Digital Library News Fall, 2000, page 2

ARTICLE INDEXES
http://www.lib.umn.edu/articles/

ABI Inform (business)►
ABSEES (Slavic/East European Studies)
AccessUN (United Nations)
AgEcon Search (agricultural Economics) ►
AGRICOLA (National Agriculture Library)
AGRIS agriculture
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
Alternative Press Index
AMED Allied and Complementary Medicine
America: History and Life
Anthropological Literature
AP Photo Archives
Applied Science / Technology
Abstracts
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
Archival Resources
Archives USA
Art Abstracts
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
ASCE's Civil Engineering Database
ASTIS Arctic Science and Technology
Astrophysics Data System Abstract NASA
ATLA Religion Database
Avery Index Architectural Periodicals
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates
Bibliography of Native North Americans
Bibliography of the History of Art
BIOETHICSLINE
Biological and Agricultural Abstracts
BIOSIS Previews
Black Studies / Kaiser Index
Blackwell's Table of Contents
CAB Abstracts (agriculture, nutrition)
Canadian Research Index
CANCERLIT research/treatment
CARL Uncover Database
Chicano Database
Child Abuse & Neglect
CINAHL (nursing)►
Cochrane Library (health care) ►
ComAbstracts (communication) CIO
Compendex/Engineering Index
Computer Database►
Congressional Universe (Lexis-Nexis)►
Contemporary Women's Issues ►
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Current Contents
Current Index to Statistics
Digital Dissertations
DOE Information Bridge (U.S. Dept of Energy) ►
DrugInfo (drug/alcohol use/abuse)
EconLit (economics)
Education Abstracts
eHRAF Collection of Ethnology ►
English Short-Title Catalog of books
ERIC education; journals + ED fiche
Ethnic Newswatch ►
Expanded Academic Index ►
Family Studies Database
Fish and Fisheries Worldwide
Food Science & Technology Abstracts
FPI Flowering Plant index
FRANCIS int'l humanities/social sciences
Gender Watch ►
General Business articles + co info ►
General Reference Center Gold (magazines) ►
General Science Abstracts
Geobase geography ecology geology
GeoRef/S (geology/earth sciences)
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Health & Psychosocial Instruments
Health and Medicine in the News
Health Reference Center ►
HealthSTAR health admin, research
Hispanic American Periodicals Index
HISTLine (history of health professions/sciences)
Historical Abstracts
History of Science and Technology
Humanities Abstracts
IBZ: Int'l Bibliography of Periodical Lit
IIMP: Int'l Index to Music Periodicals
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
Index to 19^th Century American Art Periodicals
InfoTech Trends
InfoTrac OneFile ►
InfoTrac Junior/Kids/Student [el-sec. educ.] ►
Inside Information Plus
INSPEC
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
LEXIS/NEXIS (see article, below right) ►
Library Literature
LLBA (Linguistics & Language Behavior)
Los Angeles Times see National Newspapers►
Marcive Web Docs (government documents)
Materials Science with METADEX
MathSciNet pure, applied mathematics
MEDLINE health sciences journals ►
MLA Bibliography
MnMag (Minnesota Magazine Index)
NASA/NACA Technical Report Server
National Newspapers (LA, NY, StarTrib, WSJ, WaPost) ►
National Technical Info Service NTIS
*New York Times see National Newspapers ►
OT BibSys (Occupational Therapy)
OT Search formerly OT BibSys
PAIS International public affairs
Patents Database, U.S.
Peterson's Gradline
Plant Information Online
Population Index
PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts)
PubMED
PubSCIENCE ►
RILM music literature
Russian Academy of Sciences
Science Citation Index
SCIPIO Art & Rare Books Sales Catalogs
Social Sciences Abstracts core journals
Social Sciences Citation Index ISI
Social Sciences in Forestry
Social Work Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts
South African Studies
Star Tribune see National Newspapers ►
Statistical Universe (U.S. + int'l statistics) ►
Toxline
Trail Planning Construction & Maintenance
TRANSPORT (surface transportation)
Tropical Forest Conservation & Development
U.S. Patents Database
Urban Forestry
Wall Street Journal see National Newspapers ►
Washington Post see National Newspapers ►
Water Resources Abstracts
Wildlife Worldwide
Women's Resources International
World Law Index 1: Hispanic Legislation
World News Connection ►
Zoological Record

Finding Electronic Journals in MNCAT

http://www.lib.umn.edu/articles/ej.phtml
Sue Zuriff, Materials Acquisitions and Control

Electronic journals are a useful addition to our collections. They are totally accessible on-campus and from off-campus by University students, staff and faculty. Besides, there’s no worry about checked-out or otherwise unavailable volumes!

