Pew Learning Center & Ellison Library

WMS 290: Women and Media
Fall Semester, 2005

Instructor: Kim Duckett
Librarian: Mary Brown

Library Resources


Find Library Research Information: (Painless Library Research)
Find Articles: (Articles & Databases)
Big Full-Text:
Academic Search Elite
MasterFILE Premier
ProQuest Research Library
Social Sciences (subject):
Contemporary Women's Issues
PsycARTICLES
PsycINFO
SIRSResearcher
Social Sciences Index
WilsonSelectPlus

Find Journals: (Magazines & Journals)
WWC Periodical Holdings--date coverage and format - electronic, microform, paper.
Find Books (Books, Videos & CDs):
Selected WWC Books--circulating, electronic, and reference titles for your class.
Our Library Catalog--WWC and MCLN (Mountain College Library Network) titles.
WWC E-Books--links to several electronic book collections.
Greenwood eBooks--over 3,000 full-text electronic titles on many subjects.
NetLibrary--over 45,000 electronic books and you can set up your own free account.
WorldCat--materials in libraries worldwide, often available through 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 time for delivery.
Use Cooperative Borrower cards available at the Reference Desk to borrow books yourself from UNC-A's library or from MCLN libraries.
Search WNCLN (Western North Carolina Library Network) for UNC-A's holdings.
Search the MCLN Catalog for holdings in other MCLN libraries.
Use public library cards available at any Asheville-Buncombe Library System libraries.
Search the ABLS Catalog for Pack Library and branch library holdings.

Find Web Sites:
Selected Web Sites--for your class.
Web Resources--arranged by subjects:
Psychology
Sociology
Women's Studies
Search the Net--search engines and directories to find web sites.
Evaluate Web Pages--examples from Widener University's library.

Cite Sources:
Online Style Guides
APA Style
Bedford Handbook
Citing Sources (from Duke University Libraries)
Landmarks Citation Machine
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing

Books
Bedford Handbook
R 808.042 H118b 2002 and Library Reserve
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
R 808.06615 P276 2001 and Library Reserve


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