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Middleton Library Reference Services


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Access to LSU Libraries Homepage, Catalog, and Electronic Resources

Primary access to these resources is LSU Libraries Homepage (http://www.lib.lsu.edu). There are terminals available in the reference area and in computer labs on campus, including Middleton Library. If you have difficulty connecting contact the ITS Help Desk at 225-578-3375 or help@lsu.edu. In the A-Z directory on the Homepage click “C” for Computer Labs.  There you will find lab locations, hours, and a list of available software.

LSU Libraries Homepage

In addition to providing access to LSU Libraries catalog, electronic indexes, databases, and electronic journals, the Homepage provides links to Internet search engines, subject guides (such as this), ready reference sources, electronic reserves, interlibrary loan and instructional services, library hours, an Ask the Librarian page, and more.

Library Liaison

Rebecca Miller is the Library Liaison to the School of Human Ecology. She can be reached by email or phone (225-578-7232). Her office is in currently in Middleton 141. She is available to meet with Human Ecology faculty, students, and staff individually or in a class setting; to help faculty/instructors promote information literacy competencies by constructing appropriate assignments; to help faculty, students, and staff identify, locate, and evaluate the materials they need; and to receive suggestions for books and electronic resources.

Request a resource for the library to add to its collection!

LSU Libraries Catalog

For help searching see http: //www.lib.lsu.edu/instruction/ilink/00newcat.html.

Access is free. The catalog identifies materials in the LSU Libraries: Middleton (Main Library), Hill (Special Collections), and also the Cartographic Information Center (Maps) and Veterinary Medicine including books, newspapers, journals, magazines, government publications, electronic: indexes, databases, journals, theses, and dissertations, videos, music scores, cassettes, CD-ROMS, maps, and other cataloged items.

Basic Search

Select: keywords author, title, subject, or periodical title and type your words in the search box. The Basic Search performs a keyword search in the field you select (title, author, etc.) For example, an author search for Brady would retrieve entries with Brady as a last name, first name, or middle name.

Advanced Search

A search becomes “advanced” only if you enhance the search.  For example, doing a combined author and title search, such as entering: collier as the author and textiles in the title box.  Another type of Advanced Search might be entering:  obesity and nutrition in the keywords anywhere box and then Sorting the results: New to Old so the most recent titles appear first.  Unless you enhance the search, you will still only be doing a basic search on an advanced search screen.

Advanced Search:  using a Browse Search

You may want to do a Browse Search located on the right panel of the Advanced search screen.  Type your words in the appropriate search box and click on the appropriate type of search:  author, title, periodical title, subject, or series. For example, you may want to do a Browse search for a periodical title such as: journal of the american dietetic association. Search. Look at the  Display to determine the call number, holdings, and locations. RM214 A6 is the call number for the paper copies.

If online copies for this title are available there will be a url  providing hyperlinks to those sites.

Note: Current unbound issues of journals are in the Current Periodicals/Newspapers Room, Middleton, Room 126, first floor, shelved by their call number.

The above search could also be done as a Basic Search.  Type: journal of the american dietetic association in the search box, select Periodical Title from the pull-down menu, and select either the Browse or Exact radio button.  Search.

Stacks: Consult the location charts by the elevators in Middleton. (Books with the call number "RM" are shelved on the fourth floor with older, bound journals also having the call number "RM.")

Some of the chemical engineering materials of interest to textile researchers may also be found in the Chemistry Library, third floor of Williams Hall.

Subject/Keyword Searching

For subject searches you must use specific vocabulary terms issued by the Library of Congress. With keyword searching you can combine terms (teenagers or adolescents). You can also use $ to truncate a word (polit$ for politics, political, politician) or ? to represent a single character (wom?n for women or woman or rat? for rat or rats).

PIN Information and Renewals

These can also be accessed from the left frame on the Home Page. Your ID is the 17 digit number on your LSU ID card (including the last digit but not the dash) and the PIN is: changeme, unless you have changed your PIN.  You usually want to review your materials and then renew them.  You need to renew materials before their due date.

Reserve Materials

Reserve materials may be accessed by Instructor, Course Name, or Number.

Course Reserves

Faculty/instructors can place personal copies of books or library-owned books on reserve. Personal notes or articles from library-owned journals can be submitted to Circulation/ Reserves (Middleton Library) to be scanned for students to access through Semester Book or BlackBoard. (Articles submitted to Reserves for scanning should include the copyright note from the journal. Forms are available at the Circulation Desk for including authors, titles, call numbers, and loan period choice.) Students will need to obtain articles not owned by LSU Libraries from interlibrary loan. For more information call Circulation at 225-578-2058 or 6722.

Borrowing Privileges

Use your LSU ID. Circulation policies and guidelines are at http://www.lib.lsu.edu/circ/.

Borrowing Privileges from Other Louisiana Academic Libraries

Courtesy cards may be obtained at the Circulation Desk, Middleton Library, during '8-5' type weekday business hours. Faculty and graduate students can use them at participating libraries and are of special help to distance education students. For any questions contact the Circulation Department, 225-578-2058.

Privileges at Other Institutions (faculty only)

Through the OCLC Reciprocal Borrowing program faculty may enjoy faculty status at more than 130 research institutions. Contact the Circulation Department, Middleton Lobby, for details or call 225-578-2058.

