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English 101W: The Hero's Quest
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Fall 2009 — Prof. Mills
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Outline of this guide:
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Other useful links:
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Questions? Contact Susanna Boylston (704-894-2494).
- Office hours: Monday 1-3 pm; Tuesday, 3-5 pm
- Also available by appointment.
Style Guides | Country Background Information | Travel Resources
- MLA Style
- MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: Modern Language Association, 2009.
Little Library Reference Desk: REF LB2369 .G53 2009
Music Library Reference: LB2369 .G53 2009
- Country Background Information
Be sure to the Library Catalog for reference books on specific countries too; do a subject search for your country's name and limit by material type "reference sources."
- Background Notes. U.S. Department of State, 2004- .
For more information about the Department of State, see below.
- CIA World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency, [current year].
Copies of the World Factbook from earlier years are shelved in the Government Information Stacks (PrEx 3.15).
- Commonwealth Yearbook. London: H.M.S.O., 1987- .
Reference R 320.9 Y39
Library has 1984-1988, 1991-1994, 1998 to present.
1998 to present are also available online.
- Country Studies. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, [current].
- Demographic Yearbook / Annuaire Démographique. New York: United Nations, 1948- .
Reference R 312 D38
Library has 1954, 1964-1993, 1995 to present.
- Europa World: The Europa World Year Book Online. London: Europa, 1959- .
- Online: current edition
- Print: 1959 to present
Reference R 341.1 E89
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of over 200 electronic reference books.
- The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century British Politics. Ed. John Ramsden. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2002.
Reference R 320.942 O98
- Political Handbook of the World. New York: CQ Press, 2003- .
- Online: 2008 to present
- Print: Reference R 320 P7691
Library has: 2000-2002, 2005-2006
- Political Parties of the World. Ed. Bogdan Szajkowski. 6th ed. London: John Harper, 2005.
- Political Systems of the World. J. Denis Derbyshire and Ian Derbyshire. 2nd ed. New York: St. Martin's, 1996.
Reference R 320.3 D428p
- Statistical Yearbook / Annuaire Statistique. New York: United Nations, 1956- .
Reference R 311 U58s
- U.S. Department of State
Includes:
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. 11th ed. 6 vols. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2004.
- World Development Indicators. Washington, DC: World Bank, 1997- .
Reference R 330.9 W9271
Library has 1998 to present.
2005 available on CD-ROM; ask at Circulation Desk.
- World Encyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures. Ed. George Thomas Kurian. 2 vols. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, 1998.
Reference R 328.03 W927
- Travel Resources
- Travel Resources, from the Dean Rusk Program
- Travelers' Health, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Includes health-related information about travel to foreign countries.
- Library Catalog
Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library.
- To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records.
Useful subject headings include:
- [name of country] description and travel
- [name of country] encyclopedias
- [name of country] guidebooks
- [name of country] history
- [name of country] politics and government
- To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first).
- To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use a dollar sign $
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- ebrary
A collection of over 38,000 e-books published by over 220 academic, trade, and professional publishers; covers all subject areas. Also includes tools that allow you to create your own virtual bookshelf, bookmark pages, and add and save notes and highlights.
Note: for full functionality, you need the ebrary Reader. This plugin is on all library and ITS computers, but if you are using your own computer, you can download it from the ebrary home page.
- WorldCat
Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan.
Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalog first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war")
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
Starting Points | Scholarly Sources | News & Magazine Sources
- Starting Points
(Include both scholarly and popular sources)
- Academic Search Premier
(1975 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- LexisNexis Academic
(Approx. 1980 to present) Includes the full text of articles from local, national, and international newspapers, magazines, and trade journals as well as the text of news wires, patents, legal documents, and transcripts of radio and television broadcasts. Also includes articles from law reviews and federal and state cases.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an exclamation point
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use an asterisk *
- OmniFile Full Text Mega
(1982 to present) Indexes articles from over 3,000 scholarly and popular periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences; also includes the full text of selected articles from over 1,650 of these periodicals.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- Scholarly Sources
Be sure to search the starting points databases and also explore the resources listed on the indexes and databases pages for history, political science, and other relevant disciplines too!
- Historical Abstracts & America: History & Life
(Historical time period covered: 1450 to present [world history]; prehistory to present [U.S. and Canadian history]. Publication coverage: 1954 to present) Indexes journal articles, book chapters, doctoral dissertations, and book reviews. (Each database can also be searched separately.)
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Web of Knowledge
(Publication coverage: c. 1900 to present) A multidisciplinary resource that provides citations to articles in thousands of journals in the social sciences, humanities, and sciences.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotations marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
(1975 to present) Indexes articles on a broad array of political science and international relations topics; international in scope.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- News Sources
News Magazines | Newspapers | Radio & TV Broadcasts and Other News Sources
- News Magazines
- Academic Search Premier
(1975 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Readers' Guide Abstracts
(1890 to present) Indexes articles in popular periodicals; also includes citations to book and film reviews.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- Newspapers
- Historical Newspapers: The New York Times
(1851-2004) Provides the full text of the New York Times; page images can be viewed and downloaded as pdf files. For articles after 2005, search LexisNexis Academic.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- LexisNexis Academic
(Approx. 1980 to present) Includes the full text of articles from local, national, and international newspapers, magazines (including the Economist, and trade journals as well as the text of news wires, patents, legal documents, and transcripts of radio and television broadcasts. Also includes articles from law reviews and federal and state cases.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an exclamation point
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use an asterisk *
- Library PressDisplay
Contains full-page, full-color images of over 400 national and international newspapers, including many foreign-language newspapers; includes the current day's papers as well as a 60-day archive.
Note: up to three people can search this database at any one time; if you are unable to login because this limit has been reached, please wait a few minutes and try again.
- Wall Street Journal Index
(1981 to present) Provides indexing for the newspaper. Some full text is available beginning in 1984.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Westlaw Campus Research
Includes the full text of news articles and federal and state court cases.
Note: you will need to accept the terms of the Westlaw "Agreement" before you can search Westlaw Campus Research.
Search Syntax (for "Terms and Connectors" searches):
- Truncation: use an exclamation point !
- Phrase searching: use double quotations marks " "
- Wildcard: use an asterisk *
- Radio & TV Broadcasts and Other News Sources
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
(1974 to present) Provides English-language translations of selected foreign newspaper articles, broadcasts, and wire reports as well as government documents, technical reports, and conference proceedings from around the world.
- LexisNexis Academic
(Approx. 1980 to present) Includes transcripts of radio and television broadcasts, the full text of news wires, and the full text of documents and transcripts selected and translated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as well as the full text of articles from local, national, and international newspapers, magazines (including the Economist, and trade journals. Also includes patents, legal documents, and articles from law reviews and federal and state cases.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an exclamation point
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use an asterisk *
Interviews are indexed in the following databases:
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