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Finding Articles
InfoTrac
Web
This is Lincoln Library's database of full-text
journal articles, searchable by keyword, subject,
title, journal, author etc. Call the library for
password information.
Lincoln
Library's Online Newspapers & News Page
Find news sites plus links to our full text collection,
featuring ProQuest (Wall Street Journal)
and NewsBank (over 2,100 full text newspapers
from the U.S. and around the world including the
New York Times and Cleveland Plain Dealer).
Directory
of Open Access Journals
Over 130,000 articles can be accessed freely via
this search engine; they are available by keyword
searching, browsing a title, or by subject.
EESE:
Ejournal Search Engines
Search the content of over 250 full text journals.
Ejournals
This resource page is full of links to information
about electronic journals in the health sciences discipline.
They include an explanation of ejournals; directories
of ejournals; directories of publishers and vendors;
copyright, etc.; many of the journals referenced offer
free online access.
eScholarship
Repository
An open access repository containing over 16,000
papers. Covers published and pre-published materials.
Free Full
Text
Provides direct links to over 7,000 scholarly periodicals
which allow some or all of their online content
to be viewed by ANYONE with Internet access for
free (though some may require free registration).
Google Scholar
This
academic version of Google provides indexing to
some articles and shows other articles that cite
a desired article. Most information IS NOT full
text; you should still begin with InfoTrac,
PsycInfo, etc. However, it does offer some full
text. Additionally, items ARE NOT screened for peer
reviewed articles, nor are there any stated guidelines
that say how inclusion into this database is determined.
It is a useful place to check for citations in addition
to the ones you can get on our pay databases at
the library.
HighBeam Research
Search more than 35 million documents from over
3,000 sources.
HighWire Press
Free online access to the citations or full text
of more than 4 million articles in the areas of
science, technology, and medicine.
Looksmart's
FindArticles.com
This database of over 10 million articles can be
searched by keyword, topic or publication name.
MagPortal
Updated each business day, this current awareness
resource keeps users abreast of recent free magazine
articles available online and is organized into
twelve main categories, including Business, Internet,
Health, and Science & Technology.
The
Paperboy
Using an easy search interface, you can link
to newspaper sites from around the world.
Windows Live Academic Search
Deep content in three fields: Computer Science,
Electrical Engineering, and Physics - with more
than 6 million records from approximately 4,300
journals and 2,000 conferences.
Finding Other Full-Text Documents
Use this section for finding
out what documents are available nationwide, to
help create bibliographies, or to aid in the identification
of a book for Interlibrary
Loan.
See also the library's Other
Libraries page for local online library
catalogs.
1911
Encyclopedia Britannica
An easy to use version of the famous 11th edition
of this work.
Amazon.com
Click on the Books tab to search by
Author, Title, or Subject words. This site offers
all bibliographic information for both in print
and out of print books and often gives reviews of
the work and author information.
BarnesandNoble.com
An online bookstore that offers Author, Title and
Keyword access.
Bloomsbury.com
Research Centre
A free online database of reference books, including
over 17,000 cross referenced entries.
Books
and Periodicals Online
Directory of sources for global news, business,
legal, scientific and medical information.
Choice Reviews Online
This database is "the premier source for reviews
of academic books, electronic media, and Internet
resources of interest to those in higher education."
Google Books
Google Books works like a big library catalog,
similar to Amazon.com. This service offers
basic information about the book, a few snippets
of text from the book showing your search term in
context, and maybe even a few full pages from the
book. If the book is out of copyright, you'll be
able to page through the entire book.
Library of Congress
From the web site, the Library of Congress is "comprised
of approximately 115 million items in virtually
all formats, languages, and subjects, and its collections
are the single most comprehensive accumulation of
human expression ever assembled.
Melvyl
Melvyl is the catalog of the California Digital
Library (including the University of California
and the California State Library.)
National
Academy Press
Read over 3,000 books online for free! NAP
publishes over 200 books a year on a wide range
of topics in science, engineering, and health, capturing
the most authoritative views on important issues
in science and health policy.
OAIster
Contains over 10 million scholarly documents and
images, full text.
OhioLink
Allows bibliographic access to other Ohio colleges'
materials (books only) by Title, Author, Subject
and Keyword.
Pew Research
Center
Projects, reports, and information in the public
interest.
WorldCat
This site will allow you to see books, sound recordings,
musical scores, etc. located in libraries across
the country, including local libraries. Lake
Erie College's holdings ARE NOT included in here,
so you will also need to check the library's
catalog to see if we have it locally before
using Interlibrary
Loan.
Cite
It Right
For
more complex citation questions, consult the appropriate
style guide, or Ask
the Librarian for assistance.
