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Find Books
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
To obtain materials from other libraries contact
the Interlibrary
Loan Department.
Find Articles
Use indexes (a.k.a. databases) 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 Databases
- Academic
Search Premier
Full text and abstracts of scholarly journal
articles and general interest news and literature.
- Academic OneFile (InfoTrac)
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.
- New York Times
Full-text articles from this national newspaper, 1851–2004.
Specialized/Subject Databases
Find other indexes to
articles by subject.
Selected Reference Books
- America's Foreign Policy, 1945-1976: Its Creators and Critics / by Thomas Parker
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
Call number: 327.73 P243a
- Documents of American Diplomacy: From the American Revolution to the Present
/ [compiled by] Michael D. Gambone.
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
Call number: 327.73 D6367
- Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy / editors, Alexander
DeConde, Richard Dean Burns, and Fredrik Logevall.
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
Call number: L 327.73003 E56
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International Relations: A Concise Companion / by David Weigall
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
Call number: 327.W419i
Putting it all
together
Need some assistance?
Reference help
Northwestern
University Library's Main Reference Department
Work one-on-one with a librarian
Research Consultations
Accessing electronic articles and books
from off campus
Start with the instructions
at www.library.northwestern.edu/help/proxy/
Denise M Shorey
Reference Department
Email: d-shorey@northwestern.edu
Office phone: 847.491.2174
Reference desk phone: 847.491.7656
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