Geography 111 Regional Study of the Modern Industrial World

Geography 111 ~ Regional Study of the Modern Industrial World

Finding Articles	Evaluating Articles in Journals	Print Reference Sources
Other Circulating Books	Internet Resources	Citing Sources

Examples of an Annotation

Cornell Library Annotation

University of Minnesota ~ Writing an Annotated Bibliography

Finding Print Reference Sources in the A.C. Buehler Library

Suggested Library of Congress Subject Headings

Environmental law, International

Environmental policy

European union

Free Trade--North America

Free Trade--Environmental aspects

Geography

Germany --History--Unification, 1990

International relations

International trade

Latin America --Commerce-- United States

Latin America --Foreign relations--United States

National Characteristics

Population

Yugoslavia-- History

Examples of Print Resources from the Reference Collection

Culturegrams: The Nations Around Us Reference R909.82C968

The DK Geography of the World Reference R910D626g

The Europa World Year Book Reference R341.184E89

Western Europe 2000 ~ The World Today Series R909.83 W527 2000

The World Almanac & Book of Facts Reference R317.3W927

WorldMark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life 4 vols. Reference R 305.8003 W927

Examples of Print Resources from the Circulating Collection

Doing Business in ...(Do a Browse Title search on this in Illinet Online)

Doing Business in Korea. 346.519D657k

Green Politics and Global Trade. 382.917 A913G

Standing Together, Standing Apart:National Identities after NAFTA. 382.917 j74 c1

Korean Heritage Series. 709.519K84

Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves. 658.408 G739c

Power and Interdependence. 337 K37p2001

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Finding Other Circulating Books

I-Share
The "card catalog" of the A.C. Buehler Library. Use this resource to find books, journal titles, movies, and music owned by Elmhurst College, and information about items located in 65 academic libraries in Illinois. You can locate books owned by the library using I-Share .

SWAN serves as the catalog for 75 public libraries located in the south and near west suburbs of Chicago, including the Elmhurst Public Library.

Dupage Library System Magic Database MAGIC (Multitype Automation Group In Cooperation) is a consortium of libraries using a shared library automation system hosted by the DuPage Library System. MAGIC members include public, school, and academic libraries.

WorldCat A combined catalog of more than 34,000 libraries worldwide.

Evaluating Articles I find in Journals and Online

How do I know whether an article is useful to me?

Learn how to critically analyze information sources.

Is this a scholarly article or a popular article?

How to distinguish between the two.

Finding Articles, Newspapers and Information in Databases

Reference Databases:
These are searchable online reference book databases. Each collection contains more than one book, and each collection has different books in it. if you don't find what you are looking for in one database, try another.

Credo Reference ~ over 275 electronic books, ranging from art to technology. Search across all subjects or select specific subject areas to search in.
Gale Virtual Reference Library ~ full text of over 50 reference sources. Do a basic Search to get the big picture of what's available, or search by subject.
Sage E-Reference . A collection of over 60 key reference sources in the social sciences.
Britannica Online ~ same as the printed version, but searchable.

Daily Life Online past and present cultural information from all over the world. Browse by country or topic, or do a more focused search. Also has links to outside resources.

Academic Search Complete
Provides abstracts from almost 8,200 periodicals in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multicultural studies, and others, with full text articles from 4,700 titles. PDF's go back to 1975 or further, and almost every topic of study is covered.

Business Source Elite
Contains selected full text from over 1,100 journals in business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting, and related areas. Coverage is from 1985 to present.

Lexis-Nexis Academic
Provides full text access to over 5,600 news, business, legal, and reference sources.

ProQuest Newspapers
This collection allows you to search The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, and The New York Times Magazine simultaneously.

How can I find the Journals cited by the databases above that are not full-text?

Search for the journal title in our alphabetical list of journals online
Search for the journal title in I-Share Online and find that we own it in paper and find it located on our lower level arranged aphabetically by journal title
How do I order a photocopy of an article I can't find at Elmhurst College?

