ENGL 150 - Wykes
General Databases
To find journal articles on a particular topic, use one or more of the databases available on the FLITE Web site. These databases provide indexing to thousands of journal titles.
Academic OneFile
Large full-text database with over 50 million articles covering a wide variety of subjects with articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers. Always the best place to start.
Other databases are sorted by subject from the Database Access page.
Please read Off Campus Database Access for information on searching from home.
Controversial Topics
Opposing Viewpoints in Context [Best Bet]
CQ Researcher
Facts on File: Issues & Controversies
Newspaper Article Databases
Newspapers often write on current issues. Check out newspapers in these databases:
Access World News
InfoTrac Newstand
E-Reference
Online Encyclopedias
FLITE's large collection of e-reference books includes general encyclopedias, subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, glossaries, and biographies. These sources offer hundreds of easily searched authoratative titles, use them anytime you would use Wikipedia.
CREDO Reference
Oxford Reference Online.
Internet Evaluation
Are all websites created equal?
Internet Examples
Use one of these guides to help evaluate websites.
(Neither of these sites is the guide given out for this ENGLISH 150 course. Be sure to use your professor's evaluation form for all websites cited in your work.)
Internet Resources Evaluation
Web Page Evaluation Checklist from University of California at Berkeley
Test your skills:
- Which one is the official site?
World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization
- Can you find at least five problems with this web site?
Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Books
For books and documents in the circulating collection (Main Stacks), use the Online Catalog. Search either using keyword or subject.
Use MelCat to look up books in other Michigan Libraries. MelCat items will be delivered to the circulation desk and you will receive an Email when the items arrive. If materials you need aren't available via MelCat try Inter-Library Loan.
Citations
Citation Style Guide: MLA (PDF)
An online version of FLITE's MLA Quick Reference handout, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Citations - a FLITE guide
A guide to understanding citations, and a link to different online citation management tools that can help you input your sources and create your bibliographies.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism tutorials and self-help guides, plus a link to step-by-step citation assistance.
Research Help
Librarians are available to help answer research questions and provide other library assistance. You can find librarians at the Oval Information Desk located on the First Floor of FLITE, by phone at 231-591-3602, by email (netref at (@) ferris.edu), or via chat http://www.ferris.edu/library/reference/helppagechat.html.
Or, you can make an appointment for a research consultation with a librarian - one-on-one personal library help for any course.
Contact: Stacy Anderson/ Email / Phone: 231-591-3635 / Office: FLITE 140C
Updated by Stacy Anderson: November 3, 2011. Originally created by Mari Kermit-Canfield: November 1, 2010