COMM 365 - Alspach
Ancestor Information
AncestryPlus
Please note that AncestryPlus is not available from off-campus.
Culture / Immigration Patterns
Use these electronic reference books. Off-campus access requires login.
Countries and Their Cultures
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Immigration / Naturalization Laws
Background History of the United States Naturalization Process
Historical Immigration and Naturalization Legislation
A History of Immigration Law Regarding People of Color
History of Migration and Immigration Laws in the United States
Articles
Use these databases to locate journal articles. Off-campus access requires login.
PsycINFO
*Click here to access a guide on using PsycINFO.
Communication and Mass Media Complete
*Click here to access a guide on using Communication and Mass Media Complete.
Journal Locations
If you have a citation and need to see if FLITE owns the article in any format, use the Find a Periodical database.
These are locations for journals FLITE has in physical formats:
Current Periodicals - Second Floor
Bound Periodicals (1998 - present) - Second Floor
Bound Periodicals (before 1998) - Lower Level
Microforms (microfilm and microfiche) - Second Floor
If FLITE does not own the article in any format, use InterLibrary Loan.
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.
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: Reference Examples for Electronic Source Materials
From the APA Publication Manual Web site, information on citing electronic and Internet sources.
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Last update: September 16, 2008