LAC 400 - Senior Seminar: Evolution

Introduction | Reference Sources | Indexes & Databases | Internet Resources | Writing the Paper

For further research assistance, please contact Evelyn Greenlaw (evelyng@usm.maine.edu; 753-6541) or Maureen Perry (mperry@usm.maine.edu; 753-6546), Librarians at Lewiston-Auburn College Library, University of Southern Maine.

In order to find books, journal titles, videos, government documents and other materials held in the University of Maine System you will need to consult URSUS, the online catalog. Because journal article citations are not individually included in URSUS, you will need to use a discipline-specific index to find this information (see Resources by Subject).

If you do not know the exact subject heading describing the topic you need, try doing a keyword search using other word/s related to that topic and then click on the subject heading links found within the relevant records to find additional useful resources. You will find there are over 7400 entries with the keyword "evolution" used in many different disciplines.

The following is a listing of selected subject headings relating to Evolution. Most all the subject headings are hotlinked directly to URSUS.

Bible and evolution

Creation

Culture

Evolution

Evolution (Biology)

Human Evolution

Intelligent design teleology

Social evolution

Sociobiology

Teleology

To obtain materials not located at your USM campus, but within URSUS, you will need to click on the Request button on the URSUS screen and enter your name and barcode number (found under the barcode on your USM Card, always beginning with 25022....). Your barcode will first need to be activated at the Circulation Desk.

If the item is not available through the University of Maine System (URSUS) or Maine InfoNet you can request it via Interlibrary Loan (Illiad).

American nature writers.
LEW Reference PS163 .A6 1996

Darwin and design : does evolution have a purpose?
LEW Stacks QH360.5 .R867 2003

Encyclopedia of evolution.
LEW & POR Reference QH360.2 .E54 2002

Environmental change and human development : controlling nature?
GOR Stacks GF51 .B282 2003

Evolution extended : biological debates on the meaning of life.
LEW Stacks B818 .E838 1994

Evolution : the remarkable history of a scientific theory.
LEW Stacks QH361 .L27 2004

Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies.
POR & LEW Stacks HM206 .D48 1997

Human natures : genes, cultures, and the human prospect.
POR Stacks GN281.4 .E374 2000

Because of the lengthy publishing cycle for a book, information in a book is not always current. Periodical articles are current sources of information. There are two main types of periodicals: scholarly and popular. Scholarly periodicals are usually referred to as journals. Articles in journals contain reports of primary research; the articles are written by experts in the field and for other researchers/scholars; use terms and language specific to that discipline; may include graphs, charts, etc. related to the topic; most often are peer reviewed via an editorial board; are published by professional organization or society, university, research centers, scholarly presses; and often include a bibliography. Popular periodical articles contain general information; are written using easily understood language that appeals to a varied audience; are usually written by journalists or others who are not experts in the field; do not include citations; has a limited or non-existent editorial review board; and may contain glossy photographs. The Finding Articles tutorial provides more information on how to find articles.

To find scholarly articles it is necessary to consult a discipline-specific electronic or print index/database. The following are electronic indexing sources available to the Unversity of Southern Maine community.

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for nearly 4,000 scholarly publications of which 3,100 are peer reviewed. Academic areas of study include: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

Alternative Press Index and Alternative Press Index Archive
Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change; the Archive covers 1969-1990.

America: History and Life
Date coverage: from 1954 to the present.
Information about American and Canadian cultural, political, and social events and trends from prehistory to the present.

American Humanities Index
The American Humanities Index is a collection of bibliographic references to literary, scholarly and creative journals published in the United States and Canada. Produced by Whitston Publishing, this database covers over 700 journals published from 1975 to the present, many of which cannot be found in other reference works.

Anthropological Index of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Date coverage: varies from 1939/1970s to the present.
Index to the more than 600 periodical included in the Anthropological Index to Current Periodicals in the Museum of Mankind Library. Topics covered include archaeology, ethnomusicology, physical and cultural anthropology and human biology. Search by author, title, keyword, or journal title (or combine terms). (If search form is incomplete, click Reload button.) International in scope.

Anthrosource
AnthroSource is an online resource developed by the American Anthropological Association containing complete electronic archive of all AAA journals, access to a core collection of journals in the field of anthropology as well as current issues of eleven critical peer-reviewed publications.

Art Index and Art Index Retrospective
Date coverage: 1929-1984 and 1985 to the present.
Art Index is a bibliographic database that indexes articles about art, architecture, archaeology, crafts, design, museology, photography, television and textiles, in addition to all aspects of art including graphic, folk, and decorative, from periodicals published throughout the world. Periodical coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. In addition to articles, this database indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.

Arts and Humanities Search
Indexes the world's leading arts and humanities journals.

BIOSIS Previews
Date coverage: 1969 to the present.
Worldwide in scope, BIOSIS Previews, the premier database in the biological sciences, indexes the literature of the biological and biomedical sciences. Subject coverage includes agriculture, biochemistry, bioengineering, botany, ecology, genetics, microbiology, pharmacology, and zoology. Approximately 5,500 serial publications as well as books, proceedings and meeting abstracts, technical reports, review papers, and patents are indexed. There are 58 separate data fields that can be searched including author, title, publication source, organism, concepts, super taxa, publication type, author affiliation, and abstract keyword. Searches can be limited to review articles. Updated weekly

Communication and Mass Media Index
CMMC incorporates CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals to create a research and reference resource of unprecedented scope and depth in the communication and mass media fields.

