommunications and deregulation

Be sure to check the Subject headings listed in the records you retrieve so that you will find other useful and more specific terms and phrases to search. CLICnet uses the Subject Headings found in the Library of Congress Subject Headings books kept near the Reference Desk in the Library.

• CLICnet (Macalester's Library Catalog)
• MNCAT (the University of Minnesota's Library Catalog)

For More Information:

• See the Library's Catalogs Web page.

In the DeWitt Wallace Library, as in other libraries, books are grouped together on the shelves by subject area. The Library uses the Library of Congress (or LC) Classification System to assign call numbers, using both letters and numbers, to books based on their subject matter. Use the CLICnet Library Catalog to find books in DeWitt Wallace Library. Keep in mind, it is often useful to browse the books on the shelf in a particular subject area to find additional materials that might relate to your research. Listed below are the collection locations for books here in the Library.

Finding Books at Macalester:

• MAC Reference Collection (First Level)
• MAC Stacks A - HB (Fourth Level)
• MAC Stacks HC - PQ (Third Level)
• MAC Stacks PR - Z (Second Level)
• MAC 2nd Level-Oversize A-Z (Second Level, South End of the Stacks)
• MAC SuperOversize Level 2 A-Z (Second Level, SW Study Room, In Library Use Only)
• MAC Greats Book Coll A-Z (First Level, North Study Room)
• MAC Wood Collection-Lev 2 A-Z (Second Level, North Room)
• MAC Harmon Current Read A-Z (First Level, SW Corner, Harmon Room)
• Archives & Rare Books (Second Level, East, Access By Appointment Only)
• CLIC Online (netLibrary Ebook Available Online)

Indexes allow you to access information about articles on your topic which have appeared in periodicals such as journals or magazines. Some indexes also provide information about books, newspaper articles, conference proceedings, government documents and a variety of other publication types. Subject-specific indexes focus on specific disciplines; interdisciplinary indexes survey many disciplines. Many of our indexes are available in electronic form, however print indexes are still the norm for certain disciplines.

For More Information:

• See the Library's Online Indexes by Title Web page.
• See the Library's Online Indexes & Reference Resources by Discipline Web page.

Alternative Press Index (AltPressIndex)
(1991 - ) OCLC FirstSearch
MAC Online Index

An international and interdisciplinary database that indexes periodicals covering cultural, economic, political and social change. Includes citation information for nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines. Abstracts are also provided for selected research journals.

Alternative Press Index Archive (AltPressIndexArchive)
(1969-1990) OCLC FirstSearch
MAC Online Index

Interdisciplinary index of journals covering cultural, economic, political and social change.

ArticleFirst
(1990 -) OCLC FirstSearch
MAC Online Index

Index to articles from 12,500 selected journals.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index
(1975 -) ISI Web of Science/Web of Knowledge
MAC Online Index

Multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It indexes 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. A feature of this index is the inclusion of all cited references.

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
(1991 -) Columbia International Affairs
MAC Online Index

Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, policy briefs, working papers and other materials in the field of public policy and international affairs.

CommSearch
(1978-1997; varies) Speech Communication Association
MAC CD-ROM Ref Desk P87 .C667

Indexes 26 journals in Communication Studies from 1991-1996 and abstracts from 1978-1996. Six journals are provided in fulltext for 1991-1997. Speech Communication Association.

Communication Abstracts
(1977 - ) SAGE Publications, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
MAC Online Index

Indexes communication-related publications on a world-wide scale and includes articles, reports, papers, and books from a variety of publishers, research institutions, and information sources. Covers the topic areas of international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, risk communication, crisis communication and public opinions.

Expanded Academic ASAP
(1980- ) Gale/InfoTrac
MAC Online Index

Interdisciplinary index of articles from scholarly and popular journals. A good starting point for any research project that will provide a variety of viewpoints from a wide range of publications.

Ingenta
(Date varies) Ingenta
MAC Online Index

Large, multi-disciplinary database available free via the Web that includes information about millions of academic and professional articles from more than 26,000 publications. Search options include topic searching, browsing by publication, and browsing subject areas.

