DSPW 0800: Writing (Privett--Kimball Site)

http://library.chattanoogastate.edu-----697-4448

DSPW 0800: Writing--Mr. Neil Privett
Library Instructor: Tisa Houck (697-2577)

Assignment: Each student will write a 5-page research paper on a topic of their choice. Five sources are required.

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. "global warming"
Use "and" between keywords to narrow your topic
ex. "global warming" and controversy OR "global warming" and effects

2. Find books to check out or view online
(Visit the Jasper Public Library if you need to have books from the main campus sent there for you to pick up.)

Click tab on the library's homepage.
Enter your topic in one or two words
Limit to <Online Books> for electronic books.
Notice the Location and Status
You will need the current passwords for off-campus access to e-books.

Weather makers : how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on Earth / Tim Flannery.

Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956-

2005

Library Location: Main Campus Library Book Collection

Call Number: QC981.8.C5 F438 2005

Status: Available

Global warming and the American economy [electronic resource] : a regional assessment of climate change impacts / edited by Robert Mendelsohn.

2001

Library Location: Online NetLibrary Book Collection

Call Number: HC106.8 .G594 2001eb

Status: Online Electronic Resource

3. Use only reliable Internet sites such as:

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

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

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

Electronic Databases

Internet Sites

Tisa Houck
11/07