Library Catalog

Library Catalog

Use the catalog to find books we have in the Kresge Library. Also use the catalog to see if we have access to a particular journal title on-line or in print.

Books about an author, e.g. biographies, may provide valuable information as to the location of the author's archival and manuscript collections.

Keywords to use when searching for primary sources include: manuscripts, sources, correspondence, letters, diaries, journals.

WorldCat

A catalog of other libraries holdings, mainly U.S. but includes other countries. Good source for manuscript and primary sources.

Searching for Manuscript Collections

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) Collections cataloged after 1986 are listed in the WorldCat. Records cataloged from 1959-1985 are listed in print volumes that are found in the Reference Collection, Z 6620.U5 N3.

Google your author's name + manuscripts, archives, papers, letters, etc. For example A. R. Ammons papers turns up at least two different manuscript collections.

Contact Information

Linda Hildebrand
235 Kresge Library
email: hildebra@oakland.edu
phone: (248) 370-2483

Bibliographic Management Software

Refworks is a resource which allows OU students to maintain a personal database of all of their research materials. You can:

• create a database of citations,
• use the Cite 'n' Write feature to insert references while writing your paper, and
• generate a bibliography in hundreds of different formats.

Set up an account, and then choose the "export" function in the databases you use for records you want to save.

Need Help?

Set up a research consultation

Ask a reference librarian:
--By phone (248-370-4426)
--By IM via AOL, MSN, Yahoo +
--By e-mail (ref@oakland.edu )
-- In person at the Reference Desk

Contact the Writing Center