Interlibrary Borrowing (ILLiad)

This is a service for faculty, staff, graduate, and undergraduate students. From the Homepage click on Interlibrary Loan, then Interlibrary Borrowing (ILB) web request form. Click on First time users and complete the form. You only have to do this once! For subsequent visits enter your ILLiad Username and Password and Logon to ILLiad to request a photocopy, book, or dissertation, etc. The ILB number is 225-578-2138; you can also e-mail questions to the department. Your ID for this form is your Social Security Number. Also see Ingenta, below.

Ingenta (formerly LSU UnCover)

This is a document delivery service. Faculty, graduate students, and research staff can request articles from Ingenta for research or instruction for citations from over 20,000 recently published journals. If LSU Libraries does not own the issue you need and has never subscribed to the journal you can request that a copy of the article be faxed to you at a fax location of your choice (or to the default location in the ILB office) at no charge to you, usually within 24-48 business workday hours. (The fax machine you choose must be available 24 hours/day. The ILB fax number is 225-578-6992.) The LSU Libraries will subsidize the cost of each article up to $45. If the charge is greater, contact ILB about paying the difference.  It would be highly unusual if this were necessary.

You will need to establish a User ID and Password. As a First time user enter your LSU ID in the appropriate box. Hit Enter and complete the submission form. Patron files are updated on the 14th day of class each semester. On subsequent visits enter your User ID and Password.

Ingenta can also be used to set up Reveal Alerts to enable you to stay up to date on current research information. Citations on certain topics or from favorite journals can be sent to you regularly on e-mail. More explanation can be found on the Ingenta page or you can contact me, come to the Reference Desk, or Ask a Librarian (telephone, e-mail, or chat).

Electronic Classroom

Middleton classroom 230B is available for class instruction requiring hands-on computer use. It may be reserved for individual class sessions: see http://www.lib.lsu.edu/classroom or call the Middleton Reference Department, first floor, at 225-578-8875. I would be happy to meet with your classes as well. For entire classes that need to be taught in a lab, contact the Registrar's office at 225-578-1686. Room 230C currently only has an Instructor’s station that can be used for database or Power Point presentations, for example.

Study Carrels

Graduate students and faculty can apply for a carrel in Middleton Library at the Circulation Desk (225-578-2058).

Virtual Tour of Middleton Library

You can take a tour at http:// www.lib.lsu.edu/instruction/tour. Paper copies are available in the Middleton Library Lobby.

Other Electronic Resources

For remote access to most Indexes and Databases, Electronic Journals, and Electronic Reserves you just need to provide your LSU ID number and PIN. If the databases require additional passwords and user names/logonids, those passwords are provided on your PAWS desktop menu under Library Resources, Off Campus Access. (The e-mail address in your PAWS account must have lsu.edu in the address). To register for a free PAWS account that will provide you with an LSU address, go to LSU's Homepage (http://www.lsu.edu) or LSU Libraries Homepage (http://www.lib.lsu.edu) and click on PAWS, About PAWS. Any LSU Faculty, Student or Staff member may get a PAWS account. If there are questions, contact the help desk at the Computer Center: 225-578-3375 or help@lsu.edu.

Human Nutrition and Food

Databases

Many of the electronic databases have print counterparts located in Middleton Reference by the call number for the index. From the LSU Libraries Homepage select Indexes and Databases and then click on the first letter of the database title or make your selection from the (broad) Sciences and Technology Subject and select "Human Nutrition and Food," for example, to narrow your subject. I have created that list to parallel the annotated list I have provided here.

For remote access you will need to provide your LSU ID and PIN, which is: changeme, unless you have changed your PIN.

Academic Search Premier
Contains the full text of more than 4,000 scholarly publications covering the social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, and more.

Academic Universe
Offers full-text online news, business, legal, legislative, and regulatory information that is updated daily.

AGRICOLA
Citations to literature in agriculture and related fields, including textitles, that have been acquired by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperating institutions since 1970.

Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts
Covers agricultural products, new applications across the food industry, and environmental developments. Also includes patents, breeding techniques, food production and safety tastes, etc.

Algology, Mycology & Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C)
Coverage includes reproduction, growth, life cycles, biochemisty, genetics, and infection and immunity in man, other animals, and plants.

Animal Behaviour Abstracts
Animal behavioral and related studies research since 1993. Abstracts include research in the biology of particular taxonomic groups. Subjects ranging from neurophysiology to behavioral ecology, from genetics to applied ethology, are covered. Quarterly; 5,200 abstracts annually.

ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
Covers basic and applied research on aquatic organisms, including related legal and socioeconomic issues in over 4,000 journals; sponsored by four UN specialized agencies.

ASFA Aquaculture Absracts
Accesses research into improving and augmenting aquatic yields, including cultivating marine, freshwater, and brackishwater species, providing international perspectives on the science, practice, management, and economics of aquaculture.

Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)
Topics range from bacterial immunology and vaccinations to diseases of man and animals, provides access to far-reaching clinical findings as well as pure bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics. Begins 1993. Monthly; 13,200 abstracts annually.

