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Magic, Witchcraft, and Social Power
Professor Serinity Young
Liberal Studies (26:606:521)
Library Resources
This web site gives access to all the print and electronic holdings purchased by the Rutgers University Libraries, plus resource lists and pathfinders constructed by information professionals across the system. You need to obtain a BARCODE
from a circulation desk in order to borrow any materials from the Rutgers system.
Connect from Off-
Campus [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/how_do_i/connect_from_home.shtml]
Click on this link on the Rutgers University Libraries homepage to find out how to reach our resources from your home using your NetID.
Becoming an 'Expert' User
Want to maximize your use of Library resources? Check out Rutgers RIOT, the Libraries' interactive tutorial.
RefWorks
Format and manage your List of Works Cited, working bibliography, and annotated bibliography with RefWorks. RefWorks suggests that you pick a new password for yourself, something different from your Net ID. This gives you just a bit of added protection from hackers. Activate the RefGrab-It feature to import information on websites. (See the Tools menu for download instructions.)
Find Books
Click on SEARCH IRIS AND OTHER CATALOGS.
The online library catalog of the Rutgers University Libraries gives students and faculty ready access to over 3 million print volumes in 22 Rutgers collections, plus multimedia and many full-text electronic journals. You may limit searches to DANA. Use the  button to intralibrary loan books or use the  to obtain articles and non-circulating books from other Rutgers libraries.
- Here are some sample searches:
witchcraft and (society or social) -- WORDS anywhere (This is a keyword search.)
Frazer James -- AUTHOR (last name first) (This search will retrieve books written by Sir James Frazer.)
Magic -- SUBJECT keyword (This search will retrieve books with these words in a Library of Congress subject heading.)
American Anthropologist -- PERIODICAL TITLE begins with
Find Journal Articles
From the Rutgers University Libraries Home Page:
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Click on FIND ARTICLES, then click on INDEXES AND DATABASES. You can locate indexes and databases by subject or by title.
Meta- Mega-searches
- Google Scholar
- Using Google Scholar from the Indexes and Databases page means that links to available full text from Rutgers appear automatically. You must reset your "Scholar preferences" to handshake with RefWorks. You might also find that you need a more manageable database than this kitchen sink approach. Remember that Rutgers offers you more than 200 periodical indexes and databases in many subject areas. Don't stop here if you feel overwhelmed.
- Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
- This multidisciplinary database indexes periodicals in many different fields and on many different levels, from general interest to scholarly. Students find it a handy place to begin searches because it is partly full text and because it covers so many different subjects. You may also use other EbscoHost databases at the same time by clicking on Choose Databases. Advanced search helps you do more sophisticated searches in any EbscoHost database. Don't stop here if you need additional information.
Sociology and Anthropology
- Sociological Abstracts
- Professional database for scholarly information in sociology.
- Wilson Social Sciences Full Text
- Interdisciplinary database with sources in sociology, anthropology, and other social sciences. Indexes some of the most commonly-held academic journals.
- Anthrosource
- Major database in anthropology.
- Anthropology Plus
- "The index offers coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals"--from the Rutgers database description.
Literature, History, Religion, and Other Humanities
- Literature Resource Center (Gale)
- The Literature Resource Center contains full text articles about authors and literary classics from many countries plus Web links to even more information. You may search by author, title, or genre (type of literature).
- Humanities Full Text
- Humanities Full Text indexes core scholarly periodicals and specialized magazines in literature, history, film studies, mass media, philosophy, archaeology, music, folklore, art and photography, and journalism.
- MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost)
- The premier literary database from the Modern Language Association with coverage from 1963 to the present. International in scope; offers the broadest and deepest treatment of world literature in one database. Can be overwhelming because of its depth and complexity of source material.
- Literature Online (LION) (EBSCOhost)
- "Searchable full-text of more than 350,000 literary works in the English language-poetry, drama, and prose; 175 full-text literary journals; the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature; and reference sources including bibliographies, biographies, and dictionaries."--from the Rutgers website.
- America: History and Life
- Professional historian's database covering U.S. and Canada only, all eras. Wide variety of materials, including many items about literary figures.
- Historical Abstracts
- Professional historian's database covering world history from 1450 C.E. For earlier world history, use Humanities Full Text.
- ATLA Religion Database
- Database devoted entirely to religion.
Women's Studies
- Contemporary Women's Issues
- Indexes a wide variety of journals by and about women.
Women's Studies International
"Covers the core disciplines in Women's Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research"--from the Rutgers database description.
Find Newspaper Articles
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: the New York Times
- Provides the full image of articles published in the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 until two years ago.
- Access World News
- Contains the full text of recent New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and many New Jersey newspapers, including the Star-Ledger. Over 840 U.S. and 1080 international newspapers in all.
- Find recent articles in major metropolitan and international newspapers in Factiva or Westlaw Campus Research. For items you cannot locate in full text from these sources, we own the following newspapers on microfilm on the Lower Level:
- Christian Science Monitor
- Los Angeles Times
- Newark Star Ledger
- New York Times
- Wall Street Journal
- Washington Post
- Newspapers Research Guide (Natalie Borisovets and Ka-Neng Au, Dana Library, Rutgers)
- A guide to newspapers online throughout the world; cost of access noted if known.
[http://libguides.rutgers.edu/news]
Four Ways to Find Articles
- The article is linked to full text in your database.
- Click on
 or  which will lead to locations of the articles.
- Consult the list of Electronic Journals [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/ejournals/ejournals.shtml]
- Search IRIS, the Rutgers catalog, to find all owned copies of an article in a periodical in electronic, paper, or microform.
- Go to the Rutgers University Libraries homepage.
- Click on Search Library Catalogs to find the periodicals owned by the Rutgers Libraries. Search PERIODICAL TITLE begins with; this title is often found in periodical indexes under "Source".
- Look at the periodical record. (The online record for a given periodical title may be separate from the print record, but is usually found within the non-microform record as electronic access.)
Find Scholarly Web Resources
- Infomine
- Built by U.S. academic librarians for an academic audience, Infomine features a wealth of material, much of it free, that has been vetted for quality. Includes an online reference section as well as the search capability.
[http://infomine.ucr.edu/]
- Intute
- "Intute is a free online service providing access to the very best web resources for education and research. All material is evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists to create the Intute database"--from the site. Based in the UK.
[http://www.intute.ac.uk/].
Search and Evaluate the Internet Better
- Evaluating Web Pages (Roberta Tipton, Rutgers University)
- Web extensions and ways to evaluate material.
- Evaluation of Internet Resources (Ka-Neng Au, Rutgers University)
- Clear and to the point, with great links to other evaluation pages. Emphasizes the evaluation of the whole web site, not just an individual page.
[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/dana_class_guides/evaluate.shtml]
- Advanced Google and Database Searching (Roberta Tipton, Rutgers University)
- This page explains Boolean operators in Google terms.
MLA Citation Style
- MLA Style (Roberta Tipton and Rebecca Pressman, Rutgers University)
- This page includes reference books, websites, and examples of the most common MLA formats for Rutgers students.
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