Political Science Faculty and Graduate Students

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Political Science Faculty and Graduate Students

• Grace York
• University of Michigan
• graceyor_at_umich.edu
• September 2008

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Todays Agenda

• Library Services
• MIRLYN Catalog Timesaving Tips
• Inter-Library Loan
• Book Purchases
• Journal Indexes and Full Text
• Newspapers
• Poli Sci Specializations

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Political Science Resources
A guide to major electronic and print
collections http//www.lib.umich.edu/grad/guide/g
uide.php?id52
Some links to campus-licensed web products do not
work with Powerpoint but will work if you cut and
paste the URL directly into your web browser
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Library Web Page http//www.lib.umich.edu/
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Political Science Collections

• Graduate Library
• Major research collection in social
• sciences and humanities documents
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/grad/
• Undergraduate Library
• Core LSA materials and University Reserves
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/ugl/
• Twelve divisional libraries

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Divisional Librarieshttp//www.lib.umich.edu/libi
nfo/alphalist.html

• Labadie social and labor protest
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/spec-coll/labadie/
• Public Health health, hospital administration
• http//www.sph.umich.edu/phisa/index.html
• Science environment and geology
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/science/index.html
• Social Work social advocacy and gerontology
  
  http//www.lib.umich.edu/socwork/

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Independent Campus Libraries

• Historical
• Bentley Library (Michigan)
• http//www.umich.edu/bhl/
• Clements Library (Early U.S. History)
  http//www.clements.umich.edu/
• Gerald Ford Presidential Library (1974-76)
  http//www.ford.utexas.edu/

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Independent Campus Libraries

• Social Sciences
• Kresge Business Administration Library
  http//www.bus.umich.edu/KresgeLibrary
• Law Library (Court Decisions, State/International
  Law) http//www.law.umich.edu/library/Pages/defaul
  t.aspx

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Subject Specialists

• Political Science and U.S. Government
• Grace York graceyor_at_umich.edu
• Numeric Data
• Jennifer Green greenjen_at_umich.edu
• Economics, Public Policy, Law, and Intl Orgs
• Catherine Morse cmorse_at_umich.edu
• Southeast Asia
• Susan Go fsgo_at_umich.edu
• Latin America
• Nerea Llamas nllamas_at_umich.edu
• Middle East
• Jonathan Rodgers jrodgers_at_umich.edu
• Turkey
• Feyza Sayman feyza_at_umich.edu

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Subject Specialists

• Subject Selector List
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/collections/specialists.h
  tml
• Includes contacts in other subject disciplines,
  area studies, and major print or web collections.

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Reference Services

• Individual Subject Selectors
• Reference Desks in Grad and UGL
• Ask Us Email Message
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/askus/askus.html
• Ask Us Now Chat Reference
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/askus/

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Ask Us Now Instant Messageshttp//www.lib.umich.
edu/askus/

• Monday -Thursday, 10 a.m.-Midnight
• Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Saturday, 1-5 p.m.
• Sunday, 2 p.m. - Midnight

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Book and Journal Purchases

• Contact Grace directly or use the following form
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/collections/recommend.htm
  l

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Knowledge Navigation Center

• Text editors, distance learning and video
  conferencing
• Geographic information, text and graphic
  scanning, digital cameras
• One-to-one assistance, 10-8, M-Th 10-5 on Friday
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/knc/

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Faculty Exploratory

• Workshops for Grad Students
• Endnote and Procite
• Information Resources
• Digital Dissertation (e.g. 2007 Word, 2007
  Powerpoint, Dreamweaver, Photoshop)
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/exploratory/

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Lockers and Carrels in Graduate Library

• Lockers available to everyone
• Private study carrels for students writing
  dissertations
• Apply at Graduate Library Circulation Desk
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/grad/circ/carrels.html

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Faculty Delivery

• Available to faculty and graduate students free
  for staff and undergrads 3.75
• Books delivered to office or within two days
• Photocopies of books and articles primarily
  delivered to web (for faculty and grad) in two
  days
• Description http//www.lib.umich.edu/7fast/
• Order http//ill.lib.umich.edu/illiad/illiad.dll
• Telephone (647-FAST) or 7fast_at_umich.edu

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Inter-Library Loan

• Use for books, microforms and journal articles
  not in library system.
• Usually no charge.
• You do NOT need to know the library we're
  borrowing it from.
• However, you can identify the library using
• MIRLYN-Other Libraries or OCLC First
  Search/World Cat.

