These resources will lead you to appropriate book reviews.
The sources listed below are print volumes shelved in Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks, on the first floor of Van Pelt. This is only a sample, of course; try to find more with Franklin keyword searches, such as international relations encyclopedias.
This Critical Writing Program guide will help you to:
Book citations generally show a publisher, city of publication, and year. Book chapters will include the title of the chapter as well as the name of the book. |
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Article citations have a journal/periodical title in addition to the article title. They will usually also show a volume and issue number, and may show a date, or month or season (e.g., Winter), and year. |
If you have a complete article citation, search Articles+ to find the full text of your article.
No luck? That doesn't mean we don't have access to the article - it could be in print! Try using the PennText Article Finder as a next step. You can find PennText on the Library homepage.
To find the full-text of an article, enter the journal name into the PennText article finder. A pop-up box will give you options to access the article online, in print, or the option to request through interlibrary loan.
If your citation is a book, use Franklin, the Library catalog. Franklin will help you find the library in which the book is located, and the call number.
You can search for a specific book by title, author, or ISBN. You can also do a keyword or subject keyword search to find books on a particular topic.
Other important resources for finding books:
These databases will help you find scholarly articles about your topic
Penn's subscription currently includes all the available collections:
Access to journals from JSTOR is restricted to current Penn faculty, staff and students.
Printing from the JSTOR database requires downloading a helper application called JPrint.
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