Books
Miami Library Catalog
Library of Congress Classification Tables
OhioLink
World Cat/First Search
Internet
Trade and National Bibliiographies
National Bibliographies
Books in Print
Union ListsTrade Bibliographies
Books
Periodicals
Directories of Currently Published Periodicals
MiamiLINK is your gateway to locating books, journals, internet sites and other databases held locally. MiamiLINK also has links to information about the libraries, including hours, interlibrary loan, requsting a book for purchase and workshops offered. Use MiamiLink to connect to the databases listed in this guide as well as to locate books, both at Miami and in the world at large.
the name of Miami University Libraries computerized catalog, contains
books, manuscripts, titles of periodicals, many U. S. Government Documents and newspapers
that the libraries own. The advantage of a computerized catalog is the free text
searching through titles, subject headings and contents notes, a process impossible
in a card catalog. One hint: always look at the subject headings assigned to some
of the books on your subject. In many ways, these subject headings are still the
most efficient and comprehensive method of searching. In addition, if you are looking
for primary materials or special lists of resources, limit your search to one of
the following subject subdivisions.
| statistics | indexes | collections |
| sources | diaries | guides |
| personal narratives | biography | encyclopedias |
Ohiolink’s searching software is nearly identical to Miami’s catalog. This on-line catalog links most major public universities, selected private universities, and state supported community colleges -- meaning that you can search all of these catalogs at once. When searching in Ohiolink, the database will tell you what libraries own a specific book and if it is checked out. You can now directly request items from any of the participating institutions from a SHERLOCK terminal. Ohiolink can be accessd either from the main Miamilink menu or from Sherlock.
World Cat is essentially subject, author, title, and keyword searching of OCLC (Online Computerized Library Catalog). Libraries across the United States and some other nations use OCLC to share cataloging and for Interlibrary Loan tasks. That means that you can search a huge database regardless of where an item is located. On the MiamiLINK main menu choose World Cat from the online catalogs section.
The Internet electronically links users to each other and to other databases. Many use the Internet for EMAIL. Among other databases, you may choose a file of university catalogs from all over the world. Essentially these are libraries who have computerized catalogs and allow remote access to their database. However, there is no universal searching mechanism to search all of the catalogs at once. You must choose the likely university, etc., that might hold what you think you want. The Internet also contains "homemade" databases. Browse <"Internet and Web Sites">, <"Sites by Academic Discipline">.
Trade and national bibliographies are lists of books published or sold, or held, by a commercial publisher, a library, or other corporate or national entity. This includes recently published items listed in "books in print" or books published during a certain time period, country, language, or books held in a national library.
BOOKS IN PRINT
Books in Print. (and Forthcoming Books in Print).
Lists by subject, author and title books that are still in print in the United States. Also, can check older volumes for a subject bibliography.
King Ref index tables
Whitaker's Books in Print.
King Refs Z200 .R33, but usually behind the reference desk
Les Livres Disponsible. BIP, . French.
King Ref Z2161 .L8
Verzeichnis Lieferbarer Bucher. BIP,. German.
King Ref Z2221.V47 -- Acquisitions has latest
Libros Espanoles in Venta. . Spanish/Spain.
King Ref Z2681.L53
UNION LISTS
National Union Catalog (NUC). Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1950+.
The card catalog of the Library of Congress. Excellent source to locate the correct title, etc., or existence of a book. Much can now be found in World Cat.
IMC Basement
British Museum General Catalogue of Books. London: Trustees of the British Museum.
Covers books in the library up to 1955.
IMC Basement
Bibliotheque Nationale. Catalogue Generale.
IMC Basement
Deutsche Bucherverzeichnis
IMC Basement
BOOKS
American Bibliography [1639-1800]. Evans.
King Ref Z 1215 .E92
Dictionary of Books Relating to America. Sabin.
King Ref Z 1201 .S2
Bibliotheca Americana [1820-1861]. Roorbach.
King Ref Z 1215 .A3 1939
Short-Title Catalogue [1475-1640].
Pollard and Redgrave. 2nd edition. 2v.
King Ref Z 2002 .P77 1966
Short-Title Catalogue [1641-1700].
Wing. 2nd edition. 3v.
Books listed in these two short title catalogs are on micro; uncataloged finding guides are shelved
King Ref Z 2002 .W52
English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC).
MiamiLINK Article Indexes/Fine Arts, Humanities, Literature, and Music
Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue (NSTC). [1801-1815]. Only partially complete at Miami.
King Ref Z 2001 .N65 1987
PERIODICALS
Union List of Serials.
King Ref Z 6945 .U45 1965
New Serial Titles.
King Ref Z 6945 .N44. additional cumulations in Acquisitions.
Center for Research Libraries Catalogue: Serials.
King Ref Z 6945 .C5335
American Periodicals, 1741-1900: An Index to the Microfilm Collections.
King Ref PN 4877 .H65 1979
British Union-Catalogue of Periodicals.
King Ref Z 6945 .B87
Waterloo Directory of Victorian Periodicals.
King Ref Z 6956 .G6 W63 and on CD ROM
Newspapers on Microfilm.
United States 1948-1983.
King Ref PN 4855 .L53x
Newspapers on Microfilm.
Foreign Countries.
King Ref PN 4731 .L53x
Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory.
Similar to a 'Books in Print' for journals.
