To search the catalogs of other Pennsylvania Libraries, and to borrow from them directly, choose Get Books from our web page. (To borrow items, log in using your 16-digit I-card number.)

To access books we do not own, search WorldCat, a bibliographic database containing records for millions of books and Internet sites.  Materials located through this database can be ordered on-line through Interlibrary Loan.

Reference Works
Reference works are excellent ways to begin research. The most extensive collection of music reference works are held in the Cogswell Music Library.  
 

General Online Sources of Full-text Scholarly and Popular Magazines and Newspapers
Scholarly and popular magazines and newspapers offer concise and timely treatment of many issues. IUP patrons can access large collections of such information through the following services. (To gain access from off-campus, use your 16 digit I-card number.)

• Ebsco Host--access to the full-text of over one thousand periodicals and newspapers, the bibliographic references to thousands more, and links to Internet sites and information on local holdings of periodicals.
• Infotrac/Searchbank-- access to the full-text of over one thousand periodicals and bibliographic access to thousands more.
• Academic Universe- full-text database includes the last twenty years of local, national, and international newspapers and many other useful sources.

Specialized Indexes
Though large general databases offering full-text are easy to use, sometimes the source of the most scholarly and most relevant information is a specialized index. You also may wish to look at the complete list of these under Databases on our web page. Here are some examples:

• America: History & Life--a  complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Coverage includes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities. The database also includes citations to abstracts of dissertations published in these areas.
  Anthropological Index--one of the major indexes for Social and Cultural Anthropology. It also covers physical anthropology, archaeology and linguistics. Based on the collection of the Royal Anthropological Institute's Museum of Mankind Library, it indexes over 700 journals worldwide. Period Covered : Vo. 22-32 - approximately last 10 years.
• CARL Uncover(Ingenta)-- service that offers a periodicals database that indexes nearly 18,000 multi-disciplinary titles and contains over eight million article citations. CARL Uncover's Reveal, a current awareness service, is available to IUP students, faculty, and staff.
• ERIC (EBSCO)--a combination of the paper indexes Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Items retrieved from RIE are documents assigned ED numbers (most available in PDF files from IUP database E*Subscribe, or see microfiche by submitting the ED number). Items retrieved in CIJE are journal articles assigned EJ numbers. Journal titles must be checked against the Library's periodical holdings determine local availability. Interface: EBSCOhost. Coverage: 1966-present.
• MLA Bibliography-- index produced by the Modern Language Association consisting of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. It provides access to scholarly research in over 3,000 journals and series. Also covered are relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, dissertations, and other formats. Interface: WebSpirs. Coverage: 1963-present.
• Music Index Online-- covers more than 640 international music periodicals; includes musicological and organological topics, plus book reviews, record reviews, first performances, and obituaries. Coverage: 1979-present.   Note: restricted to on-campus users.
• Sociological Abstracts --databases covering sociology and related disciplines by including bibliographic citations, abstracts and enhanced dissertation citations. It covers approximately 2500 journals in 30 languages from 55 countries. Interface: EBSCO.
   

Indexing and Full-Text

Interested in locating an index to a journal we don't have or in determining if it is available in electronically in full-text? Check in Ask Jake under the journal title.

Internet Sources
 

Useful Sites

• Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music -from the University of Washington Music Library.
• Resources in Ethnographic Studies from the Library of Congress.

General Web Search Tools

• Search engines and subject directories provide access to the wide variety of information available on the Internet. For a selection of such large web indexes, try Infopeople's Best Search Tools.

Style

• University of California at Berkeley Citation Page

Links to Online Library Services
 

Stapleton Library offers a range of electronic services such as Interlibrary Loan ordering, reference assistance, and suggestion submission from its web page. Please try our Electronic Services.

For assistance with research, come to the reference desk  on the first floor of Stapleton Library where a librarian can provide professional reference assistance. You can also send an electronic inquiry to E-mail Reference, or  phone us at 724-357-3006.