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Finding Resources Related to Issues Related to Civil Liberties and September 11
(In comparing issues Raised in Farewell to Manzanar)

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Subject Headings  |  Library Subscription Databases   |   Pamphlet Files  |   Reference/Statistical Sources  Library Catalog   |   World Wide Web--Academic Searching    |   World Wide Web--General Searching

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

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

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’s some suggested headings (Note—some terms could be combined by country or region such as "United States" or California. Example: "Civil Rights AND United States")

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. For this assignment, you should especially use EbscoHost Academic Search Elite, Ethnic NewsWatch, Lexis-Nexis Academic, and Alt-PressWatch.

 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, EthnicNewsWatch, Alt-PressWatch, or GenderWatch.

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:

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.

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)

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

 World Wide Web: General Searching http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/Eng1A/Transue.html#search

Evaluate the sites you find using the Web Evaluation Checklist:  http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/evalution.html

Map of Library: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/librarymap.html