ENGL 150 - Rescoe
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 authoritative titles; use them anytime you would use Wikipedia.
Current Topics Databases
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
CQ Researcher
Facts on File (Click on Issues and Controversies)
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.
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.
Newspaper Article Databases
Newspapers often write on current issues. Check out newspapers in these databases:
Internet Evaluation
Are all websites created equal?
Internet Examples
You are welcome to use this guide to help evaluate websites, but for this course you should use websites reached over through the library databases.
Ferris Writing Center and OWL - Purdue University Online Writing Lab
The Ferris Writing Center offers free assistance to all FSU students, faculty, and staff. Don't pass up this opportunity for help.
The Online Writing Lab at Purdue (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/) is an invaluable reference for writing research papers. Covering everything from creating a thesis statement and coping with writer's block to formatting citations and the principles of academic writing, this is an online tool for every paper you'll ever need to write.
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: Kristy Motz/ Email / Phone: 231-591-3625 / Office: FLITE 140H
Updated by Kristy Motz: October 16, 2012. Originally created by Mari Kermit-Canfield: November 1, 2010