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The Polygraph

1. Using the Law Library's online catalog, create a bibliography on the invention, history, and development of the polygraph. Include at least one book in English on the history ad uses of the polygraph, two congressional hearings, two congressional prints,  a book written by an experienced polygraph examiner, a website, and two books evaluating the use of the polygraph in court proceedings. What keywords are most helpful for this search? Give call numbers for the materials that you find.

2.  Find a bibliographic record for the book A Tremor in the Blood. What subject heading or headings are associated with this book?

3. Do a search using the subject heading(s) for this book. Examine the materials you find.

4. Return to the bibliographic record for the book A Tremor in the Blood. Search on the call number. What does this search allow you to do? (i.e. What information about the library's collection does this method give you?)

5.  Go to the LSU Libraries page at http://www.lib.lsu.edu/, then select the option Indexes and Databases. On this page select the Web of Knowledge. Next select the Web of Science. Select Science Citation Index. What materials are covered by this index?

6. Return to the Web of Science page and select the TOPIC search. Search for "polygraph". From the resulting list of article select the article by R. White. What is the article about? Where did the author work when writing this article? Examine the references cited by this article.

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