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University Reserves

• Materials available at Undergraduate Library
  Circulation Desk
• Electronic reserves available remotely and on
  your C-Tools site
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/reserves/

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Library Web Page http//www.lib.umich.edu/
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MIRLYNhttp//mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/

• Search Ann Arbor
• Books, Periodicals, and Electronic Materials in
  Library System, Bentley and Clements
• Find Articles (e.g. Searchtools)
• Periodical Indexes
• Find Other Library Catalogs
• Catalogs of Independent Campus and Big 10
  Libraries, EMU, Ann Arbor District, Business
  Administration, Law

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MIRLYN Catalogshttp//mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/

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MIRLYN Signonhttp//mirlyn.lib.umich.edu

• VALIDATED Signon at first chance for
• Indexes, recalls, renewals, books in Buhr,
• off-campus access to campus-licensed web
  products, saving searches

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MIRLYN Two Major Searcheshttp//mirlyn.lib.umic
h.edu/

• BASIC browse or keyword
• ADVANCED keyword in multiple fields (e.g.
  author, title)

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MIRLYN Basic Searchhttp//mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/

• Browse or keyword author, title, subject,
  entire record, journal, call number

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MIRLYN Basic Search http//mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/

• Record includes subject headings. Click on What
  Libraries Have for all copies, circulation
  records and retrieval. Also has Google full-text
  links.

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MIRLYN Basic Search http//mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/

• Choose Get This to deliver book from any to the
  Graduate Library circulation desk

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MIRLYN Basic Search http//mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/

• Books in Buhr, another campus library or the
  Graduate Library stacks can be brought to the
  Graduate Library Circulation Desk

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Retrieving Bookshttp//mirlyn.lib.umich.edu

• For the most part, you want to come to the
  library to retrieve the book in person
• Graduate Library Stacks Directory
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/navigator/gradstax.html

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Circulation Periodhttp//www.lib.umich.edu/circ/

• Length of circulation varies with library
• Undergraduate three weeks for everyone
• Graduate eight weeks if graduate student
• semester if faculty or T.A.
• three weeks if undergraduate
• Books can be recalled after three weeks
  regardless of initial circulation period

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MIRLYN Keyword Searchinghttp//mirlyn.lib.umich.e
du

• Uses Boolean Logic

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MIRLYN Keyword Searchinghttp//mirlyn.lib.umich.e
du
http//www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/training/boolean.
pdf
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MIRLYN Keyword Searching http//mirlyn.lib.umich
.edu/

• Keyword searching available in Basic Search for
  ONE field all, author, title, subject, or
  journal name.

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MIRLYN Keyword Searching http//mirlyn.lib.umich
.edu/

• Truncation is or ? Put phrases in quotes.
• e.g. war crimes trial? and Japan

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MIRLYN Keyword Searching http//mirlyn.lib.umich
.edu/

• Books using same keywords

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MIRLYN Keyword Searching http//mirlyn.lib.umich
.edu/

• Subject heading in keyword record may help you
  find more relevant books

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MIRLYN Subject Searchinghttp//mirlyn.lib.umich.e
du

• Subjects Use Library of Congress Subject Headings
• (Controlled vocabulary regardless of title)

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MIRLYN Subject Searchinghttp//mirlyn.lib.umich.e
du

