FINDING ARTICLES using INDEXES in LUMINA

http://www.lib.umn.edu/articles
1. Go to LUMINA the Libraries home page:
http://www.lib.umn.edu

Click on INDEXES

2. Indexes
http://www.lib.umn.edu/articles/indexes.phtml

Decide on an index
Example: Social Sciences .................... Sociological Abstracts

There are over 250 indexes to choose from.

See other side of this sheet for a list, or use the options
on the Indexes page to choose the most appropriate index.
If you don’t know where to start, try Expanded Academic
Index.

3. Search an index
3.1. Search an index using subject, keyword, etc.
3.2. Write down citation:

Example:
Author: Lodwick, J and W. McGrew.
Title of Article: Wild Chimpanzee’s Working Day…
Title of Journal: American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Volume No: 117
Date: April 2002
3 Pages: 103

4. Look up in MNCAT
§ Go to MNCAT at http://mncat.lib.umn.edu

5. Search MNCAT Journals Catalog

Type in the journal title in Journals catalog
Select Browse Type:
American Journal of Physical Anthropology in Main Title Only begins with…

6. Check Location column

This column tells where a journal is shelved and gives the link
to online versions when available. Most journals are just in the
Libraries.

Troubleshooting:
3 § If no call number is listed: journals are often filed by title.
§ If we don’t own it, go to http://www.lib.umn.edu/ordering/
§ try search with and without the initial article, e.g. “The Chronicle”
 Article Indexes A - Z A complete list of all indexes may be viewed at: http://www.lib.umn.edu/articles/alpha.phtml?
ABSEES Online ERIC Document Retrieval: E*Subscribe Multexnet
AccessUN / AccessUNDP Essay and General Literature Index Music Analysis
Aerospace: Manufacturers/Businesses Ethnic Newswatch Music Education Search System
Africa Bib Expanded Academic Index Music Research Databases
African American Newspapers Family & Society Studies Worldwide NASA Technical Report Server
AgEcon Search Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index National Criminal Justice Ref Src Abstracts Database
AGRICOLA FindLaw National Environmental Publications (NEPIS)
AGRIS Fish & Fisheries Worldwide National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
AIAA Papers Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA) Natural Medicines Comprehensive Dbase
AIDSLINE FPI Flowering Plant Index NCJRS catalog Justice Programs agencies
Air Univ Library Index to Military Periodicals FRANCIS New York Times (access via LEXIS-NEXIS)
Al Jazeera Transcripts -- from Lexis Nexis GenBank Nineteenth Century Masterfile
All Academic GenderWatch OECD Index
Alternative Press Index General News & Mags in LUMINA OT Search (formerly OT BibSys)
AMED - Allied and Complementary Medicine General BusinessFile ASAP PAIS International
America: History and Life General Reference Center Gold Patents United States
Anthropological Literature General Science Abstracts PCI: Periodicals Contents Index
AP Photo Archive Geobase PestBank
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts GeoRef Philosopher's Index
Archives USA GPO Access - Legislative Resources Physical Education Index
Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) Plant Information Online
ArtBibliographies Modern HarpWeek (via MNCAT) Poem Finder (from Wilson only)
ARTFL Harrison's Online Polling the Nations
Art Full Text Haz-Map Pollution Abstracts
ArticleFirst Health and Medicine in the News POPLINE
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (ISI) Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) Population Index
ASCE's Civil Engineering Database Health and Wellness Resource Center PsycINFO
ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Health Reference Center - Academic Public STINET unclass. defense
Assoc For Computing Machinery Digital Lib Hispanic American Periodicals Index PubMed
ASTIS Arctic Science & Techn Info Sys HISTLINE RAMBI
Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service Historical Abstracts Readers' Guide Retrospective
ATLA Religion Database History of Science and Technology Repertoire Intl De La Presse Musicale (RIPM)
