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USING RUTGERS LIBRARY RESOURCES
This web site gives access to all the print and electronic holdings purchased by the Rutgers University Libraries, plus resource lists and pathfinders constructed by information professionals across the system. You need to obtain a barcode and a PIN number from a circulation desk in order to borrow or request any materials from the Rutgers system.
Books and More
The online catalog of the Rutgers University Libraries, IRIS gives students and faculty ready access to what we own -- over 3 million print volumes in 22 libraries across the state, plus multimedia and many full-text electronic journals. You may limit searches to DANA or use the  or  buttons to intralibrary loan books or articles from other Rutgers libraries. Here are some sample searches:
heroes --  (This is a keyword search.)
Firearms Law and legislation United States -- 
Science -- 
CQ Researcher
- Click on Indexes and Databases. Click on CQ Researcher.
- "Weekly reports produced by the well-regarded Washington reporting service Congressional Quarterly Inc. Each 24-page report focuses on a specific topic that is perceived as being either newsworthy or an issue of broad interest in the public policy sphere. "-- from the Rutgers database description.
Academic Search Premier (Ebscohost)
- Click on Indexes and Databases. Click on Academic Search Premier (Ebscohost).
- This multidisciplinary database indexes periodicals in many different fields and on many different levels, from general interest to scholarly. Students find it a handy place to begin searches because it is partly full text and because it covers so many different subjects. However, you might find that you need something more. Rutgers offers you more than 150 periodical indexes and databases in many subject areas. Don't stop here if you need additional information.
Rutgers Newspaper Resources
- Click on Indexes and Databases.
- Newspapers Database - New Jersey Newspapers and Philadelphia Inquirer (NewsBank). "Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. "
"Includes the following as of March 2003: Asbury Park Press (2002+), Bayonne Journal (forthcoming), Courier-News (Bridgewater, 2002+), Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, forthcoming), Daily Journal (Vineland, forthcoming), Daily Record (Morristown, forthcoming), Home News Tribune (East Brunswick, 12/24/2002+), Jersey Journal (Jersey City, forthcoming, also to include Kearney Journal and Waterfront Journal), Ocean County Observer (Toms River, 2002+), Press of Atlantic City (1989+), Record (Bergen County, 1985+), Star-Ledger (Newark, 1996+). Rutgers subscription also includes Philadelphia Inquirer (1981+)." -- from the Rutgers database description.
- Proquest Historical Newspapers provides the full image of articles published in the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 until two years ago.
- Find recent articles in major metropolitan newspapers in Dow Jones Interactive (soon to be Factiva) or Lexis-Nexis Academic. For items you cannot locate in full text from these sources, we own the following newspapers on microfilm on the Lower Level in Dana Library:
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
Christian Science Monitor
Los Angeles Times
Washington Post
Newark Star Ledger
Additional Newspaper Resources
Click on Subject Research Guides. For other newspapers available online, including international titles, consult the Newspapers Research Guide, a Rutgers guide to newspapers on the Internet. No restrictions to access.
Periodical Articles
Finding periodicals is traditionally a three-step process. First, you identify existing articles on your subject. Second, consider the differences between scholarly and popular resources. Third, you locate the periodicals themselves.
- Step one: Identify articles on your subject.
- Go to the Rutgers University Libraries homepage
- Click on Indexes and Databases
- Find scholarly periodical articles in social sciences using the Social Science Abstracts, Sociofile, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), CSA Political Science and Government Abstracts (PSGA), PsycINFO, or other appropriate index.
- Find articles on the scientific aspects of the environment in Biological and Agricultural Index, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management Index, Agricola [agriculture database], Applied Science and Technology Index, or other appropriate database.
- Find articles on business and economics using ABI/INFORM, Business and Industry Database, EconLit, or other appropriate index.
- For older scholarly items, try Humanities Index or Social Science Index (formerly called Poole's Index or The International Index to Periodicals) in print. Located in Reference, call number "AI" section.
- For older popular items, try the Readers Guide to Periodical Literature in print. (DANA REF AI 3 .R48 v.1-v.55 1900-1995 )
- Step two: Recognize the types of periodicals and the kinds of articles they publish.
- Step three: Locate the periodicals themselves.
- Go to the Rutgers University Libraries homepage
- Click on IRIS to find the periodicals owned by the Rutgers Libraries using our online catalog. Search by the , often found in periodical indexes under "Source".
- Look at the periodical record. (The online record for a given periodical title may be separate.)
- First, see if there is electronic access. Click on the blue underlined link to find out if you can access your article electronically. This often works best with items newer than 1997.
- Second, examine the holdings lines to see if Dana or another Rutgers library has paper or microfilm copies of the periodical. Identify the holdings by year or volume number.
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