The following print style guides can be found in Reference:
CBE Manual for Authors, Editors and Publishers:
Scientific Style and Format (CBE Style):
Ref 808 Sc27, 6th ed.
Chicago Manual of Style: Ref 808 C432, 15th
ed.
Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic
Information: Ref 808 L612 El25
Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations
(Turabian Style):
Ref 808.02 T84 M319, 6th ed.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
(MLA Style): Ref 808 G35 M72
Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association (APA Style): Ref 070.44 P96, 5th ed.
Basic
Legal Citation
A guide to citing legal publications.
Brief Guide to Citing Government Information
Gives basic citation for information relating
to government information.
Build
Citations for Different Types of Sources
Allows you to input information and see a completed
citation, in APA, MLA or CBE style.
CBE
Documentation Style
For use with science and mathematics.
Chicago
Manual of Style
Used in many disciplines.
Citation Machine
Put in your information and see (in APA, MLA, or
Chicago style) the resulting, correct citation for
your bibliography.
Citation
Style for Research Papers
An excellent, color coded guide to the major citation
styles.
Citation
Style Guides
This one includes MLA, APA, Turabian and AAA (American
Anthropological Association) style guides in .pdf.
Citing
Sources
An excellent and easy to use citing guide that covers
how to cite a specific source using the format of
any one of four well-known style manuals: APA, Chicago,
MLA, and Turabian.
Formatting
Sociology
General guide to citing in the area of sociology,
based upon the American Sociological Review.
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Use this site for citing ERIC documents.
Getting the Best from the Web
Finding
Data on the Internet
A page for helping journalists find information
on many topics. Also contains explanations of statistics
such as mean, median, and standard deviation.
INFOMINE
A selective guide to web sites in areas such as
biology, agriculture, and medicine; government information;
maps and GIS; physical sciences, engineering, computing,
and math; social sciences and humanities; visual
and performing arts; instructional resources.
Internet
Public Library
A good reference source for general subjects.
KWMap
Type in a term or terms and get other related words
to your topic. Very helpful for obtaining additional
words to search on other databases or the Internet.
Lake
Erie College: Search Engines
Our compilation of different search engines, directory
and image search sites.
Librarian's Index to
the Internet
A great search/directory resource of evaluated,
authoritative sites.
Research
101
A nice tutorials that gives you the basics of research,
containing 6 units to help you search for, evaluate
and find information.
USA.Gov
This portal to US government Web sites offers users
access to all government sites from a single central
point.
Just the Facts
- In-Depth Information Sources
American
Community Survey
Per the web site, the "most comprehensive and detailed
data on American families across the country today."
American
Factfinder
In depth database covering information from the
US Census Bureau.
eHow: Clear instructions
on how to do (just about) anything!
A somewhat addictive site that offers a wide range
of information on how to do something, ranging from
business topics to relationships to home and garden.
Facts.com
Contains an encyclopedia, World Almanac, Issues
and Controversies, Today's Science, Historical Events,
Key Events, Maps and more! Please call
the library for off-campus access username and password.
Human
Development Report 2006
Search different indicators such as life expectancy,
literacy rate, Gross National Product and other
statistical indicators or search by country.
Martindale's
Reference Desk
Organized by topic, this handy source has items
from world maps to traffic cams, calculators, English
translation tools and dictionaries. International
in scope.
OFFSTATS
A portal for international statistics.
Recalls.gov
Easy access to US government recalls, including
consumer products, food, motor vehicles, etc.
Statistical
Abstract of the United States
Contains 30 sections of statistical data, including
population, vital statistics, education, elections,
energy, transportation, health and nutrition, and
much more.
Statistical
Resources on the Web
Divided by topic, this resource examines education,
housing, economics, labor, science and various other
topics.
Uncle Sam's Reference Shelf: City and County
Databook
The "official population and housing data from
the 2000 Census plus business and other data"
for all US counties, cities with a population over
25,000 and places with over 2,500 inhabitants.
US
Census Bureau
The best source for statistics about just about
anything in the United States. Also see the US
Census Bureau's Population publications
containing specialized studies on household, family,
population, etc.
Acronym
Finder
Find over 4 million acronyms, abbreviations and
initialisms in this database.
American
Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed. (2000)
"Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and
senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page
color illustrations, language notes and word-root
appendixes."
Annual
Credit Report
To help ward off identity theft, everyone is
allowed a free credit report once per year. Go to
this site to find out how to get yours!
City
Population
Lists principal cities and agglomerations worldwide.
College
Directory
A comprehensive directory of addresses, phone
numbers, maps and area Information for 10,000 colleges
in the USA .
College
Rankings 2007
A ranking of US Colleges by US News and World Report.
