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Subject Guide for Journalism and Mass Communication

Library Resources "Cheat Sheet"

Below are a list of links that cover the basics of using library resources. For more in-depth information, please use the links to the left or contact the Journalism Bibliographer, Stephanie Lichtenauer.

How to Find Books

Chinook - http://libraries.colorado.edu/

Chinook is the library catalog for materials at CU. Chinook is also used to manage your library account (including renewals, holds, recalls, saved searches, etc.)

 

Prospector - http://prospector.coalliance.org/

Prospector is a union library catalog of 23 libraries in Colorado and Wyoming . CU students, staff and faculty can request materials not held by CU through Prospector.

 

Interlibrary Loan ( ILL ) - http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/ill/

If the item you are looking for is not in Chinook or Prospector, request it through ILL.

How to Find Articles (From a Citation)

Chinook - http://libraries.colorado.edu/

Search Chinook by “Periodical Title” for the title of the journal to retrieve holding info.

 

E-Journal Finder - http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/research/ejournalfinder.htm

Search the E-Journal Finder for a list of databases that provide the journal's content.

 

How to Find Articles (by Topic)

Find Articles & More - http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/research/findarticles/

The library's article databases are listed alphabetically or by subject

(Subject examples: Environment, Journalism, Communication, News & Newspapers, Statistics)

 

Subject Guides - http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/research/subjectguides/

Librarians have compiled subject guides of the important resources (print, Internet and database) for many disciplines, including Journalism and Mass Communication and Environmental Issues .

 

Accessing Library Resources from Off Campus

The easiest method of accessing library databases from off campus is through the use of the VPN (Virtual Private Network). Current CU-Boulder students, staff, and faculty need to install the VPN software on their computer and login to the VPN using their IdentiKey account.

 

Complete instructions on downloading and using the VPN software can be found at the ITS VPN Information Page: http://www.colorado.edu/its/vpn/ . For questions (and answers) about using the VPN, please call the ITS Help Desk at (303) 735-HELP.