Quick Ref (previous eds. in circulation, Z 6941 .U5)
Willing's Press Guide.
UK and international.
King Ref Z 6956 .E5 W5 1995
Benn's Media Directory.
Europe and international.
King Ref P 88.8 B462 1992
King Ref P 88.8 B463 1992
Gale Directory of Publications.
King Ref Z 6951 .A97
Unless a call number is listed, sources in this section are located on the King Index Range.
HISTORY
Historical Abstracts.
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC Clio, 1958-. Index to journal articles on world history. Part A: Modern History (1450-1914); Part B: Twentieth Century (1914-).
MiamiLINK Indexes
America: History and Life. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC Clio, 1954-. Articles on U.S. History.
MiamiLINK Indexes
CRIS: Combined Retrospective Index Set to Journals in History, 1838-1974.
Annadel N. Wile. Washington, D.C. Carrollton Press, 1977. Divided by general subjects (countries or time periods) with a key word; rotated indexes.
King Ref 6205 .C18
International Medieval Bibliography. Great Britain: W.S. Maney & Son, Ltd.
King Ref Z 6203 .I63 and CD ROM
The American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies.
Stanford, CA: Library of Congress.
King Ref Z 2483 .A65
International African Bibliography. David Hall (ed.). London: Mansell.
King Ref Z 3501 .I58x
Bibliography of Asian Studies. U.S.: Association for Asian Studies.
King Ref Z 3001 .B49
TOCS-IN Table of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/amphoras/tocs.htmlITER Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/iter/iter1a3.htmMedieval Feminist Index
http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html
GENERAL, ENCOMPASSING HISTORYPublic Affairs Information Bulletin. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1914-.
Indexes articles on world and U.S. public policy etc. Includes some government documents.
King Index and MiamiLINK/
Women's Studies Abstracts. Littleton, Mass.: Rush Publishing Co., 1972-.
Treats any aspect of women's studies, including history
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI). Philadelphia, PA: Institute for Scientific Information, .
SSCI and AHCI use key words in titles as the indexing points. Be careful to search all forms of the word when subject searching. The citation portion of the index allows you to find who has cited a particular work in a bibliography.
MiamiLINK/
Humanities Index. New York: H.W. Wilson,
Basic index to general humanities journals. Most are now indexed in Periodical Abstracts. However, sometimes older volumes of this index are useful.
King Index
L'Anne philologique bibliographie critique et analytique de l'antiquite greco-latine. Paris: Societe d'Edition "Les Belles Lettres," 1924-.
Index to classical literature, encompassing the major western language publications (i.e. English, Spanish, Italian, French, Russian, etc.).
King Ref Z 7016 .A55x and CDROM (called DCB: Database of Classical Bibliography)
Handbook of Latin American Studies. Dolores Moyano Martin. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1935-.
Volume alternates every other year between humanities and social sciences. History section, in humanities, organized by region, country and time period. Many articles in Spanish.
King Ref F 1408 .H255 and MiamiLINK
Annual Egyptological Bibliography. Leiden: International Association of Egyptologists.
King Ref Z 3656 .A2 A6
Dissertation Abstracts International (formerly Dissertation Abstracts). Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1952-.
Detailed summaries of doctoral dissertations. Mostly U.S. and Canada. Now adding some foreign. Most can be purchased from UMI or ordered from Interlibrary Loan.
MiamiLINK/ Article Indexes/General
Index to Theses. Oxford, Eng: ASLIB, 1972-. Index to British and Irish theses.
King Ref Z 5055. .G69 A84RELATED DISCIPLINES
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). Philadelphia, PA: Institute for Scientific Information, 1971-.
See Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI).
MiamiLINK/Philosopher's Index. Bowling Green, OH: Philosophy Documentation Center, 1940-.
While this gives reference to philosophy articles, it will be relevant for classical history.
MiamiLINK
ATLA Religion Index Chicago: American Theological Library Association, 1953-.
Good source for world religious topics in a contemporary and historical context.
MiamiLINK
Some science indexes may be of use for technological history.
•General Science Index •Biological Abstracts
•Index Medicus •Applied Science and Technology Index
****Most of the above indexes are available on-line. See the Computerized Literature Searching section below and the librarian.
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1907-.
Index to popular/general articles. Can help locate articles about events of the 20th century.
King Index
Nineteenth Century Readers' Guide. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1890-1899.
Late nineteenth century reference to periodicals.
King Index
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881-1908.
Cites articles from 1802 through 1908. Citations are sometimes inaccurate, but this is the only index to 19th century periodicals.
King Index and MiamiLINK
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900. Walter E. Houghton (ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press & Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Major nineteenth century periodicals with listing of table of contents, issue by issue.
King Ref Z 2005 .H6 and CDROMAccessible Archives
MiamiLINKHarpWeek
MiamiLINKAmerican Periodical Series Online
MiamiLINK
The (London) Times Index. Reading, Eng.: Newspapers Archive Developments (publishers vary), 1790+.
King Index. Earlier indexes under AI 21 .T46.
New York Times Index. New York: New York Times Index, 1851+.
King Index (Also some included in Pooles Plus)
Newspaper Indexes: A Location and Subject Guide. Anita Cheed Milner. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977-1982. 3 vols.
Guide to locations of indexes (published and unpublished) of newspapers in the United States (but not necessarily U.S. newspapers).
King Ref Z 6951 .M635 v1-3