COM235: Media and Society

Professor: Meghan Krause (x7346, mkrause@gac.edu)
Librarian: Michelle Twait (x7563, mtwait@gac.edu)

Finding Books / Finding Articles / Interlibrary Loan / Citing Your Sources


Finding Books

MnPALS
Our library catalog. This link takes you into the "Basic Searches" screen where you can search by author, title, etc. The "Advanced Searches" option lets you limit by date, additional keywords, collection area, and so on. In your list of results, the Location column lists the call number--where the book is shelved.

To find out what the letters in the call numbers stand for, go to LC Classification Online.

MNLINK--Minnesota Library Information Network
A shared catalog for many Minnesota libraries. Click on Search, then make a selection on the next screen. One option (below the map) provides a search of Minnesota college and university libraries. Use the interlibrary loan button to request a book from another library. Use your bar code number as your username, your last name as a password.

Mankato & St. Peter Public Library (Traverse de Sioux System)
The St. Peter Public Library is just a few blocks away from campus. If you head down (east) College Ave. and take a left (north) onto Washington, the library is just two blocks from there.


Finding Articles

Databases for articles and other materials offer references to publications that may or may not be in this library; some databases offer full text of articles and others simply references. There are in-depth databases that cover publications in a particular field and others that are interdisciplinary. Databases can be accessed from a drop-down list on the library's main page; descriptions can be found here.

Communication & Mass Media Complete
Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) originated with the merging of two databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies -- CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index. CMMC offers full text for over 200 titles and contains citation coverage for additional sources.

Communication Abstracts (REF. ABSTRACTS P87 .C59733 date pt. # ) Provides coverage of recent literature in all areas of communication studies (mass, interpersonal and new communication technologies). [from Sage Publications website] Contains concise summaries and full citations.

Index to Journals in Communication Studies (Matlon) (REF. INDEXES P87 .M372)
Provides an author, keyword, and classified index to the table of contents of 19 journals from their inception through 1990. This index is often referred to as the Matlon Index because Ronald Malton was the original editor.

PsycInfo
Use this database to find information on psychology, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, law, and social work.

Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier offers indexing and abstracts for 350 scholarly business journals back to 1965 or the first published issue, as well as searchable references for a total of more than 1,170 journals.

FirstSearch
Includes EconLit, Social Science Abstracts, and many other databases.

Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier contains indexing for nearly 8,050 publications, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. This database covers biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, and other disciplines.


Interlibrary Loan

To get books or articles that Gustavus does not own, use Interlibrary Loan.


Citing Your Sources

Documentation Guide -- Includes models for APA and MLA style, plus links to examples of Chicago and CBE style.


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