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Humanities Abstracts RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
BEAST CD Hypnosis & Related States Research dbase RISM--Repertoire Intl Des Sources Musicales
Bibliography of Asian Studies IBIDS – Int’l Bibliographic Info Dietary Suppl Royal Society of Chemistry
Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates IBR: International Bibliog of Book Reviews Russian Academy of Sciences
Bibliography of Native North Americans IBZ: International Bibliog of Periodical Literature Saunders
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) IIMP: International Index to Music Periodicals Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI)
Biological Abstracts IMB: International Medieval Bibliography SciFinder Scholar
Biological and Agricultural Abstracts Index of Articles on Jewish Studies (RAMBI) SCIPIO Art and Rare Books Sales Catalogs
BIOSIS Previews Index to Chiropractic Literature Smoking & Health Database
Black Studies DB: Kaiser Indx to Black Resrcs Index to Current Urban Documents
British Official Pubs (BOPCRIS) Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals Social Sciences Citation Index (ISI)
Business and Company Resource Center Index to 19th-Century Amer. Art Periodicals Social Sciences in Forestry
Business and Industry Database Index To Theses of Great Britain and Ireland Social Work Abstracts
Business Source Premier INFORMS: journals Inst. for Operations Res, Mgmt Sci Sociological Abstracts
CAB Abstracts InfoTech Trends SourceOECD (via MNCAT)
Canadian Research Index InfoTrac (Jr, Kid' OneFile & Student editions) South African Studies
CARL Uncover Ingenta SPORT Discus
CANCERLIT Ingenta (formerly CARL Uncover) St. Paul Pioneer Press
Cat U.S. Govt Pubs (MarciveWeb) (USGPO) Inside Information Plus Star Tribune ( publisher website)
CCINFOWeb INSPEC® Stat! Ref
Chicano Database Inter-Play: An Online Index to Plays Television News Archive
CHID (Combined Health Info Database) International Pharmaceutical Abstracts Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
Child Abuse, Child Welfare and Adoption International Plant Names Index Toxline
China Academic Journals International Political Science Abstracts TOXNET
Chronicle of Higher Education Investext Trail Planning Construct. & Maintenance
CINAHL Iter: Gateway- Middle Ages and Renaissance Transportation Article File
Cochrane Library Juran Ctr Body of Knowledge Carlson School TRANSPORT Database
Collection Searchable Computer Sci Bibliogs. Kraus Curriculum Development Library TREE CD (online)
ComAbstracts Labordoc Tropical Forest Conservation and Dev.
Compendex®/Engineering Index Left Index Ulrich's Periodical Directory (via MNCAT)
Computer Database LEXIS-NEXIS Acad Universe - Law Reviews UNBISnet
Computer Music Journal LexisNexis Academic UNDP Publications
Contemporary Women's Issues LexisNexis Congressional UNESBIB
Criminal Justice Abstracts LexisNexis Statistical Universal Database of Russian Newspapers
Current Contents Library Literature Urban Forestry
Current Index to Statistics -- Extended Database Linguistics & Language Behavior Abs LLBA USPTO Web Patent Databases
Dance Collection Online MarciveWeb Docs VET CD
Department of Energy "DOE Information Bridge" Materials Science Collection With METADEX Victorian Database Online
Design and Applied Arts Index MathSciNet Wall Street Journal
Digital Dissertations MD Consult Water Resources Abstracts
EconLit MEDLINE and MEDLINEplus Web of Science (ISI)
EdResearch Online Mental Measurements Yearbook (test reviews) Wildlife Worldwide
Education Full Text METADEX Women's Resources International
eHRAF Collection of Ethnography MICROMEDEX World Biographical Index / Intl biog Index
Electronic Journals Minnesota Historical Society's Visual Resources World Law Index part 1: Index to Hispanic Legislation
Energy Citations Database MLA Bibliography World News Connection
ERIC MNMag: Minnesota Magazine Index World Textiles
Morgue - Mortuary Journals Database Zoological Record
Movie Review Query Engine
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