• LC Subject Country and Form Subdivisions

Country Subject Subdivisions JapanForeign
RelationsChina TurkeyForeign
RelationsEuropean Union Countries EducationIran
Women in IslamIran ElectionsPhilippines Election
sThailand Political ParticipationArgentina Polit
ical ParticipationUnited States City-StatesGreec
e City-States--Iraq
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MIRLYN Subject Search http//mirlyn.lib.umich.ed
u/

• Typical Library of Congress subject browse search

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MIRLYN Basic Search http//mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/

• Results provide a browsable list with all subject
  or geographic subdivisions

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MIRLYN Modifying Search http//mirlyn.lib.umich.
edu/

• Default list is alphabetically by title
• You can sort the list (e.g. by date, format,
  author)
• Use MODIFY to limit by language

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MIRLYN Modifying Search http//mirlyn.lib.umich.
edu/

• Use Modify Search to Only List
• English-language Titles

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Inter-Library Loan

• You can apply for Inter-Library Loan through
  MIRLYN
• However, you can identify a likely donor library
  using OCLC World Cat (optional)
• Find Other Libraries in MIRLYN or
• http//firstsearch.oclc.org/dbnameWorldCatFSIP

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OCLCs World Cathttp//firstsearch.oclc.org/dbnam
eWorldCatFSIP

• You can search by author, title, publisher,
  keyword, date, format, language, ISBN or ISSN
  number

Skip Examples
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OCLCs World Cathttp//firstsearch.oclc.org/dbnam
eWorldCatFSIP
Click on the title to see the full record
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OCLCs World Cathttp//firstsearch.oclc.org/dbnam
eWorldCatFSIP
From the full record, choose LIBRARIES to see who
owns it
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OCLCs World Cathttp//firstsearch.oclc.org/dbnam
eWorldCatFSIP
This record lists one library. Click on ILL to
borrow it.
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OCLCs World Cathttp//firstsearch.oclc.org/dbnam
eWorldCatFSIP
Fill in the form it will be forwarded to the
UMich Library
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Campus Licensed Web Products

• Electronic Journals
• Databases such as
• OCLC First Search
• JSTOR
• Intl Political Science Abstracts,
• LEXIS Academic Universe
• World News Connection

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Access to Campus Licensed Web Products

• Any campus workstation (141.211-141.214 IP)
• Searchtools (off-campus)
• http//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/
• Requires authentication with kerberos or library
  password
• MIRLYN (if you login)
• http//proxy.lib.umich.edu/login?url
• preface to URL
• Requires authentication with kerberos or library
  password

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Search Toolshttp//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/

• Search up to eight data bases at the same time
  with a common interface
• Find link to a database or journal and connect
  from off-campus
• Create your own list of frequently-used
  electronic journals
• Create your own list of journal indexes and
  arrange for automatic updates

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Search Toolshttp//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/

• Limitations
• Not all databases are configured by their
  publishers for the service (e.g. LEXIS)
• You may lose special features, such as a
  controlled vocabulary searching
• More Information

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Search Toolshttp//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/
For more details
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JSTORhttp//www.jstor.org/

• Indexes scholarly journals--Provides full
  text--1900-last five years
• Political science, public opinion, history,
  economics, population studies, sociology
• Skip Examples

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JSTORhttp//www.jstor.org/

• Sample Titles
• American Journal of International Law
• American Political Science Review
• International Organization
• Journal of Conflict Resolution
• Public Opinion Quarterly
• World Politics

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JSTORhttp//www.jstor.org/

• Indexes by
• -Author-Title-Abstract-Full
  Text-Date-Journal

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JSTOR - Basic Search http//www.jstor.org/

• Search all fields by keyword
• Automatically searches journals in all
  disciplines but you can limit to all journals in
  one discipline

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JSTOR Advanced Searchhttp//www.jstor.org/

• Advamce Search Boolean logic
• Choose fields
• Choose journal group or individual titles and
  Search

