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  Office: FLITE 414C
 

WELDING 321 - Hardesty

 

Articles and Company Information

To find journal and magazine 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.

ABI/INFORM
ABI INFORM combines business and industry journals with international and scholarly content. Many important titles are available in full text.

Applied Science and Technology Abstracts
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts provides abstracts from 757 titles, and broadly covers science and technology.

Business and Company Resource Center
Lexis Nexis Academic Universe
Gale's Business and Company Resource Center and the "Business" tab of Lexis Nexis Academic Universe provide access to extensive information about companies and industries.

Suggestions to retrieve better/more results:

  • Search topic as both a keyword and subject
  • Combine terms with AND or OR
  • Set date ranges limit to a specific time
  • Use quotes for phrases

Other databases are sorted by subject from the Database Access page.
Please read Off Campus Database Access for information on searching from home.

 

Using the Internet

Are all websites created equal?
Internet Examples

Use one of these guides to help evaluate websites.
Internet Resources Evaluation
Resource Evaluation guide from University of California at Berkeley

 

Getting Started

Ask a Reference Librarian.
You can find librarians at the Oval Information Desk located on the First Floor of FLITE, by phone at 231-591-3602, by email, or via chat. More information is available at FLITE help.

FLITE Tutorials can also help you get started.

 

Citing Sources

Plagiarism
Plagiarism tutorials and self-help guides, plus a link to step-by-step citation assistance.

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.


Contact: Fran Rosen/ Email / Phone: 231-591-3043 / Office: FLITE 414C

Don't forget, you are welcome to come to the Oval Information Desk and ask for help any time. You can also call us 231-591-3602 or chat with us.

Last update: January 26, 2010



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