Junior Thesis Project
Junior Thesis Search Strategies
Get comfortable online and get your list together first before heading to the libraries. 1- SRC online catalog (Destiny)
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2- Badgerlink (www.badgerlink.net) FREE for Wisconsin Residents
3- Racine Public Library (www.racinelibrary.info)
4- UW-Parkside (www.uwp.edu/departments/library/)
Summary
Note: WorldCat (www.worldcat.org) is another amazing source but requires refined search strategies and often lists books or articles without full text. Badgerlink should be adequate but if not, try WorldCat.
- The best place to start
- 8,000+ full text magazines
- 6,800+ full text books
- 4,500+ full text newspapers (~3,000 historical)
- Use advanced search tools / be specific
- Start search as a Student -> Higher Education for more journals such as Academic Search Premier
- Limit your results using check boxes under Advanced Search to include: Full-text and Scholarly articles
- Generate keywords from your thesis statement
- Fine tune your search strategies to use with other engines
- Full text items count as print resources
3- Racine Public Library (www.racinelibrary.info)
- School account available; see Mrs. Weaver to have titles placed on hold and brought to school if you do not live in Racine County.
- Public libraries from 4 counties included in the search (ILL is an option)
- Find out if they have the book and if it is available.
4- UW-Parkside (www.uwp.edu/departments/library/)
- Require a user account (card) with a fee.
- Not as lenient on overdue books.
- Uses a different system (Library of Congress -LC) for organizing materials
Summary
- Start with the SRC and Badgerlink.
- Save Abstracts/Full Text as PDFs,
- Devise your search terms with that database
- Branch into other systems/databases as needed
- Organize your sources using NoodleTools
- Return your materials to the right library!
Note: WorldCat (www.worldcat.org) is another amazing source but requires refined search strategies and often lists books or articles without full text. Badgerlink should be adequate but if not, try WorldCat.