| ENG 101
Professor: Kathy O'Shea
Librarian: Alice Harrington
GOAL: Students will gather
information from books and periodical articles regarding the event of
their choice.
Students will
be able to:
- Differentiate between primary
and secondary
resources.
- Understand
the difference between a subject heading and keyword search.
- Find books
and journal or magazine articles related to their topic of choice.
- Acquire
sources from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan.
Use
these books to get ideas for your paper or to gather background information.
| American Decades:
1900-1990 |
REF E 169.12 .A419
1994 |
| The Columbia Chronicles
of American Life: 1910-1992 |
REF E 169.1 .G667
1995 |
ALEX: MCC's online library
catalog that provides students with titles of
books, journals and multi-media sources along with their call
numbers. |
| Roaring Cat: To locate books in Rochester
area public, academic, medical and business libraries*. |
| World Cat:
To locate books in libraries around the country*. |
*If MCC does not own a book that you
would like, we can request it for loan
from another
library. Click here to fill out
an online Interlibrary Loan submission form.
| ARTICLES FROM MAGAZINES OR JOURNALS |
The
following databases offer the full-text of articles from a wide range
of periodical titles*:
*If you would like to locate an
article published at the time of your chosen event, you may
have to consult
a print index such as Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature
or New York
Times
Index if the event occurred pre-1990.
Check at the Information Desk for details.
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