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Library Resources: Body Image through History TSEM - Shute

Journal articles in research represent the latest findings and developments within a specific field. If you are looking

for journal articles, choose a journal article indexing database. You can find these listed in the Subject Guides or

the A to Z Database list on the library’s web page.

Subject Guides for Research

Think about the broad subject areas that includes your research topic. For this class, in addition to Dance, you will be looking at other disciplines such as Sociology, Women’s Studies, Criminal Justice, and others

Visit the library web page and click on the icon for Subject Guides to see a list of subject areas for starting your research.

Start at the Cook Library web page: http://libraries.towson.edu

On the library web page, click on the icon for Research Guides:

Then choose Subject Guides to see a list of subject specific resources to explore:

Scroll to the Subject Guide of your choice and try some of the suggested online resources:

Note: You can also open the A to Z Database icon shown above to search alphabetically by the title of each

database.

Finding Journal Articles – Recommended Databases

Journal article databases index (and often provide full text of) journal articles. Below is a list of recommended

databases to use to start your searching. Try these first when researching topics for this class, but remember to

think out of the box and try any subject gateways that look intriguing to you.

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Journal databases to be used for this assignment:

Subject Guide: Dance

JSTOR **

Sage Journals **

SocIndex with Full Text **

Subject Guide: Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice **

A to Z Research Databases list: On the library web page, click on this option to search directly by the title of the above databases.

General Tips for Finding Journal Articles

Use the Advanced Search mode when possible to combine two or more terms in separate boxes.

Check out subject tracings of articles that are on target to find additional search terms.

Truncate terms by using the asterisk (*) symbol to get all variations in spelling.

Use Find It buttons to access full text not visible on screen.

Use Interlibrary loan to request electronic copies of articles that are not owned here at Cook Library.

Find It tags and their Meanings

Read Full text at – click directly on the hypertext link to another database which will provide the electronic version of the article

Check availability Towson’s Cook Library – TU most likely owns a print subscription to this journal - open this link to see that catalog record and verify that the year you need is included in our subscription

Not available online – there is no electronic copy available

Check availability University of Maryland library – a USMAI library owns title –you can either visit that library to get a copy or request a copy of the article through Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)

Request it through Interlibrary Loan – click on this link to fill out the form for an Article Copy Request

Off Campus Access to Electronic Resources

If you are accessing electronic resources from off campus, you will first need to log in as a TU user to gain access.

Use your Net ID information to do this.

Citing Resources Used in your Research

This class will be using the MLA Manual of Style for all research papers. The library has guides to help you put

together in-text and works cited citations. For assistance, go to the library web page and click on ‘Citing Sources.’

Then scroll down to ‘MLA Style’ to see guides with sample citations.

Questions? Call me for an individual research appointment

Lisa Woznicki – Performing Arts Librarian Web page & blog: http://wp.towson.edu/lwoznick/

email: lwoznicki@towson.edu office: (410) 704-2498