Guide for Twentieth Century Senior Seminar
Books
Library Catalog (electronic and paper) – Reference area. Search by author, title, subject, or keyword to obtain
a list of books in the library. Note: The library catalog is available from any computer that has Internet access.
Electronic books through netLibrary - Full-text access to nearly 50,000 e-books.
Essay & General Literature Index – Call #R/AI3.E752 – Reference area. This index is unique in that
it identifies what the chapters of selected books are about.
The Reference Shelf and/or Opposing Viewpoints – Circulating series of books. Search the OPAC by subject (such as
crime, drugs, government, juvenile delinquency, sports, terrorism, women and society) – OR – search Reference
Shelf or Opposing Viewpoints as keywords
Reference Materials
General Encyclopedias – Call #R/AE5 – Reference area. Provide background information and give ideas about
how a subject is typically organized in the literature. Sets in Reference include: Academic American, Collier’s, Encyclopedia
Americana, The New Encyclopedia Britannica, and World Book Encyclopedia.
Subject Encyclopedias – Reference Area – Sample titles include:
American Decades – Call #R/E169.12.A419
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics – Call #R/BH 56.E53
Encyclopedia of American Social History – Call #R/HN57.E58 1993
Encyclopedia of the American Presidency – Call #R/JK511.E53 1994
Encyclopedia of Bioethics – Call #R/QH332.E52 1995
Encyclopedia of Business – Call #R/HF1001.E466 1995
Encyclopedia of Careers & Vocational Guidance – Call #R/HF5381.E52 1993
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice – Call #R/HV6017.E52 1983
Encyclopedia of the Holocaust – Call #R/D804.3.E53 1990
The Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Call #R/B41.E5
Encyclopedia of Political Anarchy – Call #R/HX830.G39 1999
Encyclopedia of Special Education – Call #R/LC4007.E53 2000
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century-Call #R/E169.1.E626
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century-Call #R/E740.7.E53
Encyclopedia of Women and Sport in America – Call #R/GV709.E53 1998
Encyclopedia of World Art – Call #R/N31.E4833
Ethics – Call #R/BJ63.E54
Grzimek’s Encyclopedia of Mammals – Call #R/QL701.G7913 1990
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animal Life – Call #R/QL45.A6 1961
International Encyclopedia of Communications – Call #R/P87.5.I5 1989
International Encyclopedia of The Social Sciences – Call #R/H40.A2I5
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology – Call #R/Q121.M3 2002
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas - Call #R/CB9.N45 2005
Thinkers of the 20th Century -Call #R/CT120.T45
The Wellness Encyclopedia of Food & Nutrition – Call #R/TX353.M344 1992
Women’s Issues – Call #R/HQ1115.W6425 1997
World Philosophy Essay-Reviews of 225 Major Works – Call #R/B29.W68
You Eat What You Are: People, Culture and Food Traditions – Call #R/GT2850.B37 1999x
Yearbooks, Annuals, Statistics – Reference Area
Contemporary Issues Criticism – Call #R/H31.C755
Demographics of The U.S. – Call #R/HB 849.49.R875 2000
Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970 – Call #R/HA202.A385 1976
Science & Technology Almanac – Call #R/Q173.S395 1999
Science & Technology Firsts – Call #R/T15.B684 1997
The Statesman’s Year-Book – Call #R/JA51.S7
State of the World 2001- Call #R/HC59.S734
Statistical Abstract of the United States – Call #R/HA202.U5
U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook ’98 – Call #R/HC106.82.U16 1998
Vital Signs – Call #R/TD 193.2.V57
World Almanac & Book of Facts – Call #R/AY67.N5W7
Opinions
CQ Researcher (formerly Editorial Research Reports) – Call #R/H35.E35 – Reference Area
Editorials – search through periodicals and newspapers (Lexis-Nexis provides the best coverage of full-text newspapers)
Journal Articles
It is best to use the library's indexes to locate journal articles – Main floor. The library's print indexes
allow searching by author, title, and/or subject. Sample titles include: Biography Index, Business Periodicals Index,
Education Index, Humanities Index, Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature, and Social Sciences Index.
Electronic Journal Articles
All databases are listed on this page http://www.lambuth.edu/academics/library/subjectdirectory.html
Tennessee Electronic Library
Academic OneFile – covers journal literature of all academic disciplines
General Reference Center Gold – covers journal literature, but also includes information from reference books
Business & Company ASAP – covers journal literature in business and management
Health Reference Center – Academic – covers journal literature in the health fields
Informe! – a Spanish-language database
National Newspaper Index – provides citations to The New York Times; The Wall Street Journal,
Academic Search Premier - Provides full text for nearly 4,650 scholarly publications, including full text for nearly 3,600
peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as
1975.
ERIC – Available campus-wide; index of resources in the field of education;
Annual Reviews – Contains full-text articles timely coverage of the sciences including biochemistry, cell & developmental
biology, ecology & systematics, genetics, microbiology, physiology, and psychology.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe – Contains full-text articles. Categories include news; business, legal,
medical, and reference
Government Information
Government information is a good source for statistics, population data, and environmental studies.
Online database for government information -
Some government agencies that may provide useful information are Census Bureau, EPA, Department of Justice, Library of
Congress, and Department of Interior.