Finding Internet Resources

Country Information Sources

U.S. Government Sources

Evaluating Internet Resources

Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages

How to Cite the Sources

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 4th ed. R808.042 M685 1995

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. R808.06615 P976 2002

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association

Citing Sources

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This page was created by Donna Goodwyn, Associate Librarian, and revised September 17, 2008
by Peg Cook, Assistant Reference Librarian, Elmhurst College.

Geography 111 ~ Regional Study of the Modern Industrial World

Examples of an Annotation

Finding Print Reference Sources in the A.C. Buehler Library

Suggested Library of Congress Subject Headings

Examples of Print Resources from the Reference Collection

Examples of Print Resources from the Circulating Collection

Finding Other Circulating Books

Evaluating Articles I find in Journals and Online

How do I know whether an article is useful to me?

Is this a scholarly article or a popular article?

Finding Articles, Newspapers and Information in Databases

Reference Databases:
These are searchable online reference book databases. Each collection contains more than one book, and each collection has different books in it. if you don't find what you are looking for in one database, try another.

Daily Life Online past and present cultural information from all over the world. Browse by country or topic, or do a more focused search. Also has links to outside resources.

Academic Search Complete
Provides abstracts from almost 8,200 periodicals in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multicultural studies, and others, with full text articles from 4,700 titles. PDF's go back to 1975 or further, and almost every topic of study is covered.

Business Source Elite
Contains selected full text from over 1,100 journals in business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting, and related areas. Coverage is from 1985 to present.

Lexis-Nexis Academic
Provides full text access to over 5,600 news, business, legal, and reference sources.

ProQuest Newspapers
This collection allows you to search The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, and The New York Times Magazine simultaneously.

How can I find the Journals cited by the databases above that are not full-text?

Finding Internet Resources

Country Information Sources

U.S. Government Sources

Evaluating Internet Resources

How to Cite the Sources

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Geography 111 ~ Regional Study of the Modern Industrial World

Examples of an Annotation

Finding Print Reference Sources in the A.C. Buehler Library

Suggested Library of Congress Subject Headings

Examples of Print Resources from the Reference Collection

Examples of Print Resources from the Circulating Collection

Finding Other Circulating Books

Evaluating Articles I find in Journals and Online

How do I know whether an article is useful to me?

Is this a scholarly article or a popular article?

Finding Articles, Newspapers and Information in Databases

Reference Databases:These are searchable online reference book databases. Each collection contains more than one book, and each collection has different books in it. if you don't find what you are looking for in one database, try another.

Daily Life Online past and present cultural information from all over the world. Browse by country or topic, or do a more focused search. Also has links to outside resources.

Academic Search Complete Provides abstracts from almost 8,200 periodicals in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multicultural studies, and others, with full text articles from 4,700 titles. PDF's go back to 1975 or further, and almost every topic of study is covered.

Business Source Elite Contains selected full text from over 1,100 journals in business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting, and related areas. Coverage is from 1985 to present.

Lexis-Nexis Academic Provides full text access to over 5,600 news, business, legal, and reference sources.

ProQuest Newspapers This collection allows you to search The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, and The New York Times Magazine simultaneously.

How can I find the Journals cited by the databases above that are not full-text?

Finding Internet Resources

Country Information Sources

U.S. Government Sources

Evaluating Internet Resources

How to Cite the Sources

back to the top

Reference Databases:
These are searchable online reference book databases. Each collection contains more than one book, and each collection has different books in it. if you don't find what you are looking for in one database, try another.

Academic Search Complete
Provides abstracts from almost 8,200 periodicals in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multicultural studies, and others, with full text articles from 4,700 titles. PDF's go back to 1975 or further, and almost every topic of study is covered.

Business Source Elite
Contains selected full text from over 1,100 journals in business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting, and related areas. Coverage is from 1985 to present.

Lexis-Nexis Academic
Provides full text access to over 5,600 news, business, legal, and reference sources.

ProQuest Newspapers
This collection allows you to search The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, and The New York Times Magazine simultaneously.