How do I… Find Library Materials
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Articles
Use Electronic Databases to search for magazine, journal and newspaper articles. Some databases contain only periodicals, like Academic Search Premier, a multidisciplinary database with thousands of periodical titles, both current and back issues. You can search them all at once, or search within a specific title or issue. Some databases contain periodicals on just one subject, like Proquest Criminal Justice Journals. Some databases contain periodicals along with e-books and websites, like Literary Reference Center.
Most databases allow you to limit your search to full text, so that you retrieve the entire article as it appeared in print.
Using databases off campus requires user names and passwords, available at the library, the Cambridge MultiService Center, the Allied Health Center, and in WebCT.
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Chesapeake College Library subscribes to magazines, journals and newspapers. Users may borrow back issues, but current issues of periodicals do not circulate. Back issues of newspapers are retained for approximately one month. Back issues of magazines and journals are retained for approximately 3 years. Periodicals are located on the first floor of the LRC on the Wye Mills Campus. List of periodicals (opens in new window).
Books
Chesapeake College Library owns approximately 40,000 books, as well as audiobooks on cassette and CD. Reference books – encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, etc. - are located on the first floor and circulating books are on the second floor of the LRC on the Wye Mills Campus.
Use ChesCat Online Catalog to search for books by keyword, author, title or subject from any of the library webpages.
E-Books
Users have access to thousands of e-books, which are electronic versions of print books.
Use Electronic Databases to search for e-books. Some databases contain only e-books, like Net Library, a collection of thousands of e-books. Some databases contain e-books along with periodicals or websites, like Opposing Viewpoints. Some databases are electronic versions of a single print reference, like American National Biography. Using e-books off campus requires usernames and passwords which are available at the library, the Cambridge MultiService Center, the Allied Health Center, and in WebCT.
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Links from thousands of records in ChesCat Online Catalog allow users to search or browse within the content of a specific e-book. Use ChesCat Online Catalog to search for e-books by keyword, author, title or subject from any of the library webpages.
Images
Use AP Images, a database of 3.5 million photos and other graphics from the Associated Press. Photographs date from the 1840s to the present and the database is updated daily. Use ARTstor , a database of images of works of art – paintings, sculpture, architecture, jewelry, etc. – more than 700,000 images from museums, photographers, scholars, libraries and archives around the world. Copyright permission has been secured, so that users may reproduce the images without plagiarizing. Using databases off campus requires user names and passwords, available at the library, the Cambridge MultiService Center, the Allied Health Center, and in WebCt.
Movies
The Chesapeake College Library owns feature films, as well as documentaries and other nonfiction films appropriate for college level research in both video and DVD formats. The Video Collection is on the first floor of the LRC on the Wye Mills Campus. DVDs are also on the first floor, located behind the library Circulation Desk.
Use ChesCat Online Catalog to search for movies by keyword, author, title, or subject from any of the library webpages.
Music
Use Electronic Databases to search for recordings in several music databases. You will need high speed internet to access the audio streaming. Using music databases off campus requires user names and passwords, which change frequently. Call the Library at 410-827-5860 for the latest music database passwords.
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Chesapeake College Library owns hundreds of music CDs. They are located on the first floor of the LRC on the Wye Mills campus, behind the library Circulation Desk.
Use ChesCat Online Catalog to search for CDs by keyword, author, title or subject from any of the library webpages.
Websites
There are records for over 6000 websites in ChesCat Online Catalog. Chosen for both a general and student population, they are more likely to be appropriate for college level research than many websites found through search engines.
Use ChesCat Online Catalog to search for websites by keyword, author, title or subject from any of the library webpages.
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The library staff has compiled lists of websites recommended for college level research in various subjects.
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Use Google Advanced Search Screen when searching the web. With precise search terms, and limiting domains to .edu, .gov, or .org, you are more likely to retrieve websites that are appropriate for college level research.
More information on evaluating websites.
If there is inaccurate information on this page, please send correction or comments to: lrcdesk@chesapeake.edu