1. Periodical articles are very important sources of information
for academic research.
2.
Periodicals include newspapers and magazines and scholarly journals.
3.
The journals are where the results of cutting-edge research are
first published. And in some fields the journals are more highly
regarded than books.
4.
Many periodicals can be found online in an electronic format or
in a printed version in the library.
5. The articles in periodicals are indexed, and can be searched,
in a number of online
databases available through the Luce
Library website.
6. Although titles of periodicals can be found in the catalog,
the articles within periodicals are
not indexed in the library catalog. The articles within periodicals
are also not indexed to a useful extent by general web search
engines such as Yahoo or Google (not even GoogleScholar)
7.
Databases vary according to (a) subject (b) the periodicals they
index, and (3) the extent to which they can deliver online-access
to the full-text of an article. The eSubject
Guides (under e-Resources on the Luce Library web site) will
lead you to good databases for your research topic.
8. All the databases can be searched in much the same way you
search the library catalog. That is, the search strategies you
used in searching the library catalog are transferable to databases
even though the interface of the database may be a bit different.
9. Only a few of the governmental or Open Access databases on
the Luce Library website are part of the “free access Worldwide
Web” . Access to most of the Luce Library databases is restricted
to learners and scholars of the SUNY Maritime community and paid
for through your tax and tuition money.
Note:
You will need your library barcode number (begins with 00238.....)
or your Maritime College ID number (begins with 000....)
to access the databases from off-campus