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JSTOR Search Resultshttp//www.jstor.org/
PDF means full text Article information includes
abstract, URL, and links to citing articles
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JSTORArticle Informationhttp//www.jstor.org/

• Bibliographic Information Tab for abstract
• Articles Citing This Article
• PDF for viewing article

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JSTORhttp//www.jstor.org/

• Search for known article by a combination of
  author, title, journal, volume or date

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JSTOR - What it Misseshttp//www.jstor.org/

• Material issued in the last five years
• All but a few selected English-language journals
• Non-English journals

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International Political Science Abstracts,
1989http//web5.silverplatter.com/webspirs/start
.ws?customerc135082databasesIPSA

• Boolean searches assume a phrase and
• use as truncation symbol

Skip Examples
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International Political Science Abstracts,
1989http//web5.silverplatter.com/webspirs/start
.ws?customerc135082databasesIPSA

• You can do a second search once you see the
  results of the first search

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International Political Science Abstracts,
1989http//web5.silverplatter.com/webspirs/start
.ws?customerc135082databasesIPSA

• Retrieve SEARCH HISTORY to combine searches

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International Political Science Abstracts, 1989

• Check off searches then combine using AND or OR

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International Political Science Abstracts, 1989

• Check the search you want and click on DISPLAY

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International Political Science Abstracts,
1989and MGetIt

• If you like the article, click on the M Get It
  button for various
• options to obtain text

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International Political Science Abstracts, 1989

• If you like the article, click on the MGetIt
  button for
• various options to obtain text (full text,
  printed call number in MIRLYN, or inter-library
  loan)

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• http//www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?usernameumich
  ampaccessumich093ampcatpolisci
• You can start with a QUICK search, fielded
  (ADVANCED) search, or a THESAURUS search (under
  TOOLS)

Skip Examples
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• http//www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?usernameumich
  accessumich093catpolisci
• Type term in thesaurus, use hierarchy display and
  GO

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• Check the term plus any broader or related terms
  you want and SEARCH.

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• http//www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?usernameumich
  accessumich093catpolisci
• Once you have the results from the first search,
  you can do a second search by choosing a search
  tab.

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• http//www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?usernameumich
  accessumich093catpolisci
• Example of a keyword quick search.

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• Results of second search. Choose SEARCH
  TOOLS/HISTORY tab to combine them.

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• Review searches at bottom of Search Tools/History
  Screen then combine them using Boolean operators.

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• Sort results or choose the types of publications
  you want to see.
• Use SFX-M or Full-Text Linking to view the text.

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975

• Check results to save, print or mail
• Create automatic updates to your search using
  ALERTS

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Proquesthttp//www.lib.umich.edu/eresources/proqu
est/

• Indexes 2500 journals (popular and scholarly)
  since the 1980s
• Full text of about half
• Includes peer-reviewed journals
• Some historical newspapers
• ABI-Inform for business and economics
• Skip Examples

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Proquest http//www.lib.umich.edu/eresources/proq
uest/

• You can choose to search journals,
• newspapers, or ABI Inform (Business)

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Proquest http//www.lib.umich.edu/eresources/proq
uest/

• Basic search is by keyword
• Choose journals, business, current newspapers or
  multiple (all databases except historical
  newspapers)

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Proquest http//www.lib.umich.edu/eresources/proq
uest/

• Retrieve full text through text, pdf or M Get It
  icon
• Access MIRLYN for call number through M Get It
  icon
• Mark publications you want to print/export

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Proquest http//www.lib.umich.edu/eresources/proq
uest/

• You can also limit results to scholarly/full text
  at top of results list

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Proquest http//www.lib.umich.edu/eresources/proq
uest/

• Go to Marked List tab on upper right of screen
• You can download citations into ProCite and
  EndNote
• Use e-mail to send article to yourself

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Web of Science/SSCI, 1956http//isiknowledge.com
/wos/

• Indexes articles
• In numerous social sciences journals as issued
• Provides citation indexing
• New articles listing old articles and books
• Used for
• Updating Information
• Determining Value of Original Book or Article

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Web of Science/SSCI, 1956http//isiknowledge.com
/wos/

• SEARCH (default)
• Search for new articles by a combination of
  author, subject, journal, author's affiliation,
  type of information (article, book review, news)
  and language.
• CITATION SEARCH
• Search for citations to original article by a
  combination of author, journal, or date.