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System: Survey Data
Includes eight databases on specific illnesses or aspects of chronic disease prevention and health promotion designed to help public health professionals and educators locate both published and unpublished program information. The databases cover such specific topics as health promotion and education; school health; cancer prevention and control; smoking; epilepsy; chronic disease prevention; state profile programs; and the promotion and education thesaurus. Also called Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

Bioengineering Abstracts
International research on biochemical and microbial technology as applied to bioengineering. Coverage includes biomedical engineering and equipment, biotechnology in energy production, computer applications in fermentation, protein from renewable and nonrenewable resources, biomaterials, and cybernetics. Begins 1993. Monthly; 11,000 abstracts annually.

Biological Abstracts
Citations from 240 English-language periodicals, both popular and professional scientific journals, in biology and agriculture since 1990.

Biological Sciences (CSA)
An interdisciplinary database that offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.

Biological Sciences & Living Resources, see AFSA1

Biology Digest
A compilation of abstracts and indexes of domestic and international literature in the area of life sciences primarily at the high school and undergraduate level.

BioOne (ejournals)
A collection of 50 full text bioscience research journals.

Biosis
The largest biological database is the world, including Biological Abstracts. Environmental science, biochemistry, and biomedicine are included.

CabDirect
The leading databse for literature related to agriculture and applied life sciences with strong international coverage, including the CAB Abstracts and CAB Health.

Calcium and Calcified Tissue
Features summaries of current intensive research in bone metabolishm, tooth development, nerve transmission, muscle contration, and hormone secretion.

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Large collection of indexes, each of which focuses on a specific scientific field. View the choices by subject or individual database title.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
A search and retrieval system that provides bibliographic records of U.S. Government information products, linking to Federal agency online resources or materials distributed to Federal Depository Libraries, including LSU Libraries, since January 1994.

Census of Agriculture 1992/1997 /2002
CD-ROM data available in Middleton Library, along with the print version. Includes data on direct sales for human consumption in addition to number of farms, land in farms, land use, irrigation, crops, livestock, poultry, value of farm products sold, hired farm labor, injuries and deaths, production expenses, and operator characteristics.

Chemical Abstracts
Click on the information ("i") icon for dates of coverage and accessibility. Comprehensive coverage of the world's chemistry literature.

CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature)
Subject covered include: aging, AIDS, cancer, diseases, healthcare, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, public health, and rehabilitation.

Clinical Pharmacology
Contains current, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find- herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs. Drugs may be searched by their generic or brand names. Patient Education Records contain such information as what the medication is used for, what their health care professional should know before taking the medication, how the medication should be taken, what they should do if a dose is missed, what other medications can interact, what side effects may be noticed, what to watch for, and where to keep the medication - in English and Spanish.

Conference Papers Index
Citations to papers and poster sessions presented at conferences in the life sciences, envrionmental sciences and the aquatic sciences (since 1995) and in physics, engineering and material sciences since 1982.

Dictionary of Food Ingredients
A CD-ROM version of the 3rd edition of the Dictionary of Food Ingredients which contains cross-referenced definitions for over 1000 commonly used food additives, including natural ingredients, FDA-approved artificial ingredients, and compounds used in food processing. Library use only. Ask at Middleton Reference Desk.

Dictionary of Science & Technology
An electronic version of the Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology, adding sophisticated searching capabilities, spoken pronunciations, illustrations, and spelling dictionaries. Library use only. Ask at Middleton Reference Desk. MRDF 125.

Dictionary of Substances and Their Effects
Data on chemicals with environmental impact.

Dissertation Abstracts
Contains citations to 1.2 million dissertations, beginning in 1861, with abstracts available since 1980.

Ecology Abstracts
Focuses on how organisms of all kinds--microbes, plants, and animals--interact with their environments and with other organisms.

Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online provides information from academic journals in many disciplines, from many publishers. Articles can be viewed online or through high-quality paper copies.

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Library
Online versions of various theses and dissertations from LSU graduate students. Provides a link to the National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.

ERIC Abstracts (Education Resources Information Center)
Contains 2 files sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education: Resources in Education (document literature) and Current Index to Journals in Education (periodicals).

Food Safety Research Database (FSRIO)
Information on food safety research initiatives for the purpose of preventing unintended duplication of food safety research and assisting the executive and legislative branches of government and private research entities to assess food safety research needs and priorities.

FSTA - Food Science and Technology Abstracts
The largest collection of food science, food technology and food-related human nutrition abstracts. Covers journals, patents, theses, standards, legislation, books, reviews and conference proceedings. At this time the database must be searched by a librarian, such as myself.

Genetics Abstracts (1982 - present)
Focuses on immunogenetics, developmental genetics, evolutionary and ecological genetics and theoretical and behavioral genetics. Includes in its scope the widest possible perspective across the globe of genetics as a whole; from microbes to plants, to humans. Begins 1993. Monthly; 15,400 abstracts annually.

Health & Safety Science Abstracts
Surveys recent work relating to public health, safety, and industrial hygiene. Includes diseases, epidemiology and public health, toxicology, consumer and recreation safety and more.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Coverage of nursing, allied health, clinical pharmacology providing access to current, concise, and clinically relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs - full text information since 1975.

Human Health & Hygiene Abstracts
Part of the CAB Abstracts and CAB Health database.

