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Resources Available at the Library: English 101B (Worthington)

Library Home page: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/library/

Search Strategy Handout: http://tinyurl.com/6zja3

Subject Headings

Sometimes instead of searching by keywords, you may have better luck finding materials by consulting the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).  This is important because you can sometimes get better search results.  For example, articles, books, and web sites on Civil Liberties will usually be indexed under “Civil Rights."  To browse such headings, they are in the five thick red volumes on the reference shelves, on the left side of the reference desk.

Teenagers Youth Teenagers with Social Disabilities Problem Youth At-Risk Students Juvenile Delinquents Problem Children	Eating Disorders Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia Compulsive Eating Sexual Behavior Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sex (Psychology)	Violence Aggressiveness Dating Violence Problem Families Families Parents Child Abuse Child Sexual Abuse
Mass Media Violence in Mass Media Video games Social networks Web Sites Online Chat Groups Internet Industry	Drugs Drug Abuse Drinking Alcoholic Beverages Alcohol Alcoholism Narcotics Cigarettes

Library Catalog—Finding Books and Videos: http://tinyurl.com/7887g

Search the library catalog for books related to a topic of your interest. Select a topic and create a search statement. Find a book and then its call number.

Searching the Catalog:  Make sure words or phrase is selected underneath Search For and narrow your search down to Chabot College if you only want to find books available at Chabot. Combine different terms such as: united states AND iraq or cloning AND religion.   . enter your terms with AND in between and then click on  . See Your Search Strategy for more information on phrasing a search statement.

Pro/Con Books

Search the Library Catalog, entering your subject terms and combine with either “Opposing Viewpoints,” “Library in a Book,” “Current Controversies, “Taking Sides” or “Information Plus.” The books will contain overviews and often pro and con arguments to subjects within a main topic. With the exception of the Library in a Book series , the books are available for checkout. Example: Mass Media AND Opposing Viewpoints

Library Subscription Databases: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dblist.html.  —To find articles related to your topic that originally appeared in magazines, journals, and newspapers.  Originally published in print form.

Mainly Magazines and Journals	Current Events Resources (Newspapers/Pro and Con)
EbscoHost Academic Search Elite A multi-subject database  Tutorial available at: http://tinyurl.com/58ysq	Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Search “Quick News Search” for articles from the last two years.  For older articles, search in “General News Search.”
ProQuest Diversity Databases Alt-PressWatch, Ethnic NewsWatch, and GenderWatch.	Issues & Controversies Get pro/con overviews on controversial topics, often related to current events

Reference (Books and Web sites)

CQ Researcher	Reference: H35 .E35 1991 Index at reference desk.
Facts on File Issues & Controversies	http://tinyurl.com/6ft8u
Pros and Cons web page	http://tinyurl.com/col66
Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence	Reference: HQ772 .G27 1998
Tufts Child and Family Web Guide: Teenagers	http://tinyurl.com/hsjce
Saint James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture	Reference: E169.1 .S764 2000
Violence in America: An Encyclopedia	Reference: HN90.V5 V5474
Handbook of Eating Disorders and Obesity	Reference: RC552.E18 H362 2004
Encyclopedia of Drugs and Alcohol	Reference: HV5804 .E53 1995
International Encyclopedia of Marriage & Family	Reference: HQ9 .E52 2003
Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality	Reference: HQ21 .I68 2003
Encyclopedia of Television	Reference: PN1992.18 .E5 1997
Encyclopedia of Psychology	Reference: BF31 .E52 2000
Resources By Subject	http://tinyurl.com/7w2tb

Web Resources

Use Web search engines (such as Google) last for your research, and if you do, be prepared to evaluate web sites with a very skeptical eye. Anybody can put anything on the web, and if you do not pay attention, you could be linking very questionable or misinformed sites.   The Library has an effective web evaluation checklist available at: http://www.chabotcollege.edu!Library/abby/evaluation.html

World Wide Web: Academic Searching
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/metasites.pdf

Librarians’ Index to the Internet http://lii.org	INFOMINE http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Online Subject Index http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dbsbysubject.html	Scout Report Archives http://scout.wisc.edu/Archives/
Academic Info http://www.academicinfo.us/	Virtual Learning Resources Center http://www.virtuallrc.com/

World Wide Web: General Searching
http://tinyurl.com/4ekxp

SearchGov http://www.searchgov.com/	SearchEDU http://www.searchedu.com
Google (limiting to .org) http://tinyurl.com/6yrp9	About http://www.about.com/
Google (limiting to PDF format) http://tinyurl.com/5f294

Pamphlet Files

At the Library, we have several filing cabinets of articles and documents to many topics.  Use the Card catalog that rests on TOP of the filing cabinet, and search by Library of Congress Subject Headings.  Then find the folder that has the articles/documents related to your topic.  You can check out up to five articles/pamphlets at the Check Out Desk.

Citing an Article, Book, or Website

Take a look at the MLA Citation Handout.  Take note that when citing an article from a Library Subscription Database such as the ones listed above, you need to follow special instructions.

MLA Citation Handout http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/cited.html

Article From a Library Subscription Database http://tinyurl.com/ztz7z