Librarian Course Guides: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Print Materials
XPLORE Library Catalog
(tips & tricks;
RefWorks help; XLinks; video tutorials) is Xavier library's online public
access catalog. It includes all of the library's books, journals, audiovisuals, and microform materials. Search XPLORE
by keyword, author, title and Library of Congress subject heading. If you don't find what you need,
request it online (printable instructions; video tutorial) from
OhioLINK, the combined library catalog of 88 college, university, public, and state libraries
in Ohio.
OhioLINK
Library Catalog (updated daily; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides
access to more than 48 million items located at 89 college, university, public, and state libraries in Ohio. Users may request items
online (printable instructions; video tutorial) and pick them up in 3 business days at an OhioLINK library of their
choosing. When available there are links to Read (full-text available) and Limited Preview (limited full-text available) at Google Books. It is produced by OhioLINK and the user interface is provided by Innovative
Interfaces, Inc.
Literature
Resource Center (all full-text; XLinks) provides access to biographies, bibliographies
and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. It covers
more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with
in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors. It includes online versions
of Gale's Contemporay Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism,
and Dictionary of Literary Biography, as well as selections from Gale's
other Literature Criticism and For Students Series, such as Nineteenth
Century Literary Criticism and Short Stories for Students. It permits
searches by author name, title, genre, literary movement or literary themes. It is produced by Thomson-Gale and the user interface is provided by InfoTrac.
Suggested search: Haddon, Mark
Children's
Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) (full-text reviews) is an acquisition,
research and reference service that offers 900,000 MARC records and more than
130,000 reviews of children's books. Entries include book awards, prizes, and
presence on best book and other reading lists. It permits direct ordering of children's
books online.
Suggested search: Haddon, Mark
General Purpose
Academic
Search Complete (1985-present; updated daily; more full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) is a multidisciplinary database that covers nearly all academic areas of study, including social sciences, humanities,
education, computer sciences, engineering, language, linguistics, the arts, literature, medical sciences and ethnic studies. It indexes and abstracts over 9,300 journals, many of them peer-reviewed (4,400), and provides full-text for over 5,300 journals. It also includes indexing and abstracts for books, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 journals. It is produced by and the user
interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.
Suggested searches:
adolescence
adolescent development
aspergers syndrome
autism
pervasive developmental disorders
CQ Researcher (1991-present; all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks) is the online version of the CQ Researcher print publication. It provides original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Each issue discussed includes an abstract, overview, background, current situation, outlook, special focus, chronology, pro/con, bibliography, next step, contacts, and footnotes. Controversial topics are addressed in a balanced, unbiased manner. It is published by and the user interface is provided by CQ Press, a Division of Congressional Quarterly, Inc. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.
ERIC, EBSCO user interface (1966-present; updated monthly; some full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks)
contains abstracts and indexing for books (1993-present), ERIC documents and journal articles in education research and practice. It includes descriptions and evaluations of programs, research reports and surveys, curriculum and teaching guides, instructional materials, position papers, and resource materials. It also provides links to the full-text of most ERIC documents from 1993-present. It is produced by the Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) and the user interface is provided by EBSCO. Evidence-Based Practice Tip: To limit search results to articles with some level of evidence: Type your search strategy in the textboxes provided. At your search results, click Search Options (in right menu). The Search Options window will open and in the Publication Type selectbox hold down the CTRL key and click Dissertations/Theses (All) and Reports - Research. Then click the Search button at top or bottom of the Search Options window. Click the Search button.If you cannot connect using the above link, try the ERIC, OhioLINK user interface (RefWorks help; video tutorial; saving searches).
NOTICE: The ERIC Program is converting nearly 340,000 documents produced in microfiche from 1966-1992, and seeks copyright-holder permission to provide full-text access online. To learn more about this initiative, or to contact ERIC about granting a release for your ERIC contributions, click this link: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ericdigitization.
Psychology
PsycINFO (1967-present; updated weekly; some full-text;
RefWorks help; video tutorial; saving searches) is the online version of the print
resource, Psychological Abstracts. It provides abstracts and indexing to the scholarly
journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports in psychology, the
behavioral sciences and mental health. It also covers topics related to psychology such as
psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and
social work. Journal coverage includes more than 1,900
international periodicals written in over 24 languages. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide
English-language material published from 1987-present. It is produced by the American
Psychological Association (APA) and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK. Evidence-Based Practice Tip: To limit search results to articles with some level of evidence: Type your search strategy in the textboxes provided. At your search results, click All Limit Options (in the gray section). In the Methodology selectbox hold down the Ctrl key and click all methods that apply. Click the Limit Results Now button at the bottom of the page.
Suggested searches:
adolescence
adolescent development
aspergers syndrome
autism
pervasive developmental disorders
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (1984-present; much full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides indexing and abstracts from
1984-present for over 490 journals, many peer-reviewed, and full-text from 1990-present for
510 journals. It covers emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry, psychology,
mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. It is produced by
and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.