The University of Minnesota Libraries have been cataloging electronic journals for about four years; there are currently a little more than 3,000 e-journals in MNCAT, the University of Minnesota catalog. Most of them are cataloged to appear on the same record with the print version—a URL and an Internet resource location are added to the print record on MNCAT. Originally we created separate records for the online version. It soon became clear, though, that it’s much easier for patrons if the electronic access is on the same record as the print (The newest version of MNCAT (MnLink) is especially helpful in highlighting the electronic access.

Almost all e-journals at the University are received on the basis of a print subscription. Vendors provide the electronic access to a large collection of journals and after any access restrictions are worked out, the URL is added to the print record. The use of Visual BASIC macros has simplified adding the electronic access—hundreds can be done in a few hours versus the days and weeks it took to do manually.

Coverage of the electronic version may vary considerably from the print. For example, the JSTOR collection has no current issues; it has a "moving wall" of 4-5 years back. But it’s valuable because its coverage goes back to the first issue of long-running journals that may not be readily available in open stacks. Project Muse covers more recent issues, as do most other electronic collections, but does not include earlier issues. ( You may browse vendor lists at: http://www.lib.umn.edu/articles/vendors.phtml ) Generally, holdings (issues owned) for electronic journals are not listed in the MNCAT record; but the information on the available issues is only a click away.

To quickly find electronic journals in the online catalog, do a keyword search that includes the code ejour, which is added to every periodical that has electronic access. For instance, searching with a broad term, Find history and ejour as keyword, retrieves 108 titles; a search using a more specific term, Find medieval and ejour as keywords, retrieves four records.

Finding Full Text Articles

www.lib.umn.edu/articles/full-text.phtml
Susan Gangl, General Reference Services, Wilson Library

When you’re reading an article for your research, there’s nothing more convenient than having the full text of that article right on your computer screen. You can easily include accurate quotations in your research paper, and incorporate the exact citation into your footnotes and bibliography. That convenience is becoming increasingly available. LUMINA’s ArticleIndexes menu includes a listing of over 30 indexes that include at least some full-text articles as well as the listings (citations).

Full-text indexes are easy to spot on the other ArticleIndex menus, too. Just watch for the little scroll icon to the left of the index title. In the list at left they’re marked with this symbol: ►.

It’s important to remember, though, that if you are doing in-depth research, convenience isn’t everything! You may need a print-format index to locate all the relevant articles. If you need more information, use Research Guides at http://www.lib.umn.edu/research/ or ask a library staff member for suggestions.

Try These Popular Full Text Article Indexes
by:Dianne Legg and Susan Gangl, General Reference Service, Wilson Library

FirstSearch is the software that runs 16 fabulous databases* purchased by U of M Libraries for your use. Over the summer there have been important changes in FirstSearch databases. Full text of some articles is now available in those databases that index articles. The screens have also changed! You will now find a very "user friendly" screen for both basic and advanced searching. Both include an option to limit your search to full text.

For information on searching the new FirstSearch screens visit the "Using OCLC FirstSearch" section of the OCLC FirstSearch web site http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/using/index.htm#searching or use the Help feature in each database. Reference staff in all U of M libraries can also advise you about the best way to search these databases. Check out your favorite FirstSearch database and enjoy the improvements or, if new to the U, explore these files by choosing "Article Indexes" from the Libraries LUMINA screen (http://www.lib.umn.edu/) and select them using the alphabetical list.

*FirstSearch Databases: Applied Science and Technology, Art Abstracts, Biological And Agricultural Abstracts, Contemporary Women's Issues, EconLit, Education Abstracts, ERIC, General Science Abstracts, GeoBase, Humanities Abstracts, Library Literature, MLA Bibliography, PAIS International, RILM, Social Sciences Abstracts, and Sociological Abstracts.

InfoTrac is the software for several popular, interdisciplinary databases. Read articles from your favorite popular magazines using General Reference Center Gold. Find a great mix of popular and core scholarly journals in a wide range of subject areas, with Expanded Academic Index. Locate company information as well as business articles using General Business File. In addition to these ongoing subscriptions, InfoTrac OneFile is a new database that brings together many resources in one convenient file. InfoTrac Kids, Junior and Student editions provide information to the state’s youth; these are a terrific training resource for tomorrow’s teachers, our education majors.

LEXIS-NEXIS is the premier current news and law database system. The University Libraries subscribes to three Lexis-Nexis databases. Academic Universe provides news, business, legal, trade, medical and reference information. The news component offers articles full text from hundreds of newspapers appear online. Congressional Universe, with reports, testimonies, bills, laws and more. Statistical Universe offers not just the U.S. Statistical Abstracts of the U.S. but lets you search the abstracts and index to U.S. & state governments and privately published and international statistical sources (Statistical Universe is the online equivalent of three printed sources: American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index and Index to International Statistics).

National Newspapers includes five newspapers: Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Star Tribune, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. To limit your search to one of these titles: Once inside the database (which also includes ABI Inform) click on National Newspapers, click continue, and do a "New Search for Publication" from the top banner.