JSTOR
(Date varies) JSTOR
MAC Online Index

This is a collection of core scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, with a few science journals, fulltext back to their date of first publication to within the current 2-5 years.

Left Index
(1982 -) NISC BiblioLine
MAC Online Index

Provides access to the diversity of literature on the left, with a primary emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. A secondary emphasis is on significant but little known sources of news and ideas. Topics covered include the labor movement, ecology & environment, race & ethnicity, social & cultural theory, sociology, art & aesthetics, philosophy, history, education, law, and globalization.

Lexis-Nexis Academic
(Date varies) Lexis-Nexis
MAC Online Index

Fulltext articles from newspapers, trade magazines, legal resources, medical resources, and several reference sources.

MLA International Bibliography
(1963 -) Gale/InfoTrac
MAC Online Index

This is the index to journals in modern languages, literature and folklore.

PAIS International (PAIS / Public Affairs Information Service International)
(1972 -) OCLC Public Affairs Information Service, Inc., OCLC FirstSearch
MAC Online Index

This is an index to journals, books, government and international publications covering global public policy and social issues.

Project Muse
(Date varies) Johns Hopkins University Press, Project MUSE
MAC Online Index

This is a searchable collection of fulltext journals in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics.

Social Sciences Citation Index
(1985 -) ISI Web of Science/Web of Knowledge
MAC Online Index

Multidisciplinary database with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the social sciences. It indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. A feature of this index is the inclusion of all cited references.

Sociological Abstracts
(1963 -) Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
MAC Online Index

Provides access to the latest research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
(1975 -) Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
MAC Online Index

This database covers over 1000 journals that cover political science related fields including law, public administration/policy, and international relations.

Finding Journals at Macalester:

• Ejournal Finder - Access to full-text content in over 10,000 electronic publications available at Macalester. Includes publications within subscription indexes and full-content Ejournals.
• Journal Finder - Access to print and microform journals, as well as selected Ejournals, available at Macalester via the CLICnet Library Catalog.

Journal Formats

• Print Journals - Paper journals shelved alphabetically by title. Current periodicals (typically the most recent year of volumes for each journal title) are located on the First Level of the Library and Bound Periodicals (older years for a journal title) are located on the Lower Level.
• Microform Journals - Journals available on microfiche or microfilm. Microform journals are located on the Lower Level of the Library in a room near the Periodicals and Computer Lab Desk. Microform viewing and printing equipment is available in this room.
• Full-Text EJournals - Journals within online indexes that provide full-text articles from these journals online. May not include pictures, images, tables, and graphs. Check each individual Online Index to determine if full-text articles are available.
• Full-Content Ejournals - Electronic equivalent to a print journal, offering the full-content of the print journal online including pictures, images, tables, and graphs. The Library purchases access to individual Ejournal titles as well as Ejournal Collections like JSTOR and Project MUSE.

For More Information:

• See the Library's Journals Web page.

• See the Library's Interlibrary Loan Web page.

The Web is a extremely vast resource of information. While it is important to use critical thinking skills when looking at any information source, the Web can provide particular challenges. Always be aware of things like the authority, scope, source, currency, intended audience, etc. when visting a Web site; especially when relying on a site as a source for a paper.

Searching the Web can be a daunting experience. Search engines change on a regular basis. Google is the most effective search engine. However, it is important to note that no single search engine can claim to even come close to searching the entire Web. For best results, you should try searches in multiple engines.

For More Information:

• See the Library's Evaluating Web Resources Guide Web page.
• See the Library's Internet Search Engines Guide Web page.

Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT)
Web Resource

RefWorks is a web-based program that allows you to download, organize, annotate, and search citations (references) for your papers and to create bibliographies. When you create bibliographies, choose from a variety of style formats (MLA, APA, Turabian, etc.). With an additional plug-in program, you can use Refworks to create references and bibliographies automatically while writing papers in Microsoft Word. (Please note: the Write-N-Cite plug-in is currently not available for Macintosh computers.)

For More Information:

• See the Library's RefWorks Web page.
• See the Library's Citing Resources Guide Web page.

Commonly Used Style Manuals