FMS 121 - Bertrand Landry
General Information
Electronic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Finding Background Information
Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Contains the full-text of many encyclopedias and dictionaries.
- Provides basic information on a variety of topics and can be useful for narrowing down a topic.
Databases
Academic Search
Premier
- Use to find articles from magazines and journals
- Offers full text for over 1,200 academic journals on all subjects.
Proquest
Research Library
- Covers over 2,600 journals, magazines and newspapers on a variety of topics.
- Offers full text for over 1,700 publications.
New York Times Historical
- Contains the New York Times from 1851-2005
Online News Sources
The BBC
New York Times
Searching the Web
Guidelines for Evaluating
Web Resources
Suggestions for how to make sure the stuff you get off the web is quality
material. From our online tutorial Finding It!
Style Guides
MLA Style - Modern
Language Association
Citing Electronic Resources in MLA Style
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