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Welcome to the Library & Information Science Guide. This guide will introduce you to resources that may help you with your assignments and projects. If you need assistance, please visit the Help tab.
Research Databases: Library & Information Science
Use these databases to locate articles from scholarly journals, newspapers, and magazines, as well as book reviews.
- Library & Information Science Source This link opens in a new window Includes full text for more than 460 publications and indexing for hundreds of high-quality journals, as well as books, research reports and proceedings across an array of subjects, and provides comprehensive coverage of the history of library studies.
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts This link opens in a new window Indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Coverage extends back as far as the mid-1960s.
Media Resources
If you are looking for media related to Library & Information Science, these resources are a great place to start.
Podcasts
- Call Number (American Libraries podcast) Call Number is the popular podcast series from American Libraries, the magazine of the American Library Association.
Search the Library Catalog
- Library CatalogSearch the PennWest Libraries' online catalog to find physical items and eBooks.
Other Databases: Library & Information Science
These databases are useful for locating book reviews, bibliographic information, author information, and other information for your course assignments.
- Choice Reviews Online This link opens in a new window
- Core Collections (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window Selected and recommended by collection development specialists, books within these five Core Collections encompass a wide variety of topics, including fiction, non-fiction, social sciences, science, math and reading.
- Gale Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.
- MAS Ultra-School Edition This link opens in a new window Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines, and provides access to more than 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 items.
- Serials Directory This link opens in a new window Provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. This database contains nearly 250,000 U.S. and international titles
- WorldCat This link opens in a new window Bibliographic database containing millions of records from more than 60,000 libraries. Fast, one-stop searching for citations to books, media, chapters, etc., in over 400 languages. Search globally or limit to resources owned by PennWest Libraries.
Web Resources
- American Library Association (ALA) ALA, the largest professional library organization in the world, provides librarians with many tools including the Code of Ethics, professional development, and resource guides.
- WebJunction WebJunction offers free courses and webinars to build the knowledge, skills and confidence of library staff.