Find It 

Your search will be easier if you know the types of resources

Catalogs (e.g. Allecat, WorldCat)

• Have Records of books, videos, journals
• Tell you what is owned and (locally) where it is shelved
• May have links to electronic books, files, etc.
• DO NOT have full text
• DO NOT have journal article information

Indexes (e.g. PsycInfo, Web of Science)

• Usually focus on one subject area
• Intend to cover everything substantial in that subject
• Always cover journal articles
• May include books, theses, conferences
• May include some full text of articles
• Often have links to Allegheny full text or print holdings
• Broad-subject indexes often include non-scholarly sources

Journal Databases (e.g., JStor, ScienceDirect)

• Usually publisher-specific (e.g. Springerlink, Elsevier ScienceDirect)
• NOT comprehensive coverage for any subject
• May include ebooks if the publisher has them and we have bought them
• Are best approached through indexes, not directly

Resource Collections (e.g. MergenTOnline, CIAO)

• Concentrate on a very specific topic or need
• Provide full text and/or data on the subject
• May incorporate a variety of formats (articles, blogs, conferences)
• Self-contained; seldom intended to lead to outside sources
• These resources are cataloged in Allecat and listed in Databases A-to-Z

Reference Universe - Find introductory articles in print and online encyclopedias at Allegheny

Catalogs - To find books and videos.

Allecat

Allecat is the catalog for collections in Pelletier, in the branch collections and in some College offices (ACCEL) or student areas (Gamer Room). It will list books, CDs, videos, and electronic resources. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL OUR JOURNAL TITLES; IT DOES NOT INDEX JOURNAL ARTICLES

Worldcat

Worldcat indexes books, videos, websites, audioCDs, dissertations -- in fact almost all items published throughout the world.  Use Worldcat for exhaustive searches when you have already narrowed your search strategy.  WE CAN GET MANY OF THE MATERIALS ON WORLDCAT OVER INTERLIBRARY LOAN ILL), BUT NOT ALL.  ILL will take time, so plan ahead.

Other Library Catalogs

Local, National and International library catalogs.

Indexes - To find journal articles

General Indexes -- great places to start

• Academic OneFile
• Wilson OmniFile
• Lexis-Nexis Academic
• JSTOR
• Web of Science

Find Subject Indexes in Pellegrams

Find a specific index in the Databases A-to-Z List

Full Text Journals in Publisher Collections

These journals are also accessible through our indexes using a "find it at allegheny" link

• JSTOR - Journals published chiefly by scholarly societies.  Content lags 3-5 years behind current publication.
• ScienceDirect - Elsevier and Academic Press journals.  Coverage 1990 to present.
• ACM - Association for Computing Machinery
• ACS - American Chemical Society, coverage includes archives
• ASM - American Society for Microbiology
• APS - American Physical Society (Physics)
• BioOne - Chiefly society publications in Biology
• Duke eJournals - Journals published by Duke and associated universities, chiefly Humanities
• Project Muse - Journals published by Johns Hopkins and associated universities, chiefly Humanities and Social Science
• PsycArticles - Journals published by the American Psycological Association
• SpringerLink - Journals and ebooks published by Springer Verlag
• Wiley-Blackwell - Most but not all Wiley Science and Blackwell Science journals