ANT 140: Cities of the Ancient World

Your subject librarian is Joe Fernandez

• Identify appropriate subject headings for your topic
• Use relevant online databases
• Use bibliographies in books and journal articles
• Set up an appointment to meet with your subject librarian if you need assistance

Selected key terms to use in databases

• Cities and towns, ancient
• Extinct cities

Basic Reference Resources

• Credo Reference
  Handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias

Finding Books and Articles

• URSUS - books and journals
• OneSearch - books and articles; you may limit your search to scholarly articles and to Fogler resources
• Abstracts in Anthropology - use URSUS to locate journals cited here for the full texts of articles
• Anthrosource - searchable database of mainly full-text articles
• JSTOR - use keywords in the advanced search feature to locate full-text articles and limit your search by relevant subject areas
• Project Muse - full-text articles from over 400 journals
• Proquest Digital Dissertations & Theses
• WorldCat - to locate resources in other libraries
• Digital Commons - mainly full-text works by academic scholars; in the dropdown menu
  Below the search box choose "across all repositories"

What are scholarly peer-reviewed articles?

Using Fogler Library

• Floor Maps
• Current print journals are located alphabetically in the President's Room
• Older volumes of print journals are located on 1st, 2d, and 3d floors in the periodical stacks
• Many journals are available electronically.
• Articles and books that are not available in Fogler may be requested through Interlibrary Loan
• - Find out how to locate full texts of articles retrieved from online databases that have this icon (turn on your audio)
• Ordering books from other Maine libraries through URSUS. See tutorial. (Turn on your audio)

Off-campus access

• Check with the Circulation Desk if your MaineCard has been activated
• To use Fogler Library databases from off-campus, you will be prompted for your name and your fourteen-digit MaineCard barcode located on the reverse side of your card
• If you are unable to login, check the Remote Access Troubleshooting page

Where to go for assistance?

• Ask at the Reference Desk:  Hours
• Ask a Librarian:

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Created by: Joe Fernandez | Revised: 01/03/2013