Online Catalog
Use NUcat (the
online catalog) to identify books that the library has, as well
as journal titles, microfilm, videos, and other catalogued
material. Books are excellent sources of overviews and substantial
material on a particular topic, but do not necessarily reflect the
most current events. NUcat will also tell you whether material is
in the main library or in another Northwestern University library.
Other Library Catalogs
WorldCat
Catalogs
from Other Libraries
To obtain materials from other libraries contact
the Interlibrary
Loan Department.
Biographical Reference Databases
Literature Resource Center
Biographical and critical information about authors.
Biography Resource Center
Biographical information about famous persons.
Selected Indexes to Articles
Use indexes to track down articles in journals.
Articles usually have a specific focus, are relatively short, and
are very current. Some indexes, particularly the general ones, include
the full text of the article. You can find the indexes by going
to the library's home page
and selecting "Electronic Resources." Type in the name of the index
that you need from the "Quick Search" menu.
If the article
citations you find in indexes to do not include full text,
click on Find it @ NU which searches across many other indexing databases
and sources of full text articles to find electronic full text
of the article, if it exists, in the NU Library electronic environment.
Find it @ NU will also lead to NUcat, the online catalog, if only
a
paper copy exists for the journal or periodical. If an item is
not found in electronic or paper copy, a link to Interlibrary Loan
will be given.
You can also locate the full article
by directly searching on the journal title, not the article title,
in NUcat.
You can then check to see whether the library owns
the journal or
periodical and if so, what issues/dates are owned and in
what format (hard copy, electronic, microtext).
General Indexes
Academic
Search Premier
Full text and abstracts of scholarly journal
articles and general interest news and literature.
Expanded
Academic Index (EXAC)
Selected full text and abstracts of articles
in journals across a variety of disciplines.
LexisNexis
Academic
Full text articles from several thousand news,
legal and business publications.
Note: The New
York Times full text is available from 1980 to current in
LexisNexis.
Arts, Humanities, Literature
and Film Indexes
MLA
International Bibliography
Citations and abstracts covering literature, language, linguistics and folklore.
Humanities
Abstracts
Citations and abstracts to articles in more than 450 humanities
periodicals. International
Index to the Performing Arts
Citations and abstracts of articles from
the international literature of the performing arts, 1998 - present.
Communication
Abstracts
Citations
and abstracts of literature in all aspects of communication
and related fields, including film studies
and public opinion.
Film
Index International
Film Index International is a major information resource for entertainment films and personalities produced in collaboration with the British Film Institute. With a scholarly, inclusive approach to all areas of film studies - from the very first silent movies, to art house classics or the latest blockbusters - Film Index International provides truly international coverage, indexing films from over 170 countries.
Find other indexes to
articles by subject
Other Reference and Background Sources
European Writers
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
Call number: L 809.894 E89
Guide to French Literature
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
Call Number: L 840.3 L664g
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
Call number: 791.4309 I612 2000
Dictionary of Literary Biography
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
Call number: L 810.3 D5541
Putting it all
together
MLA Style Guide
Reference Help
Northwestern
University Library's Main Reference Department /reference/assistance/index.html
Accessing electronic articles and books
from off campus
Start with the instructions
at http://www.library.northwestern.edu/help/proxy/index.html
Jami Xu
Reference Department
Email:jamixu@northwestern.edu
Office phone: 847.491.8961
Reference desk phone: 847.491.7656
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