Instructor: Mallory
McDuff
Librarian: Chris Nugent (nugent@warren-wilson.edu,
extension 3061)
My office is located on the lower level of the library.
If you need help with your research, go to the librarian at the
reference
desk
or find me. I am here to help!
For a refresher on how to do
library research
go to Painless
Library Research
To evaluate what you find on
the Web
go to Evaluating
Web Resources (from Widener University)
To get instructions for citing
in
APA style
Use the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association R 808.06615 P976 2001
Or connect to
APA Style
For an even simpler approach, use the
Landmark
Citation Machine
To find books:
Reference books can provide a good introduction to your
issue. They can also help you find organizations that are working
on your issue.
Here are a few titles:
Drug Abuse Handbook
(R616.86 D794 1998).
Encyclopedia of World
Environmental History
(R 304.203 E56 2004)
The Environmental Encyclopedia
(R 363.7003 E61 2003)
The Environmental Guidebook
(R 363.7 S789e 2002). This source also lists environmental
organizations, complete with Web contacts.
Great Events from History
II. Ecology and the Environment Series. (R 363.7
G786)
Handbook of Environmental
Health (R363.7 K84h 2003)
Make a Difference:
America's
Guide to Volunteering and Community Service. (R
361.3702573 B645m 2003).
The chapter on environment and
sustainable
communities lists organizations you may want to contact.
To find books on your chosen topic in our library:
Connect to the
library
homepage and choose
Books, Videos
and CDs at the top of the list . Then select
MCLN Catalog.
Also search for online books. The link is right below the
MCLN Catalog.
If we do not have the books you need, look in
WorldCat for books anywhere in the
world. It is listed below the link to ebooks.
To
find journal articles:
We have about 150 databases for journal articles. You can see
them on the
library
homepage by selecting
Articles
and Databases.
Which ones will work best
for you depends on your topic.
Ask a librarian for help in selecting those. Whatever your topic,
the ones listed below will get you started.
Academic Search
Elite
Applied
Science and Technology Index
Annual
Reviews
SIRS Researcher
To
get books and journal articles from other libraries:
Use our Interlibrary Loan Service. It works like this:
Go to the library
homepage
Choose Library Services, then Interlibrary Loan. You will
find two request forms, one for books and the other for journal
articles.
Ask a librarian for help the first time you fill out one of these.
Note that it may take one week or longer for the materials to get
here.
To find high-quality, freely available Web
resources:
You may want to
use the
site that your textbook author, Doug McKenzie-Mohr, has put
together. http://www.cbsm.com/
Also, look at the web sites that librarians have collected in an area
that suits your topic.
You find these sites by going to the library
homepage.
Select Web Resources.
The category Environment
should work for everyone. Depending on your topic, other
categories may also have useful resources for you.
Now, do a Google search.
From the library
homepage select Search
the Net.
Be sure to do an Advanced Search.
Still need more quality sites? Here are a few:
EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org
science.gov: FirstGov for SCIENCE
http://www.science.gov
Green Design Initiative http://www.ce.cmu.edu/GreenDesign