Where to find it.
Connecting to Library homepage:
- Kentlink
- Ohio Link
- Worldcat This is the library of Congress catalog and will give you the complete holdings in the United States.
- Databases: the library arranges databases by subject. If you want to find data bases in specialized areas, go to the specific subject and you will find a list of what is available, for instance, Lexis Nexis Universe under "law" and Access Science under "Science."
- Arts & Humanities Data bases ( the ARTFL database, the Art and Humanities Citation Index, MLA)
- Reference Works: First Floor, near reference desk. Dictionaries are not placed together. General language dictionaries are grouped, specialized dictionaries are grouped by specialty. Kent Link does not accurately reflect what we have in the library, especially with foreign titles.
- Journals
- List of Titles by Academic Department
- Print and Online Journals Interlibrary Loan
- Reference librarians (for Information sources, handbooks, etc)
- Periodicals current: 2d floor, PIAS older journals and periodicals: 2d floor bibliographies: 3d floor
- Where to find Book reviews:
Book Review Index,
Periodical Abstracts
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Arts and Humanities Index
Humanities Index
Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities
Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory (REF Z 6941.U5), list of periodicals or magazines currently published, arranged by subject area
To locate book reviews in specialized areas, consult library guide #4 Locating Book Reviews> - Searches
-title, subject, author, key words
-Boolean terms: AND, OR, NOT, +, W, etc
Using the net.
-Search engines: google. Google's advanced search function allows you to select specific phrases or words and search in specific languages. Highly recommended. Some tips when using Google:
-use phrase searches using default Boolean AND or Boolean OR (any of the key words) or for one term along with one of several terms, use parenthesis as in: TRANSLATION (THEORY OR PEDAGOGY)
-to exclude a term, use the -(minus) symbol right before the term (no space) as in translation -theory.
-if you want to force Google to take into account a word that is usually ignored (like a, an, the), use a + (plus) sign right before the word as in +the translator.
-use the * (asterix) symbol to add a full-word wildcard, in as in "appropriation of * results"
-for special syntax, use "Advanced search" features such as intitle, place in page, date, language, etc.
-to find specialized terms, try: http://glossarist.com/, http://medterms.com/ (for medical terms), dictionary.law.com/lookup2.asp(for legal words or definitions).
-to find an abbreviation or an acronym, use the term with "stands for," as in "NIH stands for".
Connecting to the MCLS web pages: http://www.library.kent.edu/subjets/mcls/langmain.html
Translators favorites:
-yourdictionary.com(exhaustive list of online dictionaries in all languages).
- Eurodicautom. The European community database provides contexts and fields.
-Bartelby.com Offers a collection of English dictionaries and other reference works
-Central Electronic Dictionary list from Switzerland. This site provides lists of dictionaries in French, English, Spanish, and German.
Additional tips on ways to do research in a field you don't know
- Find the best reference guide on resources in that field. Example: C.D. Hurt, Information Sources in Science and Technology. 1998.
- If you know what universities have excellent programs in specific fields, go to their libraries online and check to see if they have research guides and resources. Examples: Wharton school for business, Georgetown for International law, MIT for science, Yale for French, KSU for translation.
- Examples of useful sites for various fields:
- -Business: Wharton School Lippincott business library
- -International Business: Berkeley Research Guide site
- -Government documents: Government resources for the translator
- -Law: Georgetown.edu.
This is a great site with excellent research guides.
Harvard.edu
legal research for non lawyers:Duke University Law Library Research guides>Duke.edu
International law: Harvard law library guide - -Medical: Kent State IAL English and French Medical resources for the translator
- -Sciences and technology:MIT science resources Be sure to check the subject guides, course pages, sciences, goverment, technical reports