See also America's
Best Graduate Schools.
College
Opportunities Online Locator
See and compare profiles of nearly 7,000 colleges
and universities across the nation.
Dictionary of Units
A quick summary of units of measure used throughout
the world. Includes an alphabetical list, tables
and conversion information.
ERSYS
Look up a city or state and get information
on age, education, demographics and more in one,
simple search!
Fast
Facts
A compilation of almanacs, factbooks, statistical
reports & related reference tools.
Guiness
World Records
Online version of the popular series, searchable
by keyword.
Information
Please
The Information Please site is a ready reference
library that you can browse by topic or search by
keyword.
Langenberg.com
Contains Zip Codes, city, area code, county, census
& time zone, Zip Code maps & surrounding
Zips.
Population
Profile of the United States
Offers statistical information on topics such
as housing, social characteristics, household and
diversity.
Refdesk
If you are looking for facts on the net, come here
first. This is a very thorough and well organized
site of research and reference links.
SaferCar.gov
Find out the results of the five star crash
tests back to 1990. You can search by class, year,
make or model. The web site also offers information
about equipment and recalls.
Sperling's Best
Places
Compare information such as education, climate,
health, housing, etc. for two cities in the U.S.
State
and County Quick Facts
Quick, easy access to facts about people, business,
and geography for each state in the US Also
includes Census 2000 data.
VassarStats
Web Site for Statistical Computation
This is a "friendly tool for performing statistical
computation. Each of the links in white text in
the panel on the left will show an annotated list
of the statistical procedures available under that
rubric.
World
Factbook
From the CIA. This site gives general information
about every country in the world. It also includes
information about colonies and unpopulated regions.
Biographical
Information
InfoTrac:
Biography Resource Center
Search for people based on one or more personal facts
such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity,
occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create
a highly-targeted custom search. Please contact the
library for password information.
Marquis
Who's Who on the Web
Features comprehensive profiles on 1.2 million of
the most accomplished individuals from all fields
of endeavor including: government, business, science
and technology, the arts, entertainment, and sports.
International in scope.
Biographical
Dictionary
Includes
more than 33,000 notable men and women and is searchable
by profession, works, keyword, etc.
Biography.com
A source from A&E that offers over 25,000 biographies.
InfoPlease:
Biography
Over 30,000 individuals are listed about people in
the areas of history, the arts, social sciences, humanities,
business and popular culture.
Internet Movie
Database
Provides a search engine to search for individuals
involved in the movie and TV business. Includes brief
biographies and filmography.
Maps
All
the Worlds Maps
Provides access to national maps and maps pinpointing
major cities for countries ranging from A-Z.
David Rumsey
Historical Maps
This collection focuses on 18th and 19th century
North and South American cartographic materials
and includes atlases, globes, school geographies,
maritime charts, etc.
Geode
Per this USGS web site, the user can "view
world maps based on population, transportation,
natural resources, political boundaries, and more."
Google Maps
This site allows you to not only zoom, but to drag
the map to get closer to your result. You can also
choose a satellite image of your map, and driving
directions. Useful in conjunction with Google Local.
Historical
Maps
Charts the last 400 years of historical development
in Illinois and the Northwest Territory.
Library
of Congress Online Map Collections
Includes access to over 500 years of maps, organized
into subject areas such as Cities & Towns, General
Maps, Cultural Landscapes and Military Battles and
Campaigns.
Map History/History
of Cartography
Lots of links, images and annotations relating to
all non-current maps are available here.
MapMachine
From National Geographic, this site links to conservation,
street, topographical, space, historical and country
maps, as well as the standard world maps, and trip
planners.
MapQuest
Handy driving directions with an emphasis on finding
places of interest. Also offers European maps.
National
Atlas of the United States of America
Per the web site, this atlas delivers authoritative
views of scientific, societal, and historical information,
provides easy-to-use tools to display, manipulate,
and query National Atlas data so that customers
can produce their own relevant information, and
more!
National
Geologic Map Database
Thousands of geological maps are available at
this site.
PCL
Map Collection
Contains maps from all over the world, as well as
historical maps. Can be saved and edited as
graphics files
TopoZone
This database contains "every USGS 1:100,000, 1:25,000,
and 1:24,000 scale map for the entire United States."
Yahoo:
Maps and Driving Directions
Another, more user-friendly option for obtaining US
driving directions.
Internet Tools
Adobe
Acrobat Reader
An increasingly important web tool that many sites
require for accessing their documents. Just
follow the directions at this site to download and
install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software onto
your computer (once installed, it works automatically).
Real.com
Many sites now require this streaming software to
deliver audio and video through the Internet.
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