
Robert Dalton
Davis Library Reference
rdalton@email.unc.edu
919-962-1151
AIM:robertdavisref
Hsi-Chu Bolick
East Asian Bibliographer
bolick@email.unc.edu
919-962-1278
Introduction to Library Research
Writing and Citing - Refworks and Citation Builder

Can't find the article, book, or report you need at our library? You can request it from another library through interlibrary loan.
Example of an academic journal article (click on the pdf to view)
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Citations to articles published worldwide from 1971 for East, Southeast and South Asia
History Search
This combines Historical Abstracts (non-U.S. and Canadian history from 1450 to the present) and America: History and Life (U. S. and Canadian history).
MLA International Bibliography
Major index for literary criticism & cultural studies. Indexes several thousand journals, plus relevant books, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies.
Film & Television Literature Index
Covers over 300 film & television journal and magazine titles for reviews, scholarly & critical analysis, and articles of popular interest.
Sociological Abstracts
Provides access to the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied.
Anthropology Plus
Indexes journals in social, cultural, physical, biological and linguistic anthropology; also in ethnology, archaeology, folklore and material culture.
Academic Search Premier
Indexes thousands of humanities and social sciences journals, both scholarly and popular. Includes full-text.
JSTOR
Provides an image archive of important scholarly journal literature in nearly all the humanities and social sciences disciplines.
More Article Databases | How Do I Find Articles? | How Do I Find an Article if it is not Full-Text? | How Do I Distinguish Different Types of Journals?
Example of an academic book (at least the catalog record for one)
Finding Primary Source Documents
Keyword Search: travel and japan and (diaries or personal narratives)
Keyword Search: mothers microfilm
Keyword Search: Native Americans sources
News
Offers several electronic sources of current and recent news.
Newspapers in Microforms
Offers lists of newspapers available in Davis Library in microfilm.
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
Davis Reference DS4 .L48 2002 (6 vols.)
Encyclopedia of Asian Culture
Davis Reference DS12 .E53 1999
China Today: an Encyclopedia of Life in the People's Republic
Davis Reference DS777.6 .C458 2005 (2 vols.)
Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre
Davis Reference PN2860 .E53 2007 (2 vols.)
You can find similar works by clicking on the Subject Headings in the catalog records.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
World Biographical Index Online