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A basic guide explaining where to look for information in various formats.
Contact a librarian if you need assistance.
Books: Looking for a book by title or author, or books on a particular subject or topic?
- Use the Library Catalog for materials owned by Mott Library, as well other libraries in the PALnet library cooperative.
- Select WHAT to search in, and then type in what you’re looking for
- Check out the limit/sort option
Magazine or Journal Articles: use our online indexes to search for information within magazine and journal publications; many articles are “full-text”—the complete article may be available from the database
- Start with the Online Resources
- Thomson-Gale Power Search offers many databases. General Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic, and Academic OneFile offer excellent coverage on a broad range of subjects
- OCLC FirstSearch—a collection of over twenty-five databases, many of which focus on a specific discipline, such as art, business, education, medicine, and science. Wilson Select Plus is a great full-text database on any subject.
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Newspaper & Current Events: use our online indexes to find information in national and regional newspapers; many newspaper articles are “full-text”—the complete article may be available from the database.
- Start with the Online Resources
- Try Michigan Newspapers for newspaper articles specific to our state
- Check out InfoTrac—Custom Newspapers for broader coverage, over 400 newspapers from across the country and the world. This resource is available from the Thomson-Gale Power Search interface
- Don't forget SIRS Online—explore articles on social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political and global issues. Includes a Pro vs. Con section on the top leading social issues of the day
- Westlaw Campus—has two sides: 1) federal and state laws, as well as, court cases and reviews, and 2) news and business reports, including SEC filings and Hoover’s company records. Includes full-text of newspaper articles, as well as The Flint Journal.
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