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DSPW 0800--Writing--Dr. Sara Kuhn
Library Instructor:  Tisa Houck (697-2577)

 

 

Assignment:  Write a 5 to 7 page research paper with the broad topic of "global climate change."  Any narrow topic within that broader one is possible.  The paper should be prepared in MLA format and should have a minimum of three reliable, authoritative, current sources.  More might be better!
 

 


  1. Use this electronic database to find information from magazines, newspapers,
    reference books, etc.
            (You will need the current passwords for off-campus access.) 

MasterFILE Premier

  Search Tips:

  •  Enclose exact phrases in quotation marks.
            ex.  "greenhouse effect"

  • Use "and" between keywords to narrow your topic
            ex.  "global warming" and recreation OR "climate change" and health and united states

  • Use an asterick (*) to search varied word endings, ex. melt* finds melt, melts, melted, melting

  • Narrow your list by selecting your subject from the list in the yellow column on the left.   

 

 

  2. Search for scientific information from current videos.
            (You will need different passwords for off-campus access.) 
       
  Discovery Education Streaming

  Search Tips:

  • Type your topic in search box, ex. global warming OR global warming and polar bears

  • Consider the grade level OR limit your results to grades 9-12 with the link in the left column

  • View the list of individual segments.

  • Play the entire video or select from the list of segments.

  • View the information for MLA format and make necessary corrections. 

 

 

 

 

3. Search the catalog for books to check out or view online.
               

Avoiding dangerous climate change / editor in chief, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber ; co-editors Wolfgang Cramer ... [et al.].
2007
Library Location: Main Library Book Collection Call Number: QC981.8.C5 A96 2007 Status: Available
Global climate change [electronic resource] national security implications / compiled by Dr. Douglas V. Johnson II, Strategic Studies Institute. Johnson, Douglas V. 2007
Library Location: Online Government Documents Collection Call Number: D 101.146/15:C 61 Status: Online Electronic Resource
Feeling the heat [electronic resource] : dispatches from the front lines of climate change / edited by Jim Motavalli ; with contributions by Sally Deneen ... [et al.] ; photographs by Gary Braasch.
2004
Library Location: Online NetLibrary Book Collection Call Number: QC981.8.G56 F44 2004eb Status: Online Electronic Resource

 

 

4.  Use only reliable Internet sites.

When using the Internet, use only sites that are authoritative and reliable.

Advanced Google Search (limit the domain name to .org or .edu or .gov)

Librarians' Internet Index (http://www.lii.org)

 

 

5.  Cite your electronic sources correctly by following these MLA guidelines:

Electronic Databases

Internet Sites

 

 

Please complete the library instructor evaluation before leaving the classroom.  Thank you!

Tisa Houck
3/08