Selected Resources for Public Reasoninging and Communication

Fall Semester 2007

Finding Books | News & Article Sources | Finding Journals
Other Pages: Evaluating Web Sites | Citing Online Resources

Locating Books in Library Catalogs

Reference Works

Wikipedia

Of variable reliability, but great for very current information. Always use in conjunction with other sources to verify information.

Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics

Ref. BJ 63 .E44 1998

West's Encyclopedia of American Law

Ref. KF 154 .W47 1998

Subject specific dictionaries and encyclopedias

Various call numbers. Great sources for overviews and definitions

News and current events in indexes, databases and web sites

Academic Search Complete (1986-Present)	Indexes about 2000 periodicals -- both scholarly journals and popular magazines; covers 1986-Present, with some fulltext coverage starting in the early 1990s.
PAIS (Public Affairs information service) (1972-Present)	Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs.
Facts on File. Weekly. 1940-.	Ref. D410.F3 Facts on File is issued weekly with news reprints that summarize the weeks events. The articles are usally substantial and relevant; frequently more useful than what you'll find in more popular weekly news media (Time, Newsweek, etc.)
Lexis-Nexis Universe	20 years of full text general, governmental & industrial news.
Congressional Universe	Information and texts of current and past Congressional bills and news sources. See especially Hot Topics for news on highly-contested bill and issues.

Locating Journals:

At Wittenberg:See our online list of Journals the Library Has

At other Ohio academic libraries: OhioLINK Central Catalog (Note: you cannot usually get periodicals through OhioLINK)

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Compiled by Ken Irwin.