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
• Links to individual titles are also listed in the
  catalogue

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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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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/collections/newspape
  rs.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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IBSSthe International Bibliography of the
Social Sciences

• Covers books periodicals from 1951
• 2400 journals and 7000 books per year are indexed
• Athens password needed on and off campus
• Web address http//gateway.ovid.com/athen

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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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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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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/socsci/asslibraries
  .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
• 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/ssres1.htm