REFERENCE COLLECTION

Reference materials are the place to begin your research. This is where you find general works on any topic that interests you. Books that you find on your topic in the reference room will contain bibliographies which will lead you to other sources. All items on this research guide that begin with the letters "R.R." are located in the reference room on the third floor of Rolvaag.

1    START HERE for topics on current issues: CQ Researcher

CQ Researcher is an online database of research papers that tackle current issues. They will give you overviews of an issue, pro and con arguments, bibliographies that point you to other resources, and more.

THEN - look at these reference sources as they apply to your subject:

Social Sciences (H)
·The Social Science Encyclopedia. 2v [R.R. H41 .S63 2004]
·Consumer Culture: A Reference Handbook. [R.R. HC79 .C6 G665 2004]
·American Generations. [R.R. HC110 .C6 M545 1998]
·American Incomes: Demographics of Who Has Money. [R.R. HC110 .I5 2005]
·The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising. 3v [R.R. HF5803 .A38 2003]
·Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World. 4v [R.R. HM756 .E53 2003]
·Encyclopedia of Social Issues. 6v [R.R. HN57 .E59 1997]
·Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science. 2v [R.R. HQ767.84 .E52 2005]
·Handbook of Children and the Media. [R.R. HQ784 .T4 H36 2001]
·Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media. 2v [R.R. HQ784 .M3 E53 2007]
·Adolescence in America: An Encyclopedia. 2v [R.R. HQ796 .A33247 2001]
·Contemporary Youth Culture. 2v [R.R. HQ796 .C8154 2006]
·Men and Masculinities. 2v [R.R. HQ1090.3 .M436 2004]
·Encyclopedia of Women and Gender. 2v [R.R. HQ1115 .B52 2001]

Philosophy (including Ethics), Psychology & Religion (B)
·Encyclopedia of Ethics. [R.R. BJ63 .E458 1999]
·Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. 2v [R.R. BJ63 .E44 1998]

·Encyclopedia of Psychology. 8v [R.R. BF31 .E52 2000]

·Encyclopedia of Science and Religion. 2v [R.R. BL240.3 .E43 2002]

Popular Culture - History (E)
·The Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture. 4v [R.R. E169.1 .G7555 2002]
·St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. 5v [R.R. E169.1 .S764 2000]
·Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. 2v [R.R. E184 .A1 G14 1995]

Anthropology - Geography (G)
·Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies. [R.R. GN495.6 .C37 2004]

Media - Language & Literature (P)
·Encyclopedia of Television News. [R.R. PN4888 .T4 E53 1999]

Health - Medicine (R)
·Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior. 2v [R.R. R726.5 .E53 2004]
·Encyclopedia of Mental Health. 3v [R.R. RA790.5 .E53 1998]

Political Science (including Human Rights) (J)
·World At Risk: A Global Issues Sourcebook. [R.R. JZ1242 .W67 2002]
·Encyclopedia of Human Rights. [R.R. JC571 .E67 1996]
·Human Rights Violations. 3v [R.R. JC571 .H783 2003]

2      THE PLACE TO FIND BOOKS     

You may search Bridge by Title, Author, Keyword or Subject. Bridge does not contain articles (articles are found through indexes and databases - see section below). It is easiest to start your searching with a Keyword search. Once you have records to look at, open them and see if there are more specific subjects that you can use to do a Subject search.

You may request materials housed at Carleton directly from Bridge by clicking on the red "Request" button.

Indexes and databases allow you to search for articles within journals, essays within books, or conference papers within proceedings. Some indexes and databases are interdisciplinary, i.e. they include sources from many different disciplines or fields, some are subject specific, i.e. specialized in a particular discipline. Information on all of the indexes is available from the Libraries' Home Page, under " Electronic Research Tools: Articles, Indexes, Encyclopedias & More... "

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INTERDISCIPLINARY

Academic Search Premier -- This database provides access to over 8040 multi-disciplinary publications, both scholarly and popular, many in full-text. Covers 1975 to present.

MasterFILE Premier -- A general multidisciplinary database to mostly popular publications. Includes biographies, reference books, primary source documents, maps and photos. Covers 1975 to present.

SUBJECT SPECIFIC

Business Source Premier -- Indexes approximately 3800 business journals with full text for over 1100 publications. Covers 1922 to present.

Sociological Abstracts -- An index to 2600 sociology journals. Covers 1963 to present.

Gender Watch -- A collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, and special reports devoted to women's and gender issues. Coverage back to the mid-1970's.

Film & Television Literature Index -- A comprehensive database covering the entire spectrum of television and film.

NEWSPAPERS

ProQuest Newsstand Complete -- Full text and abstracted newspapers from across the country.

New York Times -- Offers "full page and article images with searchable full text back to the very first issue in 1851.

WEB SITES

Using the Web

There is a lot of good information on the Internet but there is also a lot of garbage. If you use web sites in your research, it is important that you carefully evaluate the information you find and determine whether it is worthy of inclusion in a scholarly endeavor. The following table will help you ask the right questions as you evaluate sites:

Based on "Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask." UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops. 7 Jan 2005. 14 Feb 2005 and "Evaluating Web Sites." The Ohio State University Libraries. 14 Feb 2005.

HOW TO CITE

Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper. Includes thorough examples from Turabian, Chicago, MLA, and APA style manuals. Provided by Duke University Libraries.

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. Rolvaag Reference Room [RR LB2369. G53]