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English 101


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To begin research on a paper or presentation, you will need books,  articles, and web
sites.  This page gives you basic places to begin your research.  For more complex
searches, or for upper-division course assignments, see the course-specific web pages, or  ask a reference librarian.

I. Books

    To find books and media on your topic:
    EZRA: the Wittenberg University library catalog
    OhioLINK: merged catalogs of more than 80 Ohio academic libraries and
                     two public libraries

   
   Usually, EZRA and OhioLINK will provide ample books and media for your project.  
     If you still need more, use  
WorldCat  - Worldwide bibliographic utility, and 
     
Interlibrary Loan form for books that neither Wittenberg nor OhioLINK libraries own.


Note: If you are still choosing a topic or are just getting started, you   may want to use an encyclopedia or other basic reference source.  Check The Encyclopedia Britannica,
    The American Heritage Dictionary
, and more online.

 
II. Internet Resources

  Internet Search Engines:   

Google
Yahoo
Metacrawler
 Google Scholar -
Caution! This provides references to scholarly articles, but finding the actual article may be difficult and costly.  Also, journal coverage is incomplete and not current. Subscription databases are almost always better.
     How to cite online sources
    Criteria for Website Evaluation

     
   Sample Web Sites to Evaluate:

      Set 1:   http://www.beefnutrition.org/
                    http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/

      Set 2:   http://www.martinlutherking.org/
                    http://www.thekingcenter.org/

      Set 3:   http://www.homepro.com/ -
                    http://www.hgtv.com/
    

      Set 4:  http://www.smokingsection.com/issues1.html#smoke
                   http://www.no-smoke.org/ets.html
                  
http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/


III. Finding Journal Articles
    Guidelines on how to distinguish scholarly from popular articles

     Databases with broad coverage:
       Academic Search Complete - contains full text for more than 3,600 scholarly
                  publications, plus article summaries for 900 more journals.  This database
                  is most likely the best one for starting your research.
     Masterfile Premier - A sister file to Academic Search Complete, this database gives
                  access to general-interest periodicals.  Some full text.

      Lexis-Nexis - almost all full textIncludes magazines, newspapers, journal
                  articles,  and much more. 

     JSTOR -  A rolling backfile of journal articles.  Almost all full text.

          For other ideas, see the full List of Indexes and Databases, with nearly 200
          
database options.

    To locate journals:
          
At Wittenberg:  Search Journals the Library Has,  for a list of
        magazines
and  journals that Wittenberg owns, both online and in hard copy.

 At other Ohio Libraries:  Use Interlibrary Loan.
Note: Locating journals can be tricky, difficult, and generally exasperating.
If you run into trouble, a reference librarian will be glad to assist you.

 IV. People Help

Wittenberg librarians welcome your questions.
If you have any questions at all
about your research--how to get started or how to proceed--contact us.   We will respond promptly.
      
Reference Desk  - refdesk@wittenberg.edu - (Whoever sees it first will reply.)
      
Alisa Mizikar  - amizikar@wittenberg.edu  
   
Kristen Gibson  - kgibson@wittenberg.edu 
      
Ken Irwin - kirwin@wittenberg.edu
                                          


  Compiled by Regina Entorf, Wittenberg University Library
  Last updated 8-20-07/KJG
© 2007 Wittenberg University