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Library Catalog Use at School |
Sirs |
ProQuest |
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E-Library |
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Web Resources . |
Librarian's Index to the Internet
http://lii.org/
This is a source of previewed sites on different subjects put together by the library staff at the University of California at Berkeley. It is a reliable source.
Access Washington
http://access.wa.gov/
Washington State Government
Almanac of Policy Issues
http://www.policyalmanac.org/
Unbiased background information on US policy issues.
American Memory Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html
Primary Sources
Best Information on the Net
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/
Sites chosen by the librarians at O'Keefe Library, St. Ambrose University. Links to good sources of information on different topics. The library staff has already evaluated these and deemed them good for research. Check in the area called Hot Paper Topics.
Center for Defense Information
http://www.cdi.org/
Defense Link United States Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/
FedWorld
http://www.fedworld.gov/
Gallop Organization
http://www.gallup.com/
Global Issues that Affect Everyone
http://www.globalissues.org/
Multnomah County Library Homework Center
http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/
Links to reliable sites for student research. This is from the library in Portland, Oregon. Great resource.
Pesticides: Controversial Issues
http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/issues/
Digital Librarian
http://www.digital-librarian.com/
Beware! There is an adverstisement on the top of the page for Amazon.com. Do not type in that box. It searches Amazon, not the Digital Librarian. This is a listing of topics and worthwhile sites on those topics.
Find Articles
http://www.findarticles.com/PI/index.jhtml
Magazine and news articles full text and free. These are not the same magazines you find in ProQuest or SIRS.
Gov Spot
http://www.govspot.com
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/
Directory of web sites selected by library type people.
Links to government statistics
http://www.bls.gov/bls/other.htm
Public Agenda Online
http://www.publicagenda.org
Public opinion and policy analysis. A limited number of topics, but great information if topic is listed. The only topicss covered are listed in the column on the left side of the home page.
United States Department of State
http://www.state.gov/
Yahoo: Issues and Causes
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Issues_and_Causes/
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Other Library Sources to Check . |
ProQuest:
To use this at home get the address and password from Mrs. Tjomsland. See the link at the top of the page.
CQ Researcher:
Located on the reference shelf. Use the on of the three index notebooks.
Each issue has a section called, "At Issue" where two viewpoints are discussed as well as a chronology.
E-Library:
Note the section for broadcasts and transcripts.
Facts.com:
see link on the Mark Morris Library Home Page.
Issues and Controversies on File:
Volumes on reference table, right next to CQ Researcher. Look in the index in each volume. Also available online.
Taking Sides Books:
Great source for getting more than one side of an issue. The red and green sets check out. The blue set stays in the library. Each set has a guide/index.
Online catalog of Mark Morris Library books.
See the link at the top of the page. We have many copies of several sets of books that deal with controversial issues.
SIRS:
Internet or Print. If you want to use the Internet version at home you need to get the password from Mrs. Tj. See the link at the top of the page.
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News Resources ... |
BBC News Archive Search
http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/advquery/advquery.htm
Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/
News from around the world.
CNN Newsroom
http://www.cnn.com/
The archives go back several years.
Crayon.net
http://www.crayon.net/using/links.html
Links to news and more from around the world.
First Headlines
http://www.1stheadlines.com/
Lycos News Network Search
http://news.lycos.com/headlines/TopNews/
Newsweek
http://www.msnbc.com/news/NW-front_Front.asp
If you don't want to pay for archived articles you should be getting these from ProQuest!
Online News Hour
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newshour_index.html
Search Index from PBS Archive goes back to 1996. Easy to search.
Seattle Times -- Archive back to '96
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/
The Seattle Times is also available on ProQuest.
Time
http://www.time.com/time/index.html
Time charges a fee for archived articles. You should be using ProQuest to access Time.
Total News
http://www.totalnews.com/
Search engine and directory of news sites.
USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/
Yahoo News
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/
Dewey Decimal #'s will be the same in the MM Library and the Public Library. Don't forget we can borrow books from RAL.
Most of your topics will be in the 300's. However, this is one of the largest areas in our library. Here are some more specific numbers to browse.170 Ethics
320 Political Science
323 Civil and Political Rights
327 International Relations
340 Law
342 Constitutional and Administrative Law
343 Military, Tax, Trade, Industrial Law
345 Criminal Law
355 Military Science
360 Social problems & services; association
361 General social problems & welfare
362 Social welfare problems & services
363 Other social problems & services
364 Criminology
379 Public policy issues in education
387 Water, air, space transportation
576 Genetics
577 Ecology
610 Medical Sciences
619 Experimental medicineIf during your research you discover a wonderful resource,
please tell Mrs. Tj about it! She will add it to this listing.
If you want to try your luck with a search,
try one of these search engines. Click on the lightbulb.
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Google |
Alta Vista |
DogPile |
Yahoo |
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Metacrawler |
MSN |
Teoma |
List of Choices |
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Excite |
IXQuick |
Kartoo |
Vivisimo |
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