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Resources Available at the Library: English 1A (French)

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

Search Strategy Handout: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/Eng1A/strategy.html

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 left side of the reference desk.  Here are some examples:

Abortion Pro-life movement Pro-choice movement	Juvenile Justice Gangs School Violence	Illegal aliens Immigration law Civil Rights
Animal rights Euthanasia Right to Die	Genetic Engineering Fetal tissues-research Fetal tissues-transplantation	Firearms--law and legislation Gun Control UnitedStates-ConstitutionalLaw-Amendments-2nd
Smoking Tobacco toxicology Cancer	Pollution Ecology Environmental protection	Homelessness Urban Poor Housing Policy
Bilingualism Education, Bilingual Children of immigrants--Education	Civil Rights Women's Rights Gay Rights	Hate crimes Racism Sexism

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	Mainly Newspapers
EbscoHost Academic Search Elite A multi-subject database, covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more!  Tutorial available at: http://tinyurl.com/58ysq	Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Mostly full-text articles from hundreds of newspapers, transcripts from many news programs, and other news resources from all over the world. Search "Quick News Search" for articles from the last two years. For older articles, search in "General News Search."
Project MUSE Scholarly journal articles in the Humanities and Social Sciences.	ProQuest Diversity Databases Full text articles to many alternative newspapers, newsletters, magazines, and peer-reviewed journals.  Searches Alt-PressWatch, Ethnic NewsWatch, And GenderWatch.

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.

Reference/Statistical Sources (Books, Databases and Web sites—This is just a sample)

CQ Researcher	Index at Ref. Desk.  Reference: H35 E35
Facts on File Issues & Controversies	http://tinyurl.com/6ft8u
Online Reference Shelf: Pros and Cons	http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/proscons.html
10,000 Ideas for Term Papers, Projects, Reports, and Speeches	Reference Desk: LB1047.3 .L35 1998
Statistical Abstract of the United States	Reference Desk: HA202 U58 S7 2005
Gale Virtual Library: Social Trends and Indicators USA	http://tinyurl.com/mvzah
Statistics	http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/stats.html
Encyclopedia of Associations	Reference: HS17 .G334 2004
International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family	Reference: HQ9 .E52 2003
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture	Reference: E169.1 .S764 2000
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America	Reference: E184.A1 G14 1995
Countries and Their Cultures	Reference: GN307 .C68 2001
CountryWatch	http://tinyurl.com/6cxcq
Encyclopedia of Drugs and Alcohol	Reference: HV5804.E53 2001
Encyclopedia of Crime & Justice	Reference: HV6017 .E52 2002
West’s Encyclopedia of American Law	Reference: KF154 .W47 1997
Violence in America	Reference: HN90.V5 V5474 1999
Encyclopedia of Psychology	Reference: BF31 .E52 2000
Encyclopedia of Bioethics	Reference: QH332 .E52 1995
International Encyclopedia of Sexuality (Print Version available at HQ21 .I68 2003)	http://tinyurl.com/43pdb
Resources by Subject	http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/subjectindex/

Library Catalog—Finding Books and Videos: http://tinyurl.com/8mo5z

How to Search the Library Catalog: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/librarycatalog.html

Library of Congress Classification Handout: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/lc.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/

Finding a Relevant Article—You can always find articles more like the one you find by using subject headings that were given for the article.

Assignment For Today:  Find one article from EbscoHost. 

1. Go to Magazine, Journal, and Newspaper Articles and More

2. Select a database and follow its directions until you actually get to the one, particular database itself.

3. Enter your search terms.

4.  Select an article and enter relevant information:

Author:	Title:
Title of Journal:	Volume, Issue, Year and page numbers:

5. Send the article to yourself by E-Mail (Look for the E-Mail button inside your database)

Remember: A reference librarian is staffed at the reference desk all hours the Library is open.  We will be more than happy to help you learn how to find information for this assignment.