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• Learning Outcomes
• Locating Books
• Locating Journal Articles

• Relevant Websites
• Citing Sources

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Use the Library catalog to perform simple searches to locate materials on your topic
• Find full text print and/or electronic articles using various library databases
• Locate websites relevant to your project
• Locate style guide help sheets to assist you in properly citing materials

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Locating books in this library: Use the Library Catalog to find books owned by the UWP library. Use one of the catalog's keyword search options. Then look at the subject headings used in the records you retrieve. Is there one that describes what you're looking for? If so, click on it to find other books on your topic.

Books in other libraries: To find books and other materials from public, school, and academic libraries across Wisconsin, search BadgerCat. To locate materials in libraries worldwide, try a search in WorldCat.

UW System Search: UW System Search/Universal Borrowing (UB) allows you make arrangements yourself to borrow materials from other UW libraries. All of the 13 UW libraries participate in this program. UB is built on the idea that the UW System libraries together are now one virtual library.

Using the UWP library catalog, you can simultaneously search other UW libraries to determine if the item you want is available. Simply select the "Multi Library Search" link at the top of our library's catalog and conduct your search. If the item is available from another UW library, you can complete an online request form, which will be transmitted directly to the owning library. The owning library will retrieve the material and send it to the UWP library. A courier service runs between the UW libraries five days a week and delivers the requested materials. You can use the UB service to request books and A/V materials, however, requests for periodical articles and for books/media items not owned by the UW Systems should still go through the traditional InterLibrary Loan process.

You will need to use at least some of the books below which are housed in the library's reference collection.

• Start with:
  • Countries and Their Cultures (REF GN307 C68 2001)
  • Encyclopedia of World Cultures (REF GN307 E53 1991)
  • Encyclopedia of Anthropology (REF GN11 E63 2006)
• Then go to:
  • Handbook of North American Indians (REF E76.2 H36)
  • Encyclopedia of African Peoples (REF DT15 E53 2000)
  • Encyclopedia of African Nations and Civiliations (REF DT14 E43 2002)
  • Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia (REF DU17 P3 2000)
• And then try:
  • Dictionary of Art (REF N31 D5 1996)
  • Continuum Encyclopedia of Native Art (REF E98 A7 W49 2000)
  • Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art (REF N7740 H35 1994)

Some subject heading roots you may find useful for your research include:

• Art, Primitive
• Indian Art, North America
• Art Oceania
• Art African
• Art Micronesian
• Indians of North America
• Oceania
• Africa/Africans
• Symbolism in Art
• Rites and Ceremonies

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You will need to use a periodical index to find articles in journals that we own electronically or in print. The indexes listed below will help you find citations to journal articles and other publications on poverty related issues.

Step 2: Now that you have a citation to an article, does the Library own the journal?

After you've found a citation to a journal article in which you're interested, if you don't see a full text link, click the FindIt! button to see if the library has the journal in either print or electronic form. If the Library doesn't own the item you will still be able to request it from InterLibrary Loan.

Conversely, you can check the UWP Periodicals List to see if the Library subscribes to the journal in either print or electronic format.

Off-campus access: These databases are licensed by the Library for the use of the University's students, faculty, and staff, and can be accessed from off-campus. If you are asked to login, you must enter your UW-Parkside email username and password. Your email account must have been previously activated.

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From your research paper guidelines:

• Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
• National Museum of African Art
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
• Peabody Essex Museum Collections

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AAA style guide presents the preferred style for this research paper. The guide uses the the Chicago Manual of Style along with Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.

ASA style guide (Reference Desk HM73 .A54 1996) presents the style recommended by the American Sociological Association. A copy is available at the Reference Desk. This style guide is also available online at the following URL: http://www.calstatela.edu/library/bi/rsalina/asa.styleguide.html

The MLA handbook for writers of research papers (Reference Desk LB2369 .G53 1999) provides the recommendations of the Modern Language Association for formatting papers and references. How to Cite References Using MLA Style , an online guide prepared by this library, is also available in paper format in the guide rack near the Reference Desk.

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