School of Information and Library Science

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

ABSTRACTS & INDEXES EXERCISE

Objectives:

1. Become familiar with a range of significant indexing and abstracting tools through review and use.

2. Gain some proficiency in the use of these resources.

3. To compare paper-based and electronic versions of resources.

Directions:

Please answer the following questions. Give the answer to each question, a complete bibliographic citation as to where you found the information, and any other details about your search, e.g. where you looked unsuccessfully, problems you found with a source.

1. Find three articles that cite the second edition of the textbook we are using. Richard E. Bopp and Linda C. Smith, Reference and Information Services: An Introduction (1995).

2. What magazine published an article that discusses DNA mapping to prevent genetic diseases caused by inbreeding in dogs?

3. Who wrote an article about children in the art of Picasso? Where was the article published?

4. Vannevar Bush wrote the article entitled: “As We May Think.” Where and when was it published?

5. A friend told me he had read a fascinating discussion comparing the fiction of Anne Tyler, Jayne Ann Phillips, Bobbie Ann Mason and Grace Paley? Can you help me find it?

6. Melvil Dewey wrote an article in 1901 with the title: “The Future of the Library Movement in the United States.” I need to know the journal and the month and pages for the article.

7. Look at Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature for 1971-1972. What heading would you look under to find articles about busing? One of the articles is “Green light for busing” What magazine is it in? What does “il” mean in the citation?

8. Look at the Index to the New York Times for 1936. What heading would you use to find articles about the University of North Carolina? One of the articles is about the May Queen. How do you interpret the information listed after the title?

9. I need to find some articles about BSE and I need them to be from a veterinary medicine point of view. Where should I look?

10. Wendell Williamson was in the news a few years ago. I want to read some North Carolina newspaper articles about the Chapel Hill shootings in January of 1995, but I don’t want to read that horrible microfilm, it hurts my eyes. Where can I go to find full text articles from NC newspapers?

11. How many citations has Dr. Moran received for her writing?

12. Someone gave me a book by Mario Vargas Llosa. Can you find any articles discussing this writer’s work?