FRS 116: Fragile Oceans
Fall Semester, 2007
Instructor: Paul
Bartels
Librarian: Mary Brown x3062
Office: Library (main level)
Library Resources
Try these interdisciplinary, full-text periodical databases:
Academic Search Premier
MasterFILE Premier
ProQuest
Research Library
JSTOR--The Scholarly Journal Archive--complete backfiles of key journals.
Try these specialized, subject databases for Sciences:
Agricola--National Agricultural Library article citation database and catalog.
Annual Reviews--full-text articles synthesizing primary research literature.
BasicBIOSIS--indexes core life science journals.
Biological & Agricultural Index--for life sciences and agricultural subjects.
Biology Digest--abstracts for life science journals.
BioOne--full-text articles from research journals in biological and other sciences.
CQ (Congressional Quarterly) Researcher--good start for research on current issues.
Earthscape--"an online resource of the global environment" with varied perspectives.
General Science Index--from popular science magazines and professional journals.
ScienceDirect--indexes over 2,000 science journals, not full text for "guest" users.
WWC Periodical Holdings--date coverage and format - electronic, paper, microform.
Selected WWC Books--electronic,
circulating, and reference titles for your class.
MCLN
(Mountain College Library Network) Catalog--titles in WWC and MCLN
libraries.
WWC
E-Books--over 50,000 electronic books in collections such as NetLibrary.
WorldCat--materials
in libraries worldwide, often available from Interlibrary Loan.
Get Materials From Other Libraries:
Use Interlibrary Loan
(ILL) online request forms to order journal articles and books, not
available at WWC, from MCLN and other libraries, but be sure to allow enough time for delivery. You may also submit an ILL book request online from WorldCat.
Use Cooperative Borrower cards to check out books yourself from UNC-A's library or from other
MCLN libraries. Cards are available at the Reference Desk.
Use public library cards available at any Asheville-Buncombe Library System libraries.
Find Web Sites:
Selected Web Sites--for your class.
Web
Resources--arranged by
subjects
such as Environment
or
Science.
Searching
the Internet--search engines and directories to find your own web
sites.
Cite Sources:
Online Style Guides
The Chicago Manual of Style: Examples of Chicago-Style Documentation
Duke University Libraries: Citing Sources
Research and Documentation Online Documenting Sources: Chicago Style.
Books
The Bedford Handbook / Hacker (R 808.042 H118b 2002 and copy at Reserve
Desk)
A Manual for Wwriters of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers / Turabian
(R 808.02 T929m 2007)
Remember Painless Library Research is a great refresher on using Warren Wilson library resources, evaulating web pages, avoiding plagiarism, and documenting sources.
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