ENGL 150 - Kilgallen

Finding Books and Documents in FLITE

For books and documents in the circulating collection (Main Stacks), use the Online Catalog. Search either using keyword or subject.

Cause and Effect topics:

• Violence
• High School Drop Out Rate
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• The Glass Ceiling
• Illiteracy

Argument Topics

• Mandatory Retirement
• Needing Identification to Vote
• Uniforms in Primary or Secondary Schools
• Recycling
• Social Secuirty Reform

Book Locations:

• Main Stacks, Call Numbers A-H - Lower Level
• Main Stacks, Call Number J-Z - Third Floor
• Reference - First Floor
• Government Documents - Second Floor

Electronic Reference Resources:

Electronic Reference Resources are available for a variety of topics, a few are suggested here:

Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime
Encyclopedia of School Psychology
Blackwell Handbook of Language Development
Encyclopedia of Global Change
21st Century Sociology

Finding Statistics

Databases:

• Lexis Nexis Statistical

• Opposing View Points

Suggested Books/Government Documents:

• USA Counties
• Statistical abstract of the United States
• Digest of education statistics (Education topics)

Finding Journal Articles

To find journal articles on a particular topic, it's necessary to use one or more of the databases available on the FLITE Web site. These databases cumulatively provide indexing to thousands of journal titles. A few of the databases provide full-text (content of the articles is found directly within the database), but most only provide citations (description of where the article originally appeared in print).

• Academic Onefile

• Wilson Select Plus

• JSTOR
  

• Opposing View Points

• Specific Databases for topics:
• Violence: Criminal Justice Abstracts
• High School Drop Out Rate: ERIC, Education Full Text
• Seasonal Affective Disorder: Cinahl, PubMed
• The Glass Ceiling: PscyInfo, Contemporary Women's Issues
• Illiteracy: ERIC, Education Full Text
• Mandatory Retirement: Wilson Business, Social Science Abstracts
• Needing Identification to Vote: Lexis Nexis Newspapers
• Uniforms in Primary or Secondary Schools: ERIC, Education Full Text
• Recycling: GeoBase
• Social Security Reform: Political Science
• More...

Off Campus Access

FLITE's subscription databases are available to all current Ferris students, faculty, and staff. Login and additional information can be found at Off Campus Database Access.

Interlibrary loan requests for materials FLITE does not have access to can be electronically submitted at through the InterLibrary Loan (ILL) Request form.

If you experience problems logging on, please call (231) 591-2669 or (800) 4-FERRIS (ext. 2669), or stop by the Check Out Desk at the Library.

Citing Sources

Whenever you are quoting or using information from a source, you must credit or cite that source. Failure to do so is plagiarism which can lead to expulsion from the University. The following links provide information on how to use MLA:

MLA Citation Overview

Citation Style Guide: MLA (PDF)

MLA List of References
More examples of how cite different types of sources using the MLA format.

Copies of the full-length MLA Handbook (MLA handbook for writers of research papers) are found in the Ready Reference section on Floor 1 of the library near the Oval Information Desk.

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Last Update: October 15, 2007