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Loyola University Chicago Libraries

Engaged Scholarship Library Toolkit

Finding CES Databases & Journals

The Library Catalog is the main searching tool for all of the materials owned by the University Librarries, including articles, books, ebooks, journal articles, ejournals, audio and video, digital images, government documents, microfilm and movies.

Materials not owned by Loyola may be easily requested through ILLiad.

  • Center for Research Libraries (CRL) -  is a consortium of North American universities, colleges and independent research libraries to which Loyola University Chicago belongs. The consortium acquires and preserves newspapers journals, documents, archives and other traditional and digital resources for research and teaching. These resources are then made available to member institutions cooperatively, through interlibrary loan and electronic delivery. 
  •  Resources for College Libraries (RCL) - The RCL list features 65,000 titles in 58 curriculum-specific subjects. This collection of recommended titles serves as the basis for a suite of resources for curriculum-development, student research, reference, and bibliographic instruction. to search by a variety of criteria including: RCL subject, LC Classification Range, Dewey # Range, Audience, Format, Awards, and date added to the database. Contains full-text reviews from Choice.
  • Worldcat - Records of any type of material cataloged by member libraries of OCLC, the world’s largest library cooperative, and its member libraries.  WorldCat contains more than 70 million records representing more than 1 billion physical and electronic items owned by libraries worldwide. Includes library holdings information and full authoritative bibliographic data.  Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.

These database are recommended for articles on service learning, experiential learning, commuity-based learning, and other related topics.

These databases are recommended for broader, more general searching.  See center column resources for more specific resources for Education.

Books

Faculty Publications