Robbins Library Notes

Good morning, readers!  Happy Monday to you!

Some of you may not know about Project MUSE, a database of online journals maintained by Johns Hopkins University.  Project MUSE is a great database to use for research in the humanities, and especially in philosophy.

Last week, I was sent a link to a vodcast (video podcast), highlighting how to use the Library of Congress (LC) subject headings to refine your searching in Project MUSE, and, by extension, in library catalogs.  Here’s the promotion from Project MUSE:

A vodcast is a video podcast. The MUSE vodcast is a tool for both users and librarians and runs just over three minutes in length. Users can learn, on their own, what subject headings are, where to find them in MUSE, and how they help locate articles specific to a research topic. Librarians may find the vodcast useful as a supplement to instruction classes. The vodcast is a lighthearted approach to demystifying the notion of Library of Congress Subject Headings as they appear in MUSE.

On the MUSE website, find the link for the vodcast in the Training Materials section under the Tools & Resources and Librarians tabs, http://muse.jhu.edu/about/resources/vodcasts.html.

I’ve watched the video, and it is indeed amusing and funny, and very helpful in showing someone how to use the LC subject headings in Project MUSE.  It’s a good illustration of using search limiters to target a search and locate articles on the topic you’re researching.

If you’d like to learn more, please contact me to arrange a bibliographic instruction session.  I’d love to show you!