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Sources for "Schools of Alienation" Assignment |
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).
Using the Right Database
Most databases are subject-specific. The following is a breakdown of databases relevant to the "schools of alienation" assignment:
General OneFile
A very large full-text database with over 50 million articles covering a myriad of subjects, General OneFile indexes both newspapers and journals. Coverage is from 1980 to present. A few journals, especially older dates, give only selective full-text.
Lexis-Nexis Newspapers
Updated daily, Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe provides access to full-text newspaper articles from such major papers as the New York Times and the Washington Post. Coverage extends, in some cases, back to the mid-1970s.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
The Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center contains full-text book chapters and articles covering all sides of contemporary controversial issues (abortion, animal rights, capital punishment, drug abuse, gun control, terrorism, etc.). Material is taken from the Opposing Viewpoints book series and several dozen major magazines and newspapers.
WilsonSelectPlus
This completely full-text database includes articles from a wide range of subject fields including science, humanities, education and business. Coverage is from 1994 to the present.
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. APA and MLA are two formats for citation. The following links provide information on how to use either APA or MLA.
RefWorks
RefWorks is an online research management tool that allows users to create personal bibliographic databases and use them for a variety of research activities. References are quickly and easily imported from text files or online databases and records can be formatted in hundreds of output styles from APA, MLA, Chicago etc.
Citation Style Guide: APA (PDF)
An online version of an APA Quick Reference handout which provides the citation style for several basic types of sources, requires Adoboe Acrobat Reader.
APA List of References
More examples of how cite different types of sources using the APA format.
Citation Style Guide: MLA (PDF)
An online version of FLITE's MLA Quick Reference handout, requires Adoboe Acrobat Reader.
MLA Format
More examples of how cite different types of sources using the MLA format.
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Last update: January 30, 2007