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| Books | Periodicals |
| Newspaper Articles | Periodical Articles |
| Online Periodicals |
The Connelly Library Catalog lists all books owned by the library. Various ways to search the Catalog include:
Begin searches on a topic by using:
Detailed instructions are available on the catalog screen.
To find books NOT in the Connelly Library:
The term "periodical" is used in libraries to refer to journal, magazine, or newspaper publications. Connelly Library subscribes to over 1600 periodicals on a wide range of subjects. These periodicals may be available in print, microfilm, or online. The library catalog will tell you which format the periodical you are looking for appears in. Please note: sometimes a periodical is available in more than one format.
A quick way to find out if we subscribe to a periodical is to look for Article
Locator@La Salle or this icon 
.
This service can help you locate whether we subscribe to a periodical in any
format. It will show
up only in databases to which the Library subscribes.
Click here to find out
more about Article Locator.
As a La Salle student, you can look to 2 resources for periodicals. The first, Connelly Library's catalog, will let you know which periodicals the library subscribes to. It includes those availble in Connelly Library and those available electronically. The second resources for periodicals is Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe which includes a source list available through that resource.
The first place to check for periodicals is the Library Catalog.
When searching for periodicals, always look for the full title of the periodical. For example, do not search for "J of Am. Hist." but for "Journal of American History."
If the title is available full text, a link will be on the record. Click on
the link to be connected. In some cases, the link to the electronic version
will be on the same record as the print version, in other cases, there will
be a separate record called [Computer File].
The titles available through Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe are not available through the catalog. However, Lexis-Nexis provides a source list which you can search. If it is available, you will be given the choice of finding out about the title or searching the periodical. Please note that pictures and graphics are not available through Lexis-Nexis.
To find articles in periodicals, you need to use a periodical index. Most indexes are available electronically and are commonly referred to as databases. The library subscribes to many of these databases.
A periodical index contains records which describe the articles which appear in periodicals. In some cases, these records, which are called citations, have the full text of the article attached. In other cases, only the citation (and frequently an abstract) are available. In these cases, you need to refer to the library catalog to see if the Connelly Library carries the periodical either in print or in online form.
A quick way to find out if we subscribe to a periodical is to look for Article
Locator@La Salle or this icon .
This service can help you locate whether we subscribe to a periodical in
any format. It will show up only in databases to
which the Library subscribes. Click here to
find out
more about Article Locator.
A good place to start general research for periodical articles is by using ProQuest which covers most topics to some extent. ProQuest also has the full text of many citations available. If the full text is not available on ProQuest, check the Connelly Library Catalog to see if the periodical is available in print.
Frequently, you will need to use a specialized subject periodical index to get the in-depth coverage of periodical literature required for a research paper. If you look at the Subject Guides page, you will find links to these indexes divided by topic. Be aware that most of these indexes do not have the full text available. You will need to use the catalog to locate the print or online versions of the periodical.
New York Times: We have the entire run of the New York Times (1851-present) available electronically. It can be searched in two different databases, both using the ProQuest software:
New York Times Historical: 1851-1999: This database offers fully searchable full-text and full-image articles for The New York Times dating back to the 1851and covering up to 1999. The file will continue to grow as recent years are added. The database includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF® files.
New York Times Current: The last five years of the full text of the New York Times is available from ProQuest. In addition the New York Times is available from 1980 onwards on Lexis Nexis Academic.
Other full text ProQuest Newspapers:
Wall Street Journal: the full text of the Wall Street Journal 1984-current can be found only through ProQuest.
Washington Post: the full 1987-currnet can be found on ProQuest
Christian Science Monitor: the full text is available 1988-current on ProQuest
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe has the full text of many newspapers from around the world, including the New York Times from 1980 to the present; however, it does not cover the Wall Street Journal, although it does include citations and abstracts for these papers. See below for instructions on searching these two titles.
To search many different newspapers at once in Lexis-Nexis, access the database and search under News. Then select the type of newspaper you are looking for: General News, U.S. News (which searches by region), World News (in English), and Foreign Language News.
To search a particular title in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, choose their source list and type in the desired title. Then choose Search this Title" and put in the terms you wish to search.
The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia Daily News are available through Newsbank: America's Newspapers. This database is a Fully searchable database covering 581 United States newspapers, including the fulltext of both the Philadelphia Inquirer (1981-current) and the Philadelphia Daily News (1978- current)
All periodicals to which the library subscribes, whether in print or online, are listed in the library catalog. Do a periodical title search to locate them. NOTE: Be sure to search by the TITLE of the periodical NOT the title of the article.
You also can browse an alphabetical list of online periodical titles.
To access online periodicals on-campus, just click on the link designated for on-campus use and you will be directly connected to the periodical you want.
To access online periodicals off-campus choose the link on the catalog record which states that it is for off-campus access. You will need to have a password to access journals off-campus. You will be directed to different pages depending on the service we use to subscribe. If you are directed to ProQuest, choose the SEARCH METHOD: PUBLICATION - and type the title of the periodical you want. If you are directed to another site, you will already be at the correct page for typing in the title of the periodical you want.
Searching full text journal databases
There is no one database which will cover all the full text periodical articles
available through our library’s homepage. Nor are all the periodicals to
which the library subscribes available online.
With the exception of titles in Lexis-Nexis, there are links to all online periodicals to which we have access in the library’s catalog. Sometimes, however you may wish to perform a full text periodical search, while realizing that you are not doing a complete search of your subject. Here are the databases you can use.