Immunology Abstracts
Basic science research and clinical implication in all aspects of immune systems in man and animals, in normal functions and disorders.

Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings
Indexes the published literature of the most significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions in a wide range of disciplines in science and technology over the last five years. Library use only. Ask at Middleton Reference Desk.

Industrial & Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A)
Assembles findings and practical applications in agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries, including fermentation.

Ingenta (formerly LSU UnCover)
Table of contents database to 20,000 interdisciplinary journals. See introduction regarding interlibrary loan.

International Classification of Diseases
Compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, formerly, Health Care Financing Administration.

JSTOR
A not-for-profit organization providing an archive of important scholarly journal literature.

LexisNexis Academic (formerly Academic Universe)
Offers full=text online news, business, legal, legislative, and regulatory information; updated daily. Includes coverage of the Baton Rouge Advocate and New Orleans Times-Picayune. To search these papers, select Sources at the top of the screen.

LexisNexis Statistical (formerly Statistical Universe)
Brings together statistical information from the federal government.

LSU Uncover, see Ingenta

Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Abstracts
Focuses on worldwide studies in which biotechnology, molecular biology, or genetics are applied to medicine and pharmaceuticals, human health, or the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Topics include antisense technology, transcription factors, peptide chemistry, genetic engineering and gene therapy, drug delivery systems, bioreactors, enzymes, new patents, and biotechnological methods such as immobilization and cell culture. Begins 1993, bimonthly, 3,000 abstracts annually.

MEDLINE
Citations and abstracts to international biomedical literature since 1966 from over 3700 journals on topics including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and healthcare services, sponsored by the National Library of Medicine.

NTIS (National Technical Information Service
Summaries of U.S. government sponsored research, development, and engineering, plus analyses prepared by federal agencies, their contractors, or grantees.

Science Citation Index See Web of Knowledge

Scifinder Scholar
A software program from Chemical Abstract Service offering electronic access to Chemical Abstracts which contains the largest substance database, CAS Registry, with more than 24 million substances--including 12 million organic substances.

SERLINE (1966 - present)
Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, Serline contains citations and abstracts to international biomedical literature from over 3700 journals on topics including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and healthcare services.

Springer Interlink
Database offers 500 journals and 7 bookseries online in areas including science, engineering, humanities, business, etc.

Stat-USA/Internet
Allows world wide web access to United States government statistical information on trade, economics, and business.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
Provides a quick statistical reference and a guide to statistical publications and sources, including health and vital statistics. Comparable to 2003 print publication.

Statistical Masterfile
Combines three searchable databases containing bibliographical records for: American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index, and Index to International Statistics.

Statistical Universe, see LexisNexis Statistical

Toxicology Abstracts
Surveys toxicology studies across a wide range of substances including industrial and agricultural chemicals, household products, pharmaceuticals, and myriad other substances. Begins 1981, monthly, 8,800 abstracts annually.

TOXLINE
Access to information in all areas of toxicology produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Toxnet
A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.

Web of Knowledge
Provides access to the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index from 1984 to date. . Allows you to do cited reference searching in addition to topic, author, and title searching.

WorldCat
Contains records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries.

Governmental Sources - selected links

Government Resources

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Combined Health Information Database

Department of Health and Human Services

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

Food and Drug Administration

Food and Nutrition Information Center

Food and Nutrition Service

Food Safety and Inspection Service

Health Resources and Services Administration

healthfinder (Gateway Consumer Health Services)

National Center for Health Statistics

National Institute of Health

www.health.gov (Health gateway site)

World Health Organization

Electronic Journals A Selected List

To see if LSU Libraries has access to an electronic journal, search Electronic Journals on the LSU Libraries Homepage. This is a partial listing; the dates and availability should also be checked under Electronic Journals as they often change.

Additional Print Sources in Middleton Library: Also consult websites on Human Ecology Subject Guide. Identify sources by using either a Title search (handbook of human nutrition and food) or a Keywords anywhere search (food science and encyclopedia) in the catalog.


The following titles are in Middleton Reference.

Family, Child, and Consumer Science

Databases

Many of the electronic databases have print counterparts located in Middleton Reference by the call number for the index. From the LSU Librarieshomepage select Indexes and Databases and then click on the first letter of the database title or make your selection from the (broad) Social Sciences Subject and select  “Family, Child, and Consumer Science," for example, to narrow your subject. I created that list to parallel the annotated list of relevant indexes and databases that are provided here.

For remote access you will need to provide your LSU ID and PIN which is: changeme, unless you have changed your PIN.

ERIC,
contains more than 1.1 million citations and more than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents, and covers the published journal literature for most education periodicals.

Social Services Abstracts, 1980-
Bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development

Sociological Abstracts, 1974-
Database for Sociological Abstracts Formerly called Sociofile. The primary index to sociology journals articles.

Ingenta (formerly LSU UnCover)
Ingenta provides citations to articles in approximately 20,000 interdisciplinary journals. See the introduction above under interlibrary loan.

Web of Knowledge
An interdisciplinary database that includes citation references. Once connected, click on Web of Science and proceed with your search.

Other useful databases include:

Academic Search Premier
Contains the full text of more than 4,000 scholarly publications covering the social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, and more.

Academic Universe
Offers full-text online news, business, legal, legislative, and regulatory information that is updated daily.

