A global online catalog of books at libraries around the world. A current awareness index of selected research journals in all disciplines. Coverage last 12 months only. May be searched by journal title and issue in which case the complete table of contents is displayed or by keyword, regardless of the journal title and issue. That is to say, if you are researching psychology, you ought to search ERIC and Sociological Abstracts in addition to PsycINFO, just to be thorough.
Dissertations can be helpful to get a feel for current research trends and disciplinary emphasis.
WorldCat can help you track down material not available in the OSU Library. Occasionally databases and indexes will cite journal names as abbreviations, and these abbreviations can sometimes be difficult to decipher. To determine if the OSU Library owns a journal article you've located in one of the above databases, please search the OSU Library Catalog for a call number. You can determine the floor the journal is located on by consulting a Call Slip . Here are OSU Library floor maps if you need them.