Engl 250 - Verwys
Assignment 1 - Leaders Facing Discrimination
Biography
Biography in Context (Best Bet)
CREDO Reference (Online Encyclopedia)
Literature Resources From Gale (Authors and Writers)
JSTOR (Academic journals: historic-current.)
Books
For books and documents in the circulating collection (Main Stacks), use the Online Catalog. Search either using keyword or subject. Try your person's name or the name of the social movement they were involved with.
Practice your Call# skills!
Play Within Range from Carnegie Mellon University Libraries.
Assignment 2 - Urban Social Issues
Controversial Topics
Academic OneFile (General Database- all issues)
Sociology: Sage Journals Online (Sociology Database)
Social Science Abstracts
Use the Journals tab or "Find--Journals" dropdown to access Find a Periodical and search to find a specific journal title at FLITE.
Newspapers
Newspapers often write on current social issues. Check out FLITE newspapers including:
Access World News (Best Bet)
Books
For books and documents in the circulating collection (Main Stacks), use the Online Catalog. Search either using keyword or subject.
Websites
Advanced Google .Gov Search
Data.gov Communities (Education, Ocean, Energy, Law, Health)
National Center for Education Statistics
United States Census Bureau
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Brucker, R.. (2007). Raized Fist [Photograph]. Available under a Creative Commons
license. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/robbrucker/405268229/
Assignment 3 - Women's Rights
Databases
JSTOR (Best Bet - Academic journals: historic-current.)
The Gerritsen Collection (Materials studying women's history)
PsycInfo (Psychology)
Sociology: Sage Journals Online (Sociology Database)
Books
For books and documents in the circulating collection (Main Stacks), use the Online Catalog. Search either using keyword or subject.
Assignment 4 - Children's Issues
Access World News (World Newspapers)
Academic OneFile (General Database- all issues)
JSTOR (Academic journals: historic-current)
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe(Law, News, Business)
Sociology: Sage Journals Online (Best Bet - Sociology Database)
Books
For books and documents in the circulating collection (Main Stacks), use the Online Catalog. Search either using keyword or subject.
Useful Information
Research Guides
A Variety of Research Guides are available for subject searching.
Keywords
To find specific resources for your projects use a combination of these terms for searching the FLITE Library catalog and databases. Use the word "AND" to combine search terms.
Internet Evaluation
There are many webpages on the Internet which seem to provide quality information, but be aware that many provide less than valuable or credible information. Check out these websites for some real examples.
Citation Information
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. FLITE provides a Plagiarism and Citation guide to help you learn more about this important topic. The tutorials and accompanying quizzes can help you determine what constitutes plagiarism.
The following links provide detailed information on using APA citation style:
Citation Style Guide: APA (PDF)
APA List of References
More examples of how cite different types of sources using the APA format.
New--Electronic Resources in APA format
Copies of the full-length APA manual (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed.) are found in the Ready Reference section on Floor 1 of the library near the Oval Information Desk.
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Last update: January 16th, 2012