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Jones
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Starr 1, 2, 3, 4
Senior Papers
Research Materials
Use the Library Catalog to do searches to find print sources in the library. You can also make a resource list if you log-in.
Library Databases are wonderful places to find credible and up-to-date research for your paper. If you use a library database, your citation is already made!
You will most likely benefit from the following databases:
Opposing Viewpoints brings together all the information that’s needed to fully understand an issue: pro and con viewpoint articles, reference articles that provide context, full-text magazines, academic journals, and newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics, multimedia, including images and podcasts, links to hand-selected web sites, and more!
Discovering Collection provides quick access to accurate information via an intuitive interface that takes the guesswork out of research. Gale's Discovering Collection allows students to get the "whole picture" on any curriculum topic.
Issues and Controversies in American History with this database, history comes to life not as a mere recitation of names and dates, but as a series of turning points where the future hung in the balance and opinions raged on all sides. This database builds a deeper understanding of how historical events have shaped our nation by exploring the key players and the battles they fought.
Grolier Online It includes seven encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia America, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, and The New Book of Popular Science.
SIRS Discoverer this source indexes a variety of reference materials.
Student Research Center from EBSCO this is where you'll find magazine and newspaper articles, reference materials, biographies, TV/Radio transcripts, and other items.
Notable Search Engines
NetTrekker is an academic search engine. Access it through the databases and log-in just as you would the computers. It will only pull up resources that are academic and useful for research. It will save you time!
Clusty clusters results by topic and makes searching and evaluating easier.
Infomine is a scholarly search engine.
Useful websites
Federal Statistics statistics from every state in many areas
Online Education Database a useful article with many research links
MLA Guidelines from Purdue's OWL writing lab
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