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Web of Science/SSCI, 1956http//isiknowledge.com
/wos/

• Search (Default) new articles
• Citation Search new articles citing old
  articles and books

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Web of Science/SSCI, 1956http//isiknowledge.com
/

• Cited reference searches use authors last
  name, first initial and date if possible cited
  work search requires expert knowledge of
  abbreviations

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Web of Science/SSCI, 1956http//isiknowledge.com
/wos/

• Original Works Being Cited Press View
  Record

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Web of Science/SSCI, 1956http//isiknowledge.com
/wos/

• Record of the original work shows its
  bibliography, links to newer articles citing it,
  related records which share the bibliography, and
  full text through M Get It

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Web of Science/SSCI, 1956http//isiknowledge.com
/wos/

• You can also check off all of the works of the
  original author to find out everyone who has
  cited him/her then Finish Search

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Web of Science/SSCI, 1956http//isiknowledge.com
/wos/

• You can refine the list of citing authors by
  aspect or document type

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Additional Journal Indexes

• Bibliography of Asian Studies
• http//quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bas/
• Columbia International Affairs Online
• http//www.ciaonet.org/
• EconLit
• http//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V?funcnative-lin
  kresourceUMI00277
• Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC)
• http//www.eric.ed.gov/
• Handbook of Latin American Studies
• http//lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/mdbquery.html
• Hispanic American Periodicals Index
• http//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V/?funcnative-li
  nkResourceUMI01509
• Historical Abstracts
• http//sb2.abc-clio.com8080/active/start?_appname
  serialsinitialdbHA
• PsychInfo
• http//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V?funcnative-lin
  kresourceUMI00528

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Electronic Journals

• Listed In
• MIRLYN
• M Get It button in databases
• Search Tools combines searches in various
  databases

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Newspapers

• Current Newspapers in Serials/Microforms (print)
• Electronic Journals and Newspapers (electronic)
• Academic Universe (U.S.)
• Access World News (smaller U.S. papers)
• Foreign Broadcast Information Service (Guide)
  (foreign translations)
• World News Connection (foreign translations)

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexisnexis.com/univer
se/

• Comprehensive source for newspapers, TV
  transcripts, law reviews, court cases. Default is
  General. Choose SOURCES or NEWS, LEGAL, BUSINESS
  or PEOPLE for the best searches.

Skip examples
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Academic Universe SOURCES http//web.lexisnexi
s.com/universe/

• Identify a specific source by browsing subjects
  or doing a keyword search of a title.

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Academic Universe - SOURCES http//web.lexisnexis
.com/universe/

• Check off source and paste it to your search with
  the OK-Continue button

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Academic Universe http//web.lexisnexis.com/unive
rse/

• Use the News, Legal, Business or People tab for
  most searches. You probably dont need the
  General search.

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Academic Universe - News Search
http//web.lexisnexis.com/universe/

• Choose keywords and where you want them choose
  source and date

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Academic Universe http//web.lexisnexis.com/unive
rse/

• Search result can be resorted by category,
  language and place

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Academic Universe http//web.lexisnexis.com/unive
rse/

• The Expanded List provides keywords in context.

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Academic Universe http//web.lexisnexis.com/unive
rse/

• Tag the results you want then print, email or
  download them to yourself

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Academic Universe http//web.lexisnexis.com/unive
rse/

• You can download in different formats and choose
  between full text or citation only

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Academic Universe http//web.lexisnexis.com/unive
rse/

• Law Reviews are the default for the legal
  section. Choose court cases or laws at the left
  if you need them.

