Course: REL 350
Spring 2008 – Haynes

Librarian: Sean Cordes
Email: cs-cordes@wiu.edu
Phone: 298-2785

Office Hours: Mon 8-10, Tue 1-2, Wed 1-2

Off-Campus Access Library Internet Resources: If you are off-campus, you will need to enter your student id # or your ecom (email) username and password. If you have problems, call the reference desk at 309-298-2700 or 800-413-6544.

Getting Started - What do you want to find? How can you name it? What form of information do you need? What form do you need it in....

Keywords, keyterms- words people generally believe can be used alone or in combination to find targetted information.

Possible keywords for this assignment might include:

Hinduism and modernization, hiduism and ritual, India and economic development, Karma, Bhagavad Gita, caste, Gandhi, bhakti, bhakti and christianity, yoga, women and hinduism

What are scholarly articles?

As a student, you will often be asked to use scholarly journal articles. A scholarly article, as opposed to magazines or news articles, are reviewed by professionals and experts in the field to verify the accuracy of the work. Scholarly articles also have citations, (footnotes, end notes, works cited pages, and bibliographies), that you can use in your own work to follow up further verified information to support your research.

Article Databases

Academic Search Premier, 1985- .
Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 2,050 publications, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all 3,476 journals in the collection. This database offers information in nearly every area of academic study.
Expanded Academic ASAP by InfoTrac, 1980- .
InfoTrac is one of the WIU Libraries’ most popular multidisciplinary database. Easy to use and a majority of the citations include full text.
ATLA Religion Database, 1949- .
The ATLA Database has over one million citations; 1,523 journal titles indexed on topics such as Bible; Religion and Social Issues; Church History; World Religions & Religious Studies; Theology; Philosophy; and Ethics.
JSTOR, Year varies by title- .
JSTOR has access to a wide variety of journal backfile issues with full text access.
Worldcat, 12th century to the present- .
39 million books and other materials, 12th century to the present, holdings of all kinds (e.g. books, documents, manuscripts, music scores, compact discs) of OCLC member libraries worldwide.

Determining Full-Text Access

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When you see this button, click on it to determine full-text availability. By clicking on the Find It! button you are engaging the libraries Peridocials Holdings List. The example below shows the Find It! button in a bibliographic citation:


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Periodicals Holdings List
The Periodicals Holdings List (PHL) is a listing of both the print/microform periodicals available on the shelves of the Western Illinois University Libraries, and the full-text e-titles available via databases purchased by the Libraries. This resource currently indexes over 20,000 periodical titles.

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Interlibrary Loan Service
Researchers who need library materials from other libraries are encouraged to use the WIU Libraries' Interlibrary Loan Department. Since ILL requests can take 7-10 business days to fill, you are encouraged to start your research early and place a request as soon as you know what you need.

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Citing Your Sources: Hard Copy, Internet and RefWorks

There are a number of style you can use to cite your work, ask your instructor which they prefer.

Here are some of the most common ones. Diana Hacker’s A Pocket Style Manual features three popular formats: MLA, APA, and Chicago. Of the three listed, APA is the style I recommend for science research papers. For special instructions on how to cite Internet sources, see Hacker’s A Pocket Style Manual, Fourth Edition, pages 174-175. You can, of course, always consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition (APA Manual). We have APA Manuals at the Reference Desk. For Internet sources, see pages 268-281. The Reference Staff have created handouts on two of three popular styles, Chicago is currently under revision and is not available.

To manage your citations, you might consider learning how to use RefWorks. It is citation management software that is compatible with most of the University Libraries's databases. Contact a librarian to set up a personal account and begin filling folders with citations. You will find RefWorks on the WIU Libraries list of databases.

1. It gives the creator of work credit where credit is due.

2. It lets your readers know where you got your information, so they can tell if your sources are reliable.

3. It gives readers ionformation about the resource so they can find it if they want more information.

Style Manuals

Your instructor may want you to use a specific style guide to cite sources in your work.  Ask your your instructor to be sure.  This list has most style manuals on the Web.   But only the print versions of these guides will have all examples for every kind of citation.

APA Style (American Psychological Association)
The American Psychological Association (APA) style is a general and widely used style in the social sciences, education, and other fields. T

Chicago Style (University of Chicago Press)
Chicago Manual of Style is intended to help authors prepare books for publication, and is  widely used (or adapted) by fields in the humanities and social sciences..

MLA (Modern Language Association)
MLA Style, developed by the Modern Language Association, is a very popular citation style used throughout the humanities. 

Turabian's 
Turabian's Style is a basic, widely used style for history and many other disciplines. 

Library Reference Service

If you need more help with the library tools demonstrated today, visit the Library Reference Desk, located on the main (second) floor of the library. The desk is open Mon-Thurs. 9-9, Fri. 9-5, Sat. 1-5, and Sun 1-5, 6-9 or use the Ask a Librarian page