Access UN
Access to current and retrospective UN documents and publications, 1966 to date.

AIDSearch, 1980-
AIDS, HIV, and related research and policy issues.

ArcUSA (GIS) .
Generates thematic maps of the U.S.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
A government-wide compendium of federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American pulic. It contains financial and nonfinancial assistance programs administered by departments and establishments of the federal government.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
A search and retrieval service that provides bibliographic records of U.S. government information products to find links to federal agency online resources or to identify materials distributed to federal depository libraries, such as LSU Libraries since 1994.

Census of Population and Housing 1990.
Contains data from the most recent U.S. census for national, regional, state, and zip code levels. (Also see statistical section of the Social Work Subject Guide for web sources and the 2000 website) of the U.S. Census Bureau.

Chemical Abstracts
Provides comprehensive coverage of the world's chemical literature; see also Scifinder for current information.

Child Abuse and Neglect, 1965-1998
More than 18,000 citations to books, journals, government reports, conference papers, state annual reports, curricula, unpublished papers and editorials.

CINAHL Abstracts, 1982-
Database for Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature for information on nursing literature, allied health professionals, and other health care issues. Ref Z6660 I42, reference stacks; paper subscription cancelled after 1992.

County and City Data Book
Data from 1990 census.

CQ Weekly Report
Includes access to the full text of all CQ Weekly articles published since 1983.

Dictionary of Science & Technology
Electronic version of Dictionary of Science and Technology ; includes social sciences.

Dictionary of Substances and Their Effects
Data on chemicals with environmental impact.

Dissertation Abstracts, 1861-
Database for Dissertation Abstracts International. The print indexes are in the general stacks (Z5053 D57).

Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online brings you information from academic journals in many disciplines and from many publishers.

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Library
Online versions of various theses and dissertations from LSU graduate students. Provides a link to the National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.

ERIC Abstracts, 1966-
Database combining Current Index to Journals in Education, Ref Z5813 C8 through 1995, with Resources in Education, Ref Z5814 R4 U52, both in Reference stacks. ERIC documents (EDs) are in Documents, Middleton Basement on microfiche, however EDs from 1994 are available full text.

GPO Access
Provides online access to U.S Government Printing Office.

Health & Wellness Resource Center
Current reference materials as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources. Provides descriptions and links to pertinent web sites.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Focuses on nursing, allied health and clinical pharmacology providing current, concise, and clinically relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigative drugs.

Index to Social Sciences and Humanities Proceedings
On CD-ROM. Ask at Middleton Reference Desk. Library use  only. Print index 1979-.

JSTOR
Full text articles from many scholarly journals. On the LSU Libraries Homepage search Electronic Journals.

LexisNexis Academic (formerly Academic Universe)
Offers full-text online news, business, legal, legislative, and regulatory information, updated daily. Includes the Baton Rouge Advocate and New Orleans Times-Picayune. Search them by going to Source at the top of the page.

LexisNexis Statistical
Brings together statistical information from the Federal Government, including the American Statistics Index and Abstracts beginning in 1973 and full text to over 800 U.S. government statistical publications beginning in 1995.

Medline, 1966 - present
Contains citations and abstracts to international biomedical literature since 1966 from over 3700 journals on topics including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and healthcare services. Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
Contains bibliographic information on over 135,000 criminal justice articles, with 6,000 citations added each year through semi-annual updates.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Computerized Version of Occupational Outlook Handbook

ONET
Data from Dictionary of Occupational Titles

Population Index on the Web.
Indexes publications on demography and population research.

PsycINFO, 1887 - present
Database for Psychological Abstracts produced by the American Psychological Association.

Regional Economic Information System (REIS).
Includes U.S. Department of Commerce economic statistics for the last twelve years organized by state, county, and metropolitan area, 1969-1996. Library use only. Ask at Reference Desk.

Scifinder Scholar
A software program from Chemical Abstracts Service offering electronic access to Chemical Abstracts. See the information ("i") icon about installing it on your computer.

Serline
Citations and abstracts to international biomedical literature, including research and clinical practice administration, policy issues, and healthcare services, 1966 to present.

Social Sciences Citation Index see Web of Knowledge

Social Services Abstracts, 1980-
Bibiographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.

Stat-USA.
Allows World Wide Web access to U.S. goverment statistical information on trade, economics, and business through four major databases: National Trade DataBank NTDB), Economic Bulletin Board, Global Business Procurement Opportunities,and Bureau of Economic Analysis Economic Information. Contact Government Documents (225-578-2570) for password information.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S..
Provides a quick statistical reference and guide to statistical publications and sources with over 1400 tables from over 250 governmental, private, and international organizations. Comparable to the 2003 print version. (See also statistics section of Sociology Subject Guide.)

Statistical Masterfile
Combines three searchable databases: American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index and Index to International Statistics. (See the information ("i") icon for more details.)

Statistical Universe.
Combines three searchable databases containing bibliographic records for statistical publications: American Statistics Index, covering publications of the U.S. federal government since 1973; Statistical Reference Index, covering publications from private organizations and state government sources since 1980; and Index to International Statistics covering publications of international intergovernmental organizations since 1983. The databases primarily index publications that include social, economic, demographic, business, and industrial statistics of general research value, rather than those including scientific or technical data.

