LIBRARY INFORMATION

General Information

NDSU Campus Map

NDSU Main Library Map - Main Floor

NDSU Main Library Map - 2nd Floor and Basement

Brief Guide to Classic PALS

Online Catalog Commands (Classic PALS) - Pick up a copy at the Reference Desk

Searching with WinSPIRS Software

U.S. Government Publications

Guide to Electronic Databases available at NDSU

Information Resources for Chemistry

SUGGESTED DATABASES

Guide to Electronic Databases & Computer Systems at NDSU

Agriculture & Entomology:

PALS (File CAT, File EAI, File GPO)
Agricola (SPIRS)
CAB (SPIRS)
Life Science (WinSPIRS)
Current Contents (SPIRS)
Science Citation Index (Print, CD-ROM [from 1996], DIALOG [SciSearch, file 434, from 1974])
CRIS/USDA (DIALOG, file 60)Web
Agris
BIOSIS (DIALOG, file 5, from 1969); Basic Biosis (FirstSearch)
Purge Spurge (REFERENCE CD-ROM SB615.L4 P87 1995)
ASTA (Applied Science and Technology Abstracts) (FirstSearch)

Chemistry and Polymers & Coatings:

PALS (File CAT, File EAI, File GPO)
CSA Engineering Databases Plus/EI CSA Engineering Databases (SPIRS)
Chemical Abstracts (Print, STN, DIALOG [CA SEARCH, Bib. only, file 399, 1967 to present])
NTIS
Current Contents (SPIRS)
Science Citation Index (Print, CD-ROM [from 1996], DIALOG [SciSearch, file 434, from 1974])
Beilstein
ASTA (Applied Science and Technology Abstracts) (FirstSearch)
Also, see Information Resources for Chemistry and Polymers & Coatings

Medicine:

PALS (File CAT, File EAI, File GPO, File HEA)
CSA Engineering Databases Plus/EI CSA Engineering Databases (SPIRS)
Chemical Abstracts (Print, STN, DIALOG [CA SEARCH, Bib. only, file 399, 1967 to present])
Medline (SPIRS), PubMed
NTIS
Current Contents (SPIRS)
Science Citation Index (Print, CD-ROM [from 1996], DIALOG [SciSearch, file 434, from 1974])
CINAHL (SPIRS)
AIDs Cancer (FirstSearch)
ASTA (Applied Science and Technology Abstracts) (FirstSearch)
HealthAcademic (Full Text) (FirstSearch)
HealthRefCenter (Full Text) (FirstSearch)

PALS (File CAT, File EAI, File GPO)
GeoRef (SPIRS)
Agricola (SPIRS)
CAB (SPIRS)
Current Contents (SPIRS)
Water Resources Abstracts (DIALOG, file 117, from 1968)
CSA Engineering Databases Plus/EI CSA Engineering Databases (SPIRS)
CRIS/USDA (DIALOG, file 60)
Science Citation Index (Print, CD-ROM [from 1996], DIALOG [SciSearch, file 434, from 1974])
Chemical Abstracts (Print, STN, DIALOG [CA SEARCH, Bib. only, file 399, 1967 to present])
ASTA (Applied Science and Technology Abstracts) (FirstSearch)
GEOBASE (Full Text) (FirstSearch)

Zoology & Life Sciences:

PALS (File CAT, File EAI, File GPO)
Agricola (SPIRS)
CAB (SPIRS)
Life Science (WinSPIRS)
Medline (SPIRS), PubMed

RESEARCH TIPS

THE RESEARCH PROCESS

Tips For Effective Database Searching

Information Search Strategy

Suggested Steps for Writing a Paper

I Have This Paper to Write...Now What? - Using WebPALS

A FEW GOOD WEB SEARCH ENGINES AND SUBJECT INDEXES

Alta Vista
C|Net
Excite
Infoseek Guide
Lycos
Magellan
Argus Subject Clearinghouse
WebCrawler
Yahoo!

Beyond Surfing: Tools and Techniques for Searching the Web

A Higher Signal-to-Noise Ratio: Effective Use of Web Search Engines / Webliography

Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools & Techniques

The Spiders Apprentice: How to Use Web Search Engines

Understanding WWW Search Tools

Guidelines for Evaluating Intermet Resources. From the University of Maryland Libraries.

Guidelines from the Colorado State Model for Information Literacy

Evaluating Quality on the Net. Published by Hope Tillman, Babcock College Libraries.

Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources. Published by E. Grassian, UCLA.

The Web is not an Encyclopedia. Guidelines from the University of Maryland, College Park.