Librarian
Mary Buchanan (Clarion)
Contact:
111 Carlson Library
PennWest Clarion
PennWest Clarion
814-393-1811
Subjects: Chemistry & Physics, Library & Information Science
Welcome!
Welcome to the Library & Information Science Research Starter. This guide will help get you started with research for your assignments and projects. If you need assistance, please visit the Help page.
Research Starters
Looking for a good place to start your research? Try one of these recommended resources from the Libraries:
- 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.
Other Databases
- OneSearch This link opens in a new window OneSearch combines most of the library's resources into a single database. Rather than search databases separately, you can do just "one search." OneSearch includes articles, ebooks and books, and more.
- 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.
- 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.