U.S.A. Counties
A reference source of county information for over 3400 variables

Web of Knowledge
Provides access to the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index from 1984 to date.

Women's Resources International
Abstracted index consisting of many databses: Women's Studies Abstracts, Women's Studies Databases, Women's Studies Librarian, POPLINE Subset on Women, and several additional bibliographies, 1972 to present.

Electronic Journals (Selected List)
To see if LSU Libraries has access to an electronic journal, search Electronic Journals on the LSU Libraries Homepage. This is a partial listing; the dates should also be checked under Electronic Journals as they are frequently updated. JSTOR has excellent coverage of sociology and demographic journals, beginning with volume 1 of the journals it indexes. There are often different urls for JSTOR titles depending on whether you are on campus or off campus. More recent online journal issues might be provided through LSU Libraries subscriptions to Electronic Collections Online or Academic Search Premier.

 Administration & Society v.30- (1998 - present)
 Ageing & Society v.17- (1977 - present)

·  American Imago v.52-57 (1995 - 2000)

·  American Journal of Sociology v.1- (1895 - ) See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  American Quarterly v.1-47 (1949 - )

·  American Sociological Review v. 1- (1936-) See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Annual Review of Sociology v. 1-21 (1975-1997)

·  Antipode v.30- (1998 - present). See Electronic Collections Online.

·  Archives of Women's Mental Health v.1- (1998) - current

·  Arethusa v.29 (1996) - present

·  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology v.34 (1994) - present

·  Behavioral Sciences & the Law v.14 (1996) - present

·  British Journal of Criminology, The v.36 n.4 (1996 - present)

·  British Journal of Sociology, 1950-

·  Children and Youth Services Review v.21 (1999 - present)

·  Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews v.1-24 (1972-1997)

·  Coordinator, 1953-1959. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Crime and Delinquency v.38-44 (1992-1998) See Electronic Collections Online. Continued by Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.

·  Demography v.1-35 (1964 - 2000).

·  Development and Change v.29 (1998) - present. See Electronic Collections Online.

·  Early Childhood Research Quarterly v.14 n.4 (1999 - present)

·  Ethnic & Racial Studies v.21 (1998) - present. See Electronic Collections Online.

·  European Sociological Review, 1985-1997. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Family Coordinator, 1968-1979. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Family Life Coordinator, 1959-1967. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Family Planning Perspectives v. 1-31 (1969-2001)

·  Family Relations, 1980-1999. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Futures Current 9 months

·  Gender & Society, 1987-1999. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Geoforum Current 9 months

·  Human Rights Quarterly v.17-22 (1995 - 2000)

·  Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 1947-1997. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  International Family Planning Digest v. 1-3 (1975-1977)

·  International Family Planning Perspectives v. 5-21 (1979-2001)

·  International Family Planning Perspectives and Digest v. 4 (1978)

·  International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology v.42 (1998)- See Electronic Collections Online.

·  International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 1998-. See Electronic Collections Online.

·  International Migration v.36 (1998) - present

·  International Migration Digest, 1964-1966. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  International Migration Review, 1966-1997. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  International Organisation v.1-49 (1947 - 1995)

·  International Review of Social History v.43-45 (1998 - 2000)

·  Journal of American Studies v.31-34 (1997 - 2000)

·  Journal of Biosocial Science v.29-33 (1997 - 2001)

·  Journal of Black Studies v.1-28 (1970 - 1999)

·  Journal of Blacks in Higher Education v.1-18 (1993 - 1997)

·  Journal Of Economic Behavior and Organization

·  Journal of Educational Sociology v.1-36 (1927 - May 1963)

·  Journal of Health and Human Behavior v. 1-7 (1960-1966)

·  Journal of Health and Social Behavior v. 8-36 (1967-1995)

·  Journal of Human Resources, 1966-2000. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Journal of Marriage & the Family, 1964-1999. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Journal of Negro Education v.1-64 (1932 - 1995)

·  Journal of Negro History v.1-82 (1916 - 1997)

·  Journal of Organizational Behavior v.17 (1996) - present

·  Journal of Population Economics v.10 (1997) - current

·  Journal of Public Policy v.18 (1998) - present

·  Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency v.35 (1998) - present. See Electronic Collections Online.

·  Journal of Safety Research Current 9 months

·  Journal of Social and Personal Relationships v.15 (1998) - present See Electronic Collections Online.

·  Journal of Social Forces, 1922-1925. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Journal of Social Policy v.26 (1997) - present

·  Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences v.32 (1996 - present)

·  Leadership Quarterly, The Current 9 months

·  Living, 1939-1940. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Marriage & Family Living, 1941-1963. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Modernism/Modernity v.1-8 (1994 - 2001)

·  National Civic Review, 1998-. See Electronic Collections Online.

·  Papers in Regional Science v.78(1999) - present.

·  Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management v.21, 1998-. See Electronic Collections Online.

·  Politics & Society v.26,1998-. See Electronic Collections Online.