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Academic Universe http//web.lexisnexis.com/unive
rse/

• Federal and State Codes requires you to choose
  keywords, then the state or federal source

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Academic Universe http//web.lexisnexis.com/unive
rse/
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World News Connectionhttp//wnc.dialog.com/

• Translations of foreign radio broadcasts by CIA
• One report for each region for each day
• Full text of most since 1994
• Predecessor was the Foreign Broadcast Information
  Service
• Skip Examples

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World News Connection http//wnc.dialog.com/

• Advanced searching is the most efficient

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World News Connection http//wnc.dialog.com/

• You can combine keyword, publication, date, city,
  region, broad subject

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World News Connection http//wnc.dialog.com/

• Articles can be viewed individually by the web
  link
• or as a group by checking off boxes

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Dissertations

• University of Michigan Dissertations in library
  (paper and microfilm)
• Full Text of UMich and all CIC (Big 10)
  dissertations since 1997
• Other Dissertations may be borrowed or purchased
  for approx. 41
• Proquest Digital Dissertations indexes
  dissertations since 1861 and provides 24-page
  previews since 1997

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ProQuest Digital Dissertationshttp//searchtools.
lib.umich.edu/V?funcnative-linkresourceUMI01968

• Search by author, title, adviser, date,
  university, keyword. Department name may not work
  well.

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ProQuest Digital Dissertations
http//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V?funcnative-lin
kresourceUMI01968

• Downloads of 24-page previews since 1997 are
  free so are the full text of all Big 10
  Dissertations
• Order full text directly from Proquest 41 tax

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Political Science Classics

• Eighteenth Century Collections Online, 1701-1800
• Early English Books Online (1475-1700)
• English Short Title Catalog (1473-1800)
• Early American Imprints 1691-1800 and 1801-1820
• Past Masters Philosophical Texts

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Archives

• Archives USA indexes American Archives
• National Archives has its own finding lists.
• Microfilm records can be borrowed on
• Inter-Library Loan.
• Access to Primary Sources indexes microfilm
• collections of American manuscripts
• and government documents.

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Archives

• Digital National Security Archive picks up
  post-WWII international relations documents.
• Declassified Documents covers Cold War era
• but includes miscellaneous documents
• outside large collections.
• Additional resources are listed on From the
• Archives to Your Desk Top.

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Government Publications

• Laws, Regulations, Court Decisions and Treaties
• Policy Statements and Memos
• Legislative Debates
• Engineering, Environmental, and Health Research
• Government Operations Overviews and Programs
• Consumer Information
• Statistics

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Government Publications

• University Library is a Depository For
• Federal Government
• Michigan
• Canada
• United Nations
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
  Nations
• South Pacific Commission
• Asian Development Bank
• It also purchases OECD, World Bank, and many
  other publications
• Law Library is the European Union depository

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Locating Government Publications

• Most documents appear in MIRLYN but some don't
• Consult the Documents Center for Help
• Many governments have been issuing their
  publications on the web since 1993.
• Documents Center http//www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs
  is one of the largest gateways.

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UNITED NATIONS OPTIONS

• Access UN
• Index to all UN publications, 1946
• Has author or speaker approach to UN docs and
  debates
• Does not have full text
• UNBISNET
• Index to all UN publications, 1987
• Has speaker approach to debates and index to
  votes
• Full text of debates since 1993
• United Nations Official Documents System
• Full text of all UN docs and debates since 1993
• Has subject but not speaker approach

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Access U.N.http//infoweb.newsbank.com/?dbUNAD

• Indexes UN Documents since 1946
• All Publications in Documents Center
• Full Text of Resolutions on Web Since 1966
• Full Text of Official Records Since 1993

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Access U.N.http//infoweb.newsbank.com/?dbUNAD

• You can search country speaking as author choose
  keywords, type of publication, dates