CQ Researcher
Date of coverage: 1991 to the present.
Analysis on a variety of public policy issues. Forty-four single-issue reports yearly.

Electronic Theses and Disserations
The Electronic Theses and Dissertations database is a pilot project that provides indexing, abstracting, and full text for some University of Maine masters theses and doctoral dissertations.

ERIC
Date coverage: 1967 to the present.
This bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million citations goes back to 1967. More than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (from years 1993-2004) are included in the database. Full-text articles are also available from more than 80% of the 1,000 education-related journals indexed.

Historical Abstracts
Index to articles, dissertations, and books on the history of the world, except the United States and Canada, from 1450 to the present.

IngentaConnect
Date coverage: 1988 to the present.
Indexes 17,000 English-language periodicals. Updated daily.

LION (Literature Online)
A fully searchable library of over 300,000 works of English and American literature, published by Chadwyck-Healy.

MEDLINE
Date coverage: 1966 to the present.
Index to more than 3,600 journals covering all areas of clinical and experimental medicine, nursing, dentistry and health administration. Updated weekly.

MLA International Bibliography
Index to scholarly research in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Indexes articles from more than 3,500 journals and series. Also includes monographs, working papers, proceedings, and bibliographies.

OT Search (can only be used onsite at Lewiston)
Date of coverage: varies, from 1922 to the present.
OT SEARCH is a bibliographic database covering the literature of occupational therapy and related subject areas, such as rehabilitation, education, psychiatry or psychology, and health care delivery or administration. The literature indexed in OT SEARCH includes monographs, proceedings, reports, doctoral dissertations, master'st theses and a selection of journals and newsletters.

PAIS International
Date coverage: 1972 to the present.
Provides selective subjects and bibliographic access to periodicals, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, Internet resources, and other publications from 120 countries.

Philosopher's Index
Date coverage: 1940+ for U.S. materials; 1967+ for non-U.S. references.
Provides indexing and abstracts from books and over 270 journals on philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields published in the U.S. and the Western World. (Note: this database only permits one user at a time.)

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Index to dissertations from 1861 to the present, representing the work of authors from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities. Includes the 350-word abstracts written by the author for those dissertations published after 1979. More limited coverage of master's theses from 1962 on (UM theses are not included); citations for those published after 1987 include 150-word abstracts.

PsycInfo
Date coverage: 1887 to the present.
Index to the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines, including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Coverage includes references and abstracts to over 1,300 journals in more than 20 languages, and to book chapters and books in the English language. The database includes information from empirical studies, case studies, surveys, bibliographies, literature reviews, discussion articles, conference reports and dissertations. Updated weekly.

Science Citation Index, Expanded
Comprehensive multidisciplinary coverage of approximately 5,800 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals.

Scopus
SCOPUS provides coverage in the sciences and social sciences through abstracts and cited references from over 14,000 journals and from more than 4000 international publishers. Subjects covered include chemistry, biology, environmental sciences, mathematics, physics, engineering, health and life sciences, social sciences, psychology and economics. SCOPUS also provides citation analysis (back to 1996).

Sociological Abstracts
Date coverage: 1974 to the present.
Covers sociology and related disciplines including anthropology, criminology, demography, education, gerontology, mental health, minority studies, political science, public health, social psychology, social work, urban studies, welfare programs, and women's studies. Comprehensive and international in scope. Covers about 2,600 journals in 30 different languages from 55 different countries. Also includes books, conference papers,and doctoral dissertations.

Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide
Includes over 345,000 citations to the literature on mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians found in journals, conference proceedings, monographs, theses and dissertations, and government reports. Database includes Wildlife Review Abstracts, which was published through 1995 by the National Biological Service.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Date coverage: 1975 to the present.
This database supplies citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law and public administration/policy.

There is no authority control for the Internet. In choosing Internet resources it is imperative to evaluate the authenticity of the source. Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources (UCLA College Library) provides excellent evaluation criteria. The following selected resources have been chosen because of authenticity and comprehensiveness of coverage.

In using resources it is imperative that they be used ethically and legally. The sources listed here provide assistance in following correct citation methods.

Endnote is a personal reference database program, for which USM has purchased a site license. The main functions of this program include maintaining a database of your references, downloading references for you from other databases, using the references in word-processing, and generating a bibliography in the correct style for publications. See the Endnote Help for further information.

APA Documentation (University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)

St. Martin's Handbook
Por, LEW Reference PE1112 .L86
Contains sections on the writing process, sentence construction, punctuation, doing research, and academic writing.

A Writer's Reference
LEW, POR, GOR Reference PE1408 .H2778
Includes sections on composing and revising, design, sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, writing, and documentation.

Dissertations and Theses from Start to Finish : Psychology and Related Fields
LEW Reference BF76.5 .C645 1993

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed.
POR and GOR Reference BF76.7 .P83 2001; LEW Permanent Reserve BF76.7 .P83 2001

Online: A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources

Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format (Updated to 5th Edition) (Purdue University Online Writing Lab)

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