·  Population: An English Selection, 1989-2000

·  Population and Development Review v. 1-23 (1975-2000)

·  Population Index, 1937-1984. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Population Literature, 1935-1936. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Population Studies v.1-51 (1947 - 1999)

·  Postmodern Culture v.1-11

·  Public Opinion Quarterly, 1937-1999. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Public Relations Review Current 9 months

·  Research in Developmental Disabilities Current 9 months

·  Researches on Population Ecology v.41(1999) - present

·  Social Choice and Welfare v.14 (1996) - present

·  Social Forces 1925- present (See JSTOR and InfoTrac General

·  Social Forces, 1925-2000. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls and also other electronic journal links to recent issues

·  Social Policy & Administration v.31, 1997-. See Electronic Collection Online

·  Social Psychology v.41 (1978)

·  Social Psychology Quarterly v.42-58 (1979 - 1997)

·  Social Studies of Science v.28 (1998)- present. See JSTOR and Electronic Collections Online.

·  Sociological Forum, 1986-1997. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Sociological Methodology, 1969-1997. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Sociological Review, The v.46 (1998)- present. See Electronic Collections Online.

·  Sociological Theory, 1983-1997. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Sociology v.32-34 (1998 - 2000)

·  Sociology of Education v.37-68 (1963 - 1997)

·  Sociology of Health and Illness v.20, 1998-. See Electronic Collections Online.

·  Sociometry v.1-40 (1937 - 1977)

·  Studies in Family Planning v. 1-28 (1963-2000)

·  System Familie v.10 no.2 (1997) - present.

·  Technology and Culture v.39 (1998) - present

·  Theory & Society, 1974-1997. See JSTOR for on campus/off campus urls.

·  Urban Studies v.36, 1999. See Electronic Collections Online.

Government Sources - Selected Links

·  Government Resources

·  Administration for Children and Families

·  Administration on Aging

·  Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

·  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (formerly Health Care Financing Administration)

·  Consumer Information Center

·  Consumer Product Safety Commission

·  CYFERNet: Child, Youth and Family Network

·  Department of Health and Human Services

·  National Institute on Aging

·  Social Security Online

·  Welfare to Work

Additional Print Indexes

Additional print indexes for the social sciences are located in Middleton Reference stacks. Locations, call numbers, and holdings information are available in the catalog.

 

Internet Search Guide

The Human Ecology Subject Guide can be accessed from the "Subject Guides" on the LSU Libraries Homepage: http:/www.lib.lsu.edu. Select Human Ecology from the Science category. (The uniform resource locator, url, is: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/humaneco/humaneco.html)

The Guide is under continuous revision. Suggestions and additions are welcome.

Useful Reference Sources

Browse the Reference stacks, HM-HX, for especially useful sources. Identify sources by doing a keyword search in the catalog, eg: aging and encyclopedia.
The books below are all located in Reference, Middleton Library

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Almanacs, Surveys:


Directories

 

·  The National Directory of Children, Youth, and Family Services HV741 N3157 17th ed 2001/02

·  Public Human Services Directory HV89 A55 2002/2003

·  Resources for People with Disabilities: A National Directory HN1553 R48 1998 (2 vol)


Statistical Sources


Consult the statistical sources in the catalog and the Sociology Subject Guide for useful sites, including the census and the Louisiana Population Center, also:


Textiles, Apparel Design, and Merchandising

Databases:

Many of the electronic databases have print counterparts located in Middleton Reference by the call number for the index. From the LSU Libraries Homepage) select Indexes and Databases and then click on the first letter of the database title or make your selection from the (broad) Social Science Subject and select "Textiles, Apparel Design, and Merchandising," for example, to narrow your search.

For remote access you will need to provide your LSU ID number and PIN, which is: changeme, unless you have changed your PIN.

Academic Search Premier
Contains the full text of more than 4,000 scholarly publications covering the social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, and more.

Academic Universe.
Offers full-text online news, business, legal, legislative, and regulatory information that is updated daily.

AGRICOLA.
Provides citations to literature in agriculture and related fields, like textiles, that have been acquired by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperating institutions since 1970.

Agriculture and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts.
Among other things includes patents and new product approval.

American Chemical Society
ACS offers an extraordinary array of searchable databases.

ArcUSA (GIS).
Generates thematic maps of the United States at state and county (parish) levels.

Arts and Humanities Citation Index See Web of Knowledge.

Business Source Premier
Provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business publications. This database offers information in nearly every area of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. The database also includes other sources of full text information such as country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies.

Catlog of U.S. Government Publications
A search and retrieval service that provides bibliographic records of U.S. government information products to link to federal agency online resources or identifying materials distributed to Federal Depository Libraries, such as LSU Libraries, since 1994.

Census of Agriculture 1992/1997./2002
Includes data on direct sales for human consumption and production expenses. 1992 and 1997 on CD-ROM in Middleton Reference and Middleton Documents; online for 1997; 2002 schedule included.

Chemical Abstracts.
Comprehensive coverage of the world's chemical literature, 1992-1996. Available in Chemistry Library computer lab and Middleton Library computer labs, Rooms 109 and 241.

Compact Disclosure.
Contains financial and management information on over12,000 public companies that provide goods or services extracted from annual and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

County Business Patterns.
Compiles data on numbers of employees, payroll, and numbers of establishments for major industries in the United States on federal, state, and county levels.

Dictionary of Science & Technology.
Provides an electronic version of the Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology, adding sophisticated searching capabilities, spoken pronunciation, illustrations, and spelling dictionaries. Library use only. Ask at Reference Desk.

