The Mabee-Simpson Library:  Your Research Library at Lyon College

 

Chapter 3: COR100 LIT: The Home Page and Library Services


 

The Quiz

  • On your quiz I'll  have  multiple choice and true/false questions based on the information below and in the link:  Library Services.

     

  • Your assignment before taking the test is to find the book with the call number below and find out the title.  If you don't know where to look ask us at the front desk and we'll help you.  Also, leave the book on the shelf for your fellow students!!!  You must know the title of the book for the quiz.

    CB
    367
    .C57
    1991
     

  • You will also go to the library before you take your quiz and find the current newspaper rack.  You must know the title of the first newspaper on the rack.
     

You are honor bound to go to the library.  It's OK if you work as a team as long as all of you go and find the answers.

 

 

The Library's Home Page  (http://library.lyon.edu) 

When you type in:  http://library.lyon.edu, the middle section of the page looks like this and includes links to books, journal articles, and newspaper articles.

 

Books

 

We have a collection of over 150,000 books in the library.  The call numbers A-C are on the main floor, and the rest are upstairs.  When you click on the "Books, Videos, and Dvd's" link on the webpage you'll see the following: 

 

  1. The Mabee-Simpson Library Catalog is what we own. 
     

  2. WorldCat is an international catalog of books.  You can borrow books from other libraries through WorldCat.
     

  3. ArkLink points to online library catalogs of Colleges and Universities in the state of Arkansas.
     

  4. BooksInPrint Patron is a place to go to get book reviews and to see what's currently in print.
     

  5. The Library of Congress Subject Headings are really helpful to clarify the call numbers of subjects you want to find.
     

  6. Project Gutenberg contains full-text books online.
     

  7. Netlibrary also contains full-text books online.

 

 

Journal Articles

When you click the link "Journal articles" on the homepage here's what you see:

The first five links are probably where you'll find most of your material for a research paper from articles. 

  • Academic Search Premier offers searching in all disciplines.  It is indeed a mega-database with a mix of full-text and citation/abstracts.
     

  •  Research Library is yet another mega database that offers searching in all disciplines with a mix of full-text and citation/abstract.
     

  • LexisNexis provides full-text newspaper coverage from all major newspapers in America and in the world. 
     

  • JSTOR is another full text database that encompasses all disciplines, containing complete runs of journals from the year they were first published until now.  Heads up Historians!
     

  • Project Muse is also a full-text database that concentrates on the  Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts.
     

  • Full-Text Electronic or Paper Journals has a search box for journal titles.  If you have a citation and need to know if we have the journal, use the search box for your journal title and see if we have your article. If we have the full-text electronic version, all you have to do is follow the links to your article, and print it. 

  • Databases is the complete list of all the databases we own.  It also gives you the date ranges and whether or not it's citation or full-text and subject area.

  • ArkLink is a reference to all the other colleges and university library catalogs in Arkansas.  It's possible that you might want to check someone else's catalog and drive to get the information.
     

Newspaper Articles

 

We have several newspaper subscriptions at the library.  The newspaper rack is on your right as you enter the door.  Again, for your quiz, you must know what the title of the first newspaper on the rack.  Please ask the front desk for help if you can't find it.

When you click on the "Newspaper articles" link you'll get a list:

  • Lexis Nexis offers more than 20 years of newspaper articles in most of the major newspapers in America and in foreign countries.
     

  • Newspaper Source also offers full-text.
     

  • The New York Times Historical database offers the full-text of the article from 1851-2001.
     

  • The Wall Street Journal Historical database offers the full-text of the article from 1889-1987.
     

Reference, Biography, Topic Searches
Tutorials and How To's, Citing, Library Services

These are the top six in the right bar you'll probably use the most.

 

Again, go to:  library.lyon.edu and look at the links in the right column.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

We have a print reference collection at the library.  It is located to the left as you enter the doors.  These books cannot be checked out because of their expense, but they are valuable sources for your research.  We'll cover them more in detail in another chapter.

 

This is a great place to go to get brief, accurate information on topics.  Click on the Reference link and then on the link: Oxford Reference Collection.  There are quotation books, encyclopedias, bilingual language dictionaries and much, much more.

 

 

Biography

When you click on the "Biography" Link, notice that the first 3 links are the most important.  Try them first.  American National Biography is strictly American Bio's. The other two include biographies around the world.

 

Topic Searches

Anytime you want to look at very specific subject links, go here.  It's located in the upper right hand column of the library's page. 

 

For instance, science students interested in genetics would click on the topic search, then Sciences, then government documents, and scroll down to the Genetics section to find the genetic databases. Here's how it looks:

First go to the homepage and select Topic Searches

 

 

Then click the Sciences link.

 

 

 

 

 

Then click the Government Documents link

 

 

And then scroll to the Genetics section for the databases dealing specifically with genetics.

 

 

Tutorials and How To's

Click that link and you'll get information on how to use the computers, how to get in contact with faculty or staff for help, and also these chapters from COR100LIT.

 

 

 

Citing

 

When you click on the Citing link this is what you see.  The first link on this page helps you cite sources within your paper and the second link will help you assemble that very important bibliography list at the end of your paper.

 

 

 

Library Services

This link provides the hours, policies, services, resources, tutorials, mission statement, and personnel of the library.  Read it carefully because you will be quizzed on it.

 

    

 

That's the end of Chapter 3.  If you feel ready, take the quiz.  Remember, it is "open book" and you can refer to this online chapter for guidance. 

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