ENGL 1010: Composition I (Lux)

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ENGL 1010--Composition I--Ms. Erica Lux
Library Instructor: Tisa Houck

"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?"--Albert Einstein

Assignment: Review the description of the assignment topics.

This paper will be a point by point comparison (review your notes or the textbook).
750-1000 words to include a minimum of 2 references from the texts used in the unit and 2 references from outside sources.
Only 1 outside source may be from the internet. NO WIKIPEDIA!

1. Reference Books in our library--a good place to start for background information

	Countries of the World	Ready Ref G 1 .C88
	Cultures of the World	Ref GN 307 .E532
	Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara	Ref DT 351 .E53
	Encyclopedia of Mexico	Ref F 1210 .E63
	Encyclopedia of the Third World	Ref HC 59.7 .K87
	Europa World Year Book	Ready Ref JN 1 .E85
	GEO-DATA	Ref G 103.5 .K87
	The Hutchinson Guide to the World	NetLibrary eBook
	Information Please Almanac	Ready Ref AY 64 .I552
	Lands and Peoples	Ref G 133 .L3
	Oxford Guide to Countries of the World	Oxford Reference Online Core
	Statesman's Year-Book	Ready Ref JA 51 .S7
	Statistical Abstract of the United States	Ready Ref HA 202 .S7
	Statistical Abstract of the World	Ready Ref HA 154 .S83
	Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life	Ref GN 333 .W67

2. Books to check out or view online:

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.

White supremacy : a comparative study in American and South African history / George M. Fredrickson.

Fredrickson, George M., 1934-

1981

Library Location: Main Library Book Collection

Call Number: E184.A1 F73

Status: Available

Comparative imagination [electronic resource] : on the history of racism, nationalism, and social movements / George M. Fredrickson.

Fredrickson, George M., 1934-

1997

Library Location: Online NetLibrary Book Collection

Call Number: E185.61 .F838 1997eb

Status: Online Electronic Resource

3. Electronic Databases:
(Require current passwords for off-campus access.)

For full-text articles on a broad range of topics from magazines, newspapers, reference books, some multimedia, etc., select from :

General OneFile--Search by the country name (ex. South Africa, Southern United States).

MasterFile Premier--Search by keyword combinations (ex. south africa and religion, southern states and religion).

Tips for finding information from electronic databases:

Use a topic to search by Subject; use word combinations to search by Keyword.
Think of all the synonyms that you can use to find information about your topic, such as nature, environment, natural, ecosystem, etc.
Do several keyword searches by combining words with and as well as by using terms side-by-side, such as south africa and cookery or "south african cookery" to see different results. (Use quotation marks around a phrase.)
Use an asterick (*) to get varied word endings, ex. religi* finds religion and religious.
Scan an article before you print; some articles may be quite long or not as useful as you hoped.
Email articles to yourself if you don't have time to read them online, or they are too long to print.
Choose information from the best sources, not just the first ones you see.

3. Reliable Internet sites

When using the Internet, use only sites that are authoritative and reliable, such as:

Background Notes: The U.S. Department of State provides the full text of its "Background Notes" series. The reports include information on the geography, people, government and economy of individual countries. More information on countries is also available.
(http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)
Country Studies: The Library of Congress provides comprehensive country information, including hard-to-find descriptions of society and culture.
(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html)
World FactBook Review the country reports in this annual publication from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/)

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

4. MLA citation formats

Electronic Databases

Web Sites

Tisa Houck
10/07