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Jr. Statesmen
Copiers | Books
| Computers | Databases
| Periodicals | Government
Sites
Jr. Statesmen, welcome to the Stanford University Libraries.
This page is designed to help you find some of the most important
library resources for your research. If you have questions, check
first with your counselor or teacher.
You will find photocopy machines throughout the building. On the
first floor of Green East, there is one near the Current Periodicals
and 3 across from the Loan Desk.
- No copiers take change or bills. You must buy a copy card. There
are no change machines in the library, nor can you get change
at a desk.
- You can buy a copy card at the machine across from the Loan
Desk for $1, but that only gives you a card (no copies). To put
value on it for copying, you need to put in more money. The copy
card machine takes bills up to $20.
- To copy from microfilm you must have a copy card.
- Copy cards can also be used to print from the public kiosks
Stanford has a new prototype catalog interface called SearchWorks. Try it out. You will probably find it easier to use than the older Socrates catalog. For books listed
as being in Green Library, check Green
Library Shelving Locations online or posted near the stairs/elevator
in Green (East). There are also wallet-sized shelving location guides you can get at the IC desk.
Sometimes the item location will be SAL. These items may be paged to Green Library by clicking on the link at the bottom of the catalog record that says : View/Request in Socrates. There will be a link to Request without SuNet ID.
To check out a book, take it to the Loan Desk in Green East and
fill out a slip. Counselors with borrowing privileges will check
the book out for you at the end of the day. Do not check out
government documents. Please leave them on the tables set up for
you in the West Basement so that all may use them.
Library kiosks or workstations have been set aside for your use
on the First Floor of Green East. Please do not use any other library
computers. The kiosks give you access to the catalog (Socrates),
the Internet, and many important resources; however, they do
not include word processing packages. There is a $.10/page charge
for printing. To print
from a library kiosk you must have a copy card..
See also the more comprehensive subject
list of databases on the Web. You can change the image to a
Title list by clicking on the Titles Only radio button.
- Academic
Search Premier a good general index with many full-text
articles.
- CAB Direct
(1973+) agriculture and applied life sciences. Includes "Global
Health".
- Econlit
(1969+)
- Education Fulltext
(1983+)
- ERIC
various ways to search for works in education.
- Expanded
Academic ASAP indexes scholarly and popular articles;
includes some abstracts and many full-text articles.
- Facts.com
Facts on File World News Digest dating back to 1940 (complete text). Look particularly at Special Features, Research Topics and Indepth Coverage Links
- Hoover Institution
Publications fulltext articles by Hoover Scholars on
international and national policy issues.
- Medline
is available through PubMed. It is also available through EBSCO,
OCLC, Ovid,
and NLM Gateway.
- National Journal
(1977+ on Web) full text coverage of U.S. politics.
- PAIS International,
(1972+ on Web ;
1915+ volumes are shelved at Green Library Information Center
Z7163.P9) indexes selected books, government documents, and periodical
articles on contemporary public issues and the making of public
policy.
- Policy File:
Public Policy Research and Analysis
- Sociological
Abstracts (1963+ on Web)
(1952-1973 shelved at Green Library Information Center HM1.S67)
indexes periodicals articles, some books and unpublished papers
on social issues; also includes some full text.
- Lexis Nexis
Academic with links to Congressional, Legal, Statistical and news sources
- Hein Online has fulltext to law journals, Supreme Court Library, US Presidential Library, World Trials Library, and much more.
- Worldwide
Political Science Abstracts (1975+)
- Alt-PressWatch
provides a collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of
the alternative and independent press
- Access World News
Full-text news. You can limit to contintent, region, country, or, in United States you can limit to state, and access fulltext of newspapers and radio and TV transcripts. Very User-friendly
- See also links to Web-based News
Sources
Stanford owns many periodicals in various formats. The best way
to find these is to use Searchworks,
Stanford's online catalog, First, in the search box, enter the journal or magazine title. Then on the left-hand column, limit to Format: Journal/Periodical.. Searchworks will tell you the library and call number,
if any. It may also give you a link to an electronic copy when that
is available.
Current (unbound) periodicals are shelved in the Information
Center (1st floor Green East) and are arranged alphabetically by
title. These may not be checked out. Please leave the boxes on
the shelves.
There are many government resources on the Internet. Some of the
most important are listed below. For others see the Stanford Guides.
Stanford Guides:
Congressional
Information
Congressional
Information Internet Sites
Presidential
Documents and Publications
Government
Information Internet Resources
International
Documents
Great Starting Points:
CQ.com
Thomas (Library
of Congress)
GPO
Access (US Government Printing Office)
Congress:
Congressional Record and Index
General
Accounting Office Reports
Legal Information
Institute from Cornell Law School
United States Statutes at Large (select Legislative Bills, Histories and Laws) also available from: HeinOnline , 108th Congress + are available from GPO Access
Avalon
Project at Yale Law School
President: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
Supreme Court Decisions 1937-75
Congressional
Research Service (CRS) Reports Also Available from OpenCRS
Government Agency URLs
Office of
AIDS Research (Health & Human Services)
U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services
Council
of Economic Advisers (President's Office) Including Economic Report
of the President
Defense Department
Drug Enforcement
Administration (Justice Dept.)
Education Department
Food and Drug Administration
(Health & Human Services)
Health &
Human Services
Justice Department
Management
and Budget Office
Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (Health & Human Services)
National
Security Council (President's Office)
Science and Technology
Policy Office (President's Office)
State Department
The White House
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