ENG101.English.CompostionI.Okafor

toc =Eng 101: English Comp I=
 * Prof. Edwin E. Okafor**
 * Instruction Librarian: Ted Intarabumrung**

This guide is designed to help you research topics. It includes an index of scholarly sources that should be used. Included in the list are websites and search engines that will be helpful in your research. If you have any trouble finding these sources, please ask a librarian for help. Good Luck! Any comments or suggestions are welcome!
 * [|RCC Library Home Page]: Most materials found in this research guide are available at the library's home page.
 * Please contact Ted Intarabumrung (tintarabumrung@rcc.mass.edu) if you have any questions concerning this guide or research.

=Learning Objectives:= Able to locate information sources, in RCC library-subscribed databases, relevant to a given topic. Able to use MBLN catalog online to locate some books in print, relevant to a given topic. Able to identify types of information sources. Able to select the information supporting the thesis. Able to take some notes related to the topics while gathering the given information. Able to document the gathered information in MLA style.

=To Do:=
 * Participate in the brief hands-on training
 * Gather information sourcs related to the given topics

=Information Literacy: Types of Information Sources= media type="youtube" key="SjJBE9OWovI" height="385" width="640" Video prepared by PIMA Community College Library

=Books=

Books
The on-line catalog provides access to the Library's collection of approximately 40,000 books, periodicals and audio-visual titles. These resources may be used to find information for assignments or general interest. [|Tutorial for searching catalog and ordering books from Metro Boston Library Network (includes Boston Public Library)]

Books Online
Ebrary Tutorial for using Ebrary.

Reference Books
Credo Reference, providing comprehensive information for issues, concepts and terms in dictionaries and encyclopedias.

=Periodicals= Browse these paper journals and magazines in the library's first floor periodicals section for articles about [insert topic]
 * Newsweek
 * Times
 * US News & Reports
 * Boston Globe
 * Boston Herald

=Articles=


 * Issues and Controversies
 * Global Issues in Context
 * Diversity Studies Collection
 * Academic Search Premier,provides full text for more than 3,800 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study
 * [|Credo Reference], providing comprehensive information under disciplinary subjects.
 * [|Facts On File World News Digest], providing articles selected under the current topics in newspapers and magazines.
 * [|Campus Research], providing newpaper articles, court cases, and law.
 * [|Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center], providing a list of controversial topics, information published on newspapers, magazines, journals and reports.

=Search Engine=


 * [|Scholarly Google]

=Websites=
 * [|The 2007 Statistical Abstract], prepared by U.S. Census Bureau.
 * [|USASearch,] search engine tool for seeking information sources created and posted on the US government agencies.

Open Access journals

 * [|Directory of Open Access Journals], providing some abstracts and full-text articles.

=Citing Sources: Style Guides= [|Duke Library Guide to Assembling a List of Works Cited] [|Laguardia Community College Library MLA and APA citation style] [|The Owl at Purdue: APA Formatting and Style Guide] [|The Owl at Purdue: MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide]

=Basic Research Help= Please click the Ask a Librarian icon if you have any questions concerning these guides, need help finding material for your research or any general questions you might have.
 * Looking for books? Search our [|Online Catalog].
 * Looking for articles? Search our [|Databases].
 * Can't find what you are looking for? Use our [|InterLibrary Loan Form].

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