Sources for speeches
and basic papers
Some of these sources
are available online; others are held at the Reference desk or in the Reference
Collection. Ask for help at Mullins Library's Reference Desk.
Facts and
Statistics
Digests
- CQ Researcher
Ref Desk H35 .E35. The Reference Desk has the current year; previous issues
in Mullins (Main) Library, on Level 3. Overviews, discussion and pro/con on
social issues.
- Facts on
File Yearbook (Ref D410 .F3) a monthly compilation of short articles on
current topics.
- Editorials
on File (Ref D839 .E3) is a similar set of editorials, mainly from newspapers.
- The Reference
Shelf (PN 4177 .R4) gathers articles and speeches on a specific subject
into in favor of (pro) or against (con) sections.
Speeches and
Opinions
- Representative
American Speeches (PS 668 .B3) collects and indexes important speeches
for a given year.
- Vital
Speeches of the Day (online in ProQuest, 1987- and in Ebscohost, 1990-.
Search by Vital Speeches of the Day and the speaker's name). Also at
PN 6121 .V52 in the Periodicals Room, for current year; prior years on the shelf
by call number.
Quotations
- Familiar
Quotations (Ref PN 6081 .B27 16th edition) also known as "Bartlett's".
Also, Familiar
Quotations in electronic format (9th and 10th editions, only [1911]).
- The Home
Book of Quotations (Ref PN6081 .S73).
- Respectfully
Quoted (Ref PN6081 .R435 1989).
Biographical
information
- Biography
Resource Center (online)
- Who's Who
in America (Ref E663 .W56); other titles, such as Who's Who among Asian
Americans, or Who's Who among Black Americans, are also available.
- Biography
and Genealogy Master Index (online). Lists where to find information,
rather than giving you the information.
- Current
Biography (Ref CT100 .C8).
Encyclopedias
and other reference works
There are general
and subject-specific encyclopedias in the Reference area:
- Encyclopaedia
Britannica (online) (Ref AE5 .E363 1993).
- Access
Science, also known as the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science
and Technology
- Encyclopedia
of Life Sciences
- Encyclopedia
of Sociology (Ref HM 17 .E5 1992)
- International
Encyclopedia of Women and Sports (Ref GV709 .I58 2001)
- World Christian
Encyclopedia : A Comparative Survey of Churches and Religions in the Modern
World.(Ref BR157 .W67 2001)
These are just a few examples! Most subjects will have some sort of encyclopedia
available.
General Indexes:
(for articles)
For current information,
or the most recent information on a topic, articles in journals, newspapers or
magazines are the best place to begin. To find articles, start with indexes,
such as:
- Ebscohost
Indexes thousands of titles.You may search one or more parts of this database
at the same time. The collections hold subject-specific titles-- for example,
the Professional Development collection is fulltext education journals;
the Sociology Collection is sociology and social work journals, and so
on. Ebscohost includes some fulltext articles, and also links back to our library
collection if we hold the periodical in another format.
- Reader's
Guide to Periodical Literature (Index AI 3 .R48). The paper copies cover
from 1900-present.
- ProQuest
Direct indexes about 3,500 journals and magazines, and provides fulltext
articles from 2,500+ of them.You may also select specific parts of the database
to search.
Some other
indexes:
- Agricola
- America
History and Life Social, economic and political history of the
United States and Canada.
- Applied
Science and Technology Index
- Biological
Abstracts
- CAB
Abstracts
- ERIC
Indexes education journals and reports, and shows call numbers for journals
we own.
- Historical
Abstracts European and other history
- JSTOR
Older issues of selected journals in fulltext, with a large backfile covering
many years. History, education, sociology, math, economics, and so on.
- Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe-- primarily newspapers, legal materials
- P.A.I.S.
Indexes public affairs journals. International scope, and a broad range
of topics.
- PsycINFO
(online) indexes psychology journals in great depth, and shows call numbers
for journals we own. Now it's available through Ebscohost, and there is some
full-text.
- Sociological
Abstracts (online) indexes sociology and social work journals; shows
call numbers for journals we own
Abstracts
and Indexes in the University of Arkansas Libraries lists more indexes
(Reference Desk).
If you have a question
or need help, please come to the Reference Desk on Level 2 (entrance floor) and
ask us, e-mail to refer@uark.edu, or
call 479-575-6645.
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