The Course
Course description
Course books
A sampling of our library books.
Find Books
WWC Library and MCLN.
NetLibrary electronic books.
Other Libraries.
WorldCat, the MOTHER of all libraries!
Find Articles
Try some interdisciplinary databases. They include full text articles.
Academic Search Elite
InFoTrac Onefile
JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive
MasterFILE Premier
Periodical Abstracts Research II
Wilson Select
Try some specialized databases. Full text ones are marked (FT).
America: History and Life
Literature Resource Center (FT) has info on authors and their works.
Book Review Digest: 1983 to the present only! Use paper volumes (in our Reference section) for older books.
Biography Resource Center (FT).
Biography Index
American National Biography (FT).
Asheville Citizen-Times (FT), our local newspaper. Select Asheville Citizen-Times.
Ethnic NewsWatch (FT).
ALL our databases.
Remember: we also have traditional (paper) indexes that can help you find articles!
The journals we have.
Cite Your Sources
Books on Citing Sources
APA style: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association R 808.06615 P976 2001 Chicago style: The Chicago Manual of Style R 808.027 C532 1993 MLA style: MLA Style Manual R 808.027 G437m 1998 CBE or "Science" style: Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers R 808.0666 S416 1994
Guides for electronic sources: The Columbia Guide to Online Style R 808.027 W181c 1998, or Electronic Style: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information R 808.027 L693eWeb-Based Guides for Citing Sources
Bedford/St. Martin's Guide has info on various styles and also links you to other sites.
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing actually helps you write, as well as cite with various styles (i.e., APA, MLA, Chicago, CBE).
Specific guides to APA or MLA style
A Few Web Sites
Overview and Maps of Southern Appalachia
The Appalachian Regional Commission
Where exactly are the Southern Appalachians?
Land cover map
Elevation map
Hazel Creek
The North Shore and the Road to Nowhere
Displacement and sense of place by Duane Oliver
Timeline
A Personal account
Photos
The Blue Ridge Parkway
The official home page for The Blue Ridge Parkway (National Park
Service)
History
The National Park Service's history
Photos from the National
Park Service Archives
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
General Information
Overview
History
Location in Western North Carolina
Map of Joyce Kilmer Memorial
Forest
Photos
Mount Mitchell
General
information about the Black Mountains
History of Mount Mitchell
Facts and figures
Map of Mt. Mitchell State Park
Relief
maps
Access and trail maps
Photo tour of Mt. Mitchell and the Black Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
History
The National Park Service site
Area Map of the
Smokies
Large
Map of the Smokies
Map
of the Tennessee side (navigable)
Map of the North Carolina side