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Title: What resources can I use apart from printed books and periodicals that I find in the QM catalogue


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What resources can I use apart from printed books
and periodicals that I find in the QM catalogue?
  • Electronic resources
  • Other libraries

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Electronic Resources
  • E-journals
  • Databases
  • E-books
  • Metalib gateway to electronic resources
  • SFX links to e-journal articles
  • Athens passwords

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E journals
  • Go to the librarys electronic journals web pages
    to see the full range of electronic journals
    available at QM
  • http//sfx.library.qmul.ac.uk/qmsfx/a-z
  • Click on the SFX link on the library webpage
  • Links to individual titles are also listed in the
    catalogue
  • OR take the ejournal option in Metalib

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JSTOR
  • An electronic archive of journals
  • Back issues not current
  • Usually back to the start of publication
  • Core journals such as American Historical Review,
    Journal of Modern History, Past and Present,
    Journal of Contemporary History
  • Available off-campus with ATHENS username
    password
  • http//uk.jstor.org/ or link from the QM
    librarys webpage

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Project Muse
  • 300 journals in the arts, humanities and social
    sciences.
  • US university presses learned societies
  • http//muse.jhu.edu/

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Newspapers
  • Electronic files of the UK broadsheets back to
    the beginning of the 1990s on Proquest
  • Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
  • Times on microfilm Times Index fills the gaps
  • http//www.library.qmul.ac.uk/e-resources/news.htm
  • for more information
  • British Library Newspaper Library in Colindale
    has a huge collection of newspapers from UK and
    abroad

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Web of Knowledge
  • Covers all subjects, but is divided into Arts
    Humanities, Social Sciences and Science
  • Altogether, 7500 journals are indexed
  • The database contains references from 1971
  • http//wok.mimas.ac.uk/
  • updated weekly

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Royal Historical Society Bibliography
  • Covers the history of Britain, Ireland and the
    British overseas
  • Books, articles in books and journals are all
    included
  • References from 1901
  • http//www.rhs.ac.uk/bibwel.html
  • No password required

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IBSSthe International Bibliography of the
Social Sciences
  • Covers books periodicals from 1951
  • 2400 journals and 7000 books per year are indexed
  • Good for contemporary history
  • Athens password needed on and off campus
  • Web address http//gateway.ovid.com/athens

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Searching tips
  • plan your search in advance
  • think of keywords to describe your subject
  • think of synonyms, wider terms, alternatives
  • start your search simply and then refine it
  • be prepared to experiment to get the best results
    in terms of numbers of references and relevance
  • Use the HELP screens when you are searching

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What to do with your search results
  • Use the SFX button, if it is available, to check
    our ejournals our catalogue
  • Use the links to other library catalogues on QM
    librarys web-pages
  • Union List of Serials to find serials within
    London University libraries

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E books
  • Oxford Reference Online
  • Medieval sources online
  • Acls humanities e book project over 1500 titles,
    mostly history
  • Netlibrary
  • E book search in catalogue

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Oxford Reference Online
  • 175 reference books, including language and
    subject dictionaries and Oxford companions
  • All listed in our catalogue
  • Can be cross searched
  • SFX links take you to further information
  • http//www.oxfordreference.com/

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ACLS Humanities E book Collection
  • Over 1700 ebooks largely about History
  • Covers all aspects and all periods
  • All titles are listed in our catalogue
  • You can go straight to the site and search it
  • http//www.humanitiesebook.org/index.html

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Athens passwords
  • Required for Web of Science and IBSS on and off
    campus
  • Most other resources require Athens off campus
    only
  • You can access QM resources from anywhere
  • Student service account
  • Need to set your home institution to make it work
  • Go to https//athens-xap.stu.qmul.ac.uk/

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Set athens home institution here
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Other libraries
  • Senate House Library, Malet Street (Holborn,
    Goodge Street or Russell Square tube) You can
    borrow from there
  • Other Libraries of the University of London
  • Public Libraries
  • British Library
  • http//www.library.qmul.ac.uk/about_us/other_libs.
    htm

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Interlibrary Loans
  • We dont automatically get interlibrary loans for
    undergraduates
  • If its available in London, even if just for
    reference, we expect you to use it there
  • Doing historical research often entails using
    other libraries
  • But - some material is only lent between
    libraries - eg theses. And - some is difficult
    to get in London
  • See me - youll need the support of your
    supervisor

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COPAC
  • access to the merged online catalogues of 22 of
    the largest university research libraries in the
    UK and Ireland the British Library
  • includes the University of London Library,
    Institute of Historical Research (SAS) and the
    LSE
  • covers books and periodicals
  • no password needed
  • http//copac.ac.uk

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Databases at Senate House Library
  • http//www.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/resources/databases.asp
  • Academic search premier full text of over 100
    journals on all subjects
  • America history life search for references on
    the history of the US Canada
  • Historical abstracts world history, except for
    US Canada
  • EEBO (Early English Books) and ECCO (18th century
    collections)
  • JSTOR
  • You need a Senate House borrower card to login
    remotely

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A few suggestions
  • Leave yourself plenty of time particularly if
    you need material which is not easy to obtain
  • Keep full details of everything that you read
  • sort out an ATHENS password, so you can use e
    resources from home.

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Where can I find out more?
  • More about the library generally
  • http//www.library.qmul.ac.uk/index.htm
  • More about information resources for my subject
  • http//www.library.qmul.ac.uk/socsci/history.htm
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