Dissertation Abstracts.
Contains citations to 1.2 million dissertations and masters theses. Coverage begins in 1861 with abstracts available since 1980, and thesis abstracts since 1988.

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Library
Online versions of various theses and dissertations from LSU graduate students; provides a link to the National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.

GPO Access.
Provides online access to the U.S. Government Printing Office.

Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings.
Indexes the published literature of the most significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions in a wide range of disciplines in science and technology over the last five years. Library use only. Ask at the Reference Desk.

Index to Social Sciences and Humanities Proceedings.
Covers the most significant conference proceedings in the social sciences and humanities over the last five years. Library use only. Ask at the Reference Desk.

Ingenta (formerly LSU Uncover).
Provides citations to articles in approximately 20,000 interdisciplinary journals. See introduction about interlibrary loan above.

JSTOR.
Database for searching many journal titles full text. On the library's Home Page search "Electronic Journals."

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Fourth Edition
Comprehensive composition of applied chemical science and industrial technology, its methods and materials, as well as the latest advances in every branch of the arts of chemistry.

LexisNexis Academic (formerly Academic Universe)
Offers full-text online news, business, legal, legislative, and regulatory information, updated daily. Includes the Baton Rouge Advocate and New Orleans Times-Picayune. Search them by going to Sources at the top of the page.

LexisNexis Academic - Business
Contains business articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, wires & transcripts, company financial reports and profiles, securities and exchange commission (SEC) filings and reports, - these include EDGAR filings and annual and quarterly reports and proxy statements.

LexisNexis Statistical (formerly Statistical Universe)
Brings together statistical information from the federal government. It includes the American Statistics Index and Abstracts beginning in 1973 and full-text to over 800 U.S. government statistical publications beginning in 1995.

LSU Uncover, see Ingenta.

Regional Economic Information System (REIS)
Provides local area economic data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas for 1969-1998. Statistics in the data base include: personal income and earning variables, full and part time employment variables, transfer payments variables, and farm income and expenses variables. Produced by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. CD-ROM for 1997-1999 is also available at the Middleton Reference Desk.

National Trade Data Bank. See STAT-USA Internet.

NTIS (National Technical Information Service).
Summaries of U.S. government sponsored research, development, and engineering.

Science Citation Index See Web of Knowledge

Social Science Citation Index See Web of Knowledge.

Stat-USA/Internet.
Allows World Wide Web access to United States Government statistical information on trade, economics, and business, through four major databases: National Trade DataBank (NTDB), Economic Bulletin Board, Global Business Procurement Opportunities, and Bureau of Economic Analysis Economic Information. For access information, read the information (i) icon.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S..
Provides a quick statistical reference and a guide to governmentalstatistical publications and sources with over 1400 tables. Comparable to the 2003 print publication.

See also statistics section on Human Ecology Subject Guide for more web-based resources.

Statistical Masterfile.
Combines three searchable databases: American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index, and Index to International Statistics. Available only from library reference areas.

Statistical Universe.
Combines three searchable databases containing bibliographic records for statistical publications: American Statistics Index, covering publications of the U.S. federal government since 1973; Statistical Reference Index, covering publications from private organizations and state government sources since 1980; and Index to International Statistics, covering publications of international intergovernmental organizations since 1983. The databases primarily index publications that include social, economic, demographic, business, and industrial statistics of general research value, rather than those including scientific or technical data.

Textile Technology Digest
This database, produced by the Institute of Textile Technology, provides international coverage of the literature of textiles and related subjects. It provides access to articles, books, pamphlets, reports, theses, trade literature, surveys, standards, specifications, conferences, directories, statistical publications, translations, and exhibitions of the world's published literature. Approximately 90% of the records contain abstracts. At this time this database must be searched by a reference librarian at Middleton such as myself.

U.S. Exports of Merchandise.
Provides data on U.S. exports of domestic and foreign merchandise arranged by Harmonized Schedule B Commodity Code, including quantity, value, and shipping weight by country of destination, customs district of exportation, and method of transportation, both for the current month and for the year to date. Library use only. Ask at the Reference Desk.

U.S. Imports of Merchandise.
Provides data on U.S. imports of merchandise, including net quantity, value, and shipping weight data in terms of commodity, country of origin, with totals for each customs district of entry and customs district of unloading, both for the current month and for the year to date. Library  use only. Ask at the Reference Desk.

USA Trade Online
Provides monthly information on U.S. imports and exports on over 18,000 commodities.

Web of Knowledge
Provides access to the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index from 1984 to date. Once connected, click on Web of Science and proceed with your search.

WorldCat.
Offers records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries.

World Textiles
Covers the world literature on the science and technology of textiles and related materials; on economic and commercial developments and the management of the textile industry. The database, which includes the coverage of World Textile Abstracts offers comprehensive coverage of the world's textile-related literature from technical, scientific, economic, and commercial journals as well as books, technical reports, conference proceedings and statistical publications. At this time this database must be searched by a reference librarian at Middleton such as myself.

Government Sources - Selected Links

 

Additional Print Sources in Middleton Library, Reference

Textiles:


Biographical sources:


Fashion:


Costume:

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