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Access U.N.http//infoweb.newsbank.com/?dbUNAD

• Ask in the Documents Center for publications that
  
• are not on the web in full text or try UNODS

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United Nations Official Document
Systemhttp//documents.un.org/

• Full text of ALL publications, 1993
• Easiest to search by document number use Access
  UN or UNBISNET to identify publications or
  speeches

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United Nations Official Document
Systemhttp//documents.un.org/

• Text in several languages

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UNBISNEThttp//unbisnet.un.org/
Indexes speeches, documents and votes Has full
text of speeches since 1987 Use this if you ONLY
want speeches or votes
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UNBISNEThttp//unbisnet.un.org/

• Search speeches using country name for speaker
  and keyword for topic

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UNBISNEThttp//unbisnet.un.org/
Links to full text to speeches in various
languages
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UN System Informationhttp//www.un.org/issues
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United Nations Yearbookhttp//unyearbook.un.org/

Excellent summary of UN actions in a given year
with citations to important documents.
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Other International Agencies
European Union http//europa.eu/index_en.htm Use
search engine turkey or enlargement Institute
for Democracy and Electoral Assistance http//www
.idea.int/ International Foundation for Electoral
Systems http//www.ifes.org/ MERCOSUR http//www
.mercosur.int/msweb/ Spanish and Portuguese
only Organization of American States http//www.o
as.org/
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Federal Government Publications

• Majority listed in MIRLYN
• Current usually listed in FirstGov or Googles
  Uncle Sam
• Some must be identified through OCLCs Government
  Publications Catalog
• Congressional Universe for Congress
• Statistical Universe for most data items

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Congressional Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/
congcomp/

• Indexes Congressional hearings, committee prints,
  reports, and documents (1789)
• Full text of
• Bills, 1989
• Selected hearings, 1988
• Full text of hearings 1833-2003 committee
  prints, 1830
• Reports and documents (Serial Set, 1789-1969)
• Congressional Research Service Reports, 1916
• Congressional Record, 1985 (will go back to
  1789)
• Laws (Statutes at Large), 1789
• United States Code (current)
• Federal Register, 1980
• Code of Federal Regulations (current)
• Washington Post (1977), Roll Call (1989), The
  Hill (1995)
• Miscellaneous Member Information
• Campaign finances, 1987
• Profile of current Congress by demographics

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Congressional Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/
congcomp/

• Advanced Search for publication can be limited by
  subject, witness, date
• (Use Search by Number tab to find hearing by bill
  number)

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Congressional Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/
congcomp/

• Search results may list a regular and digital
  version of the same title.

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Congressional Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/
congcomp/

• Abstract lists people who testified at hearing.
  Links to selected text on the web provides paper
  and microfiche call numbers for library

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Congressional Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/
congcomp/

• Link to full text

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Congressional Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/
congcomp/

• Congressional Record floor debates
• Type the name of the speaker w/10 of keyword and
  then repeat the speaker in the Witness category

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Congressional Quarterlyhttp//library.cqpress.com
/cqweekly/

• Web version (1983) summarizes bills, debates,
  and politics in Congress. Use box on lefthand
  side to search for articles.

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CQ Almanachttp//library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac

• The CQ Almanac covers 1945-2006. Includes
  presidential support, party unity, floor vote,
  and lobby rating tables.

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CQ Congress Collection

• Analyzes Members of Congress, Votes, and Lobby
  Group ratings by characteristics

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National Journalhttp//nationaljournal.com/

• Web version (1977) summarizes Executive Branch
  politics.
• Also includes the Almanac of American Politics
  (evaluating Congresspersons) since 1998. Some
  committee markups.

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Statistics

• Data sets can be ftp-ed directly from ICPSR when
  on campus
• The Library's Spatial and Numeric Data Services
  (Jennifer Green)
• Provides help in choosing and downloading data
  sets
• Provides extensive help in mapping variables

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Public Opinion Polls

• Roper I-Poll 1937
• http//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V?funcnative-lin
  kresourceUMI04846
• American National Election Studies, 1948
• http//www.electionstudies.org/
• General Social Survey, 1972
• http//www.norc.org/GSSWebsite/
• Polling the Nations
• http//poll.orspub.com/
• Eurobarometer
• http//ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/index_en.htm

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SourceOECDhttp//new.sourceoecd.org/

• Subscription SHOULD be complete (lots of happy
  faces)
• National Accounts
• Main Economic Indicators
• STAN database
• Various energy publications
• Country economic surveys

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SourceOECDhttp//new.sourceoecd.org/

• Quick search, advanced search, or GO to are entry
  points

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Statistical Resources on the Webhttp//www.lib.um
ich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

• Twenty-three pages of unique statistical links
  for
• the academic community.

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Statistical Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/st
atuniv/

• Federal government data, 1974
• Business/state data, 1980
• International agency data, 1983
• Includes over 400,000 tables from major U.S. and
  international sources
• Remainder of publications in Documents Center on
  microfiche and many in library system in paper
• Skip Examples

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Statistical Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/st
atuniv/

• Can choose a table search
• Choose keywords, data breakdowns, frequency,
  time, and if spreadsheet needed

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Statistical Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/st
atuniv/

• You can search within your results

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Statistical Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/st
atuniv/

• Full text results usually have GIF version of
  table XLS spreadsheet may be linked at the
  bottom

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Statistical Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/st
atuniv/

• SEARCH ABSTRACTS/Publications is more
  comprehensive

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Statistical Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/st
atuniv/

• Publications should always be available in the
  Documents Center on microfiche some in the
  library in paper some on the web

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Research Grantshttp//guides.lib.umich.edu/grants

• Foundation Center Online
• http//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V?funcnative-li
  nkresourceUMI01222 (Hatcher/Shapiro only)
• Search Foundations to find a donor search
  Grants for previous awards
• GuideStar
• http//www.GuideStar.org/ipLogin.do
• Search non-profits and foundations (501c3) for
  grants/
• Community of Science
• http//proxy.lib.umich.edu/login?urlhttp//www.c
  os.com/
• MAIN Search to identify keywords, deadline,
  undergrad

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Community of Sciencehttp//www.cos.com/
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Community of ScienceAdvanced Searchhttp//www.co
s.com/
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Community of Sciencehttp//www.cos.com/
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Library Maps

• Maps of the Hatcher/Shapiro complex and Hatcher
  call numbers are available at
• http//www.lib.umich.edu/navigator/index.html

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Political Science Librarian

• Grace York
• 203 Hatcher Library
• graceyor_at_umich.edu
• [phone]

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Search Toolshttp//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/

• Search up to eight data bases at the same time
  with a common interface
• Find link to a database or journal and connect
  from off-campus
• Create your own list of frequently-used
  electronic journals
• Create your own list of journal indexes and
  arrange for automatic updates

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Search Toolshttp//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/

• Limitations
• Not all databases are configured by their
  publishers for the service (e.g. LEXIS)
• You may lose special features, such as a
  controlled vocabulary searching

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Search Toolshttp//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/
LOGIN first. Quick and Simple Search/Power and
Advanced Search index journal articles.
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Search Toolshttp//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/
Quick Search
Iran and (wmd or nuclear) using the six titles in
the Government Info Box BUT it only three of the
six titles could be searched together
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Search Toolshttp//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/
Summary of results by database
166
Search Toolshttp//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/
Search Results and M Get It Link to Text
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Search Toolshttp//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/
Poli Sci found under Social Sciences and Govt in
Power Search. You can search JSTOR, IPSA, WWPSA,
and SSCI together
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Search Toolshttp//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/
Create your own resource list by logging in and
then either Find Databases or Find E Journals
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Search Toolshttp//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/
Add the title to your resource list
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Search Toolshttp//searchtools.lib.umich.edu/
Create a folder and add the title to your folder