Here are some resources for your Literature Reviews:
Link to Library Home Page
Forms for Requesting Materials
Frequently Asked Questions
Information Literacy Modules (for a refresher)
GENERAL SCIENCE INDEXES:
Computer Database - Includes computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.
Expanded Academic ASAP - Covers humanities, social sciences, science and technology. Provides access to scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images.
Academic OneFile - Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily. A Thomson Gale database.
InfoTrac General Science - A subset of Academic OneFile, this database provides full-text articles related to science.
PNAS Online - Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA Online. Includes the full text plus the figures, tables, equations, and references of articles in PNAS dating back through 1996.
Online access available through LCSC campus network only.Google Scholar - A new product from Google that provides citations to scholarly journals.
SCIRUS - A comprehensive science-specific search engine available on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, it enables scientists, students and anyone searching for scientific information to chart and pinpoint data, locate university sites and find reports and articles quickly and easily. It was launched by Elsevier Science, the leading international publisher of scientific information.
Public Library of Science - A new publishing venture by scientists. PLoS is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. Most of their articles are available through PubMed Central in full-text.
EDUCATION INDEXES:
ERIC - Contains citations and abstracts from almost 1000 education-related journals. Citations to the contents of ERIC Documents, including conference papers and curriculum suggestions. The LCSC Library has most recent ERIC Documents, full-text, on microfiche.
InfoTrac Educators - A subset of Academic OneFile, this database provides full-text articles related to education.
LCSC Library Catalog - provides information about the materials owned by the LCSC Library and other North Idaho Academic Libraries, including North Idaho College and the University of Idaho. Also has a link to WIN Libraries, so you can search Gonzaga, Whitworth, and VALNet Libraries.
Virtual Reference Library - Search a collection on online reference books from Gale, a respected publisher of subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Encyclopedia of privacy / William G. Staples, editor.
WSU Library Catalog - (Washington State University). To find out if they have any books on your topic, search on "Keyword." Keep your search BRIEF with just a word or a few words! To find out if they subscribe to a particular journal, click on "Journals, Magazines, Newspapers" in the drop-down box next to the "Go" button. Searching this link is helpful if you are going to go to WSU to do research; THEY CHARGE LCSC TO SEND MATERIALS VIA INTERLIBRARY LOAN!
WorldCat - A catalog of items held at libraries throughout the world. Many of these materials can be borrowed through inter-library loan.
Google Books - Info from their Website: "Just do a search on Google Book Search or on Google.com. When we find a book whose content contains a match for your search terms, we'll link to it in your search results. Click a book title and you'll see, like a card catalog entry, some basic information about the book. You may also see a few snippets of text from the book showing your search term in context. If the publisher or author has given us permission through our Partner Program then you'll see a few full pages from the book and if the book is out of copyright, you'll be able to page through the entire book." Click on the "About This Book" link and look for a link called "Find This Book in a Library" to locate the nearest library holdings.
Gate2Home -- An online on-screen keyboard emulator that enables Internet users to write in their language wherever they are in the world.
Shodor.org -- A non-profit research and education organization dedicated to the advancement of science and math education, specifically through the use of modeling and simulation technologies. The site offers access to software and curriculum materials sorted by grade and subject.
Teacher's Domain : Multimedia resources for the classroom and professional development - Provided by WGBH, the PBS station in Boston. Most materials are for science subjects. User needs to register (for free).
Government:
USA.gov - A search engine for government Web pages, with an emphasis on the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Another good source of statistics.
Science.gov - A gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.
GPO Access - Searchable database of Web pages, with an emphasis on the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government. Provided by the Government Printing Office.
Thomas - An easy-to-search source for legislative information, provided by the Library of Congress.
I-Docs - An online collection of paper and digital resources selectively chosen from published Idaho Government Documents.
Standardized Tests:
Test Prep Review -- Free access to sample questions from many standardized tests, such as graduate school entrance exams and certification exams.
Citations:
APA Citation Style - examples of citations in APA Format for your list of References.
Bibliographies : MLA Format - Guidance provided by the University of Illinois Writers' Workshop.
Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format - Guidance provided by Purdue University Online Writing Lab.
Knight Cite -- An automatic generator of citations in either MLA, APA, or Chicago style. Registering for the service allows you to save citations to generate a bibliography. A free service provided by the Hekman Library at Calvin College.
Son of Citation Machine -- An "interactive Web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties" (from the Website).
Research Paper Help:
Idea Generator - organized by general subject areas. A service of the Library at Old Dominion University. You can use these simple keywords to help you generate ideas of your own for focused research paper topics.
Assignment Calculator - Based on the start date and due date for your assignment, this calculator will map out benchmarks for completing tasks leading up to the final paper. It also provides links to other pages with tips on understanding your assignment, focusing your topic, etc. It was developed by the library at the University of Minnesota, so a few of its linked resources are not available to you. But we have many similar resources available to you on this campus.
Online Writing Lab - A service of the Humanities Division at LCSC, this center provides one-on-one advice from other students on improving your papers before turning them in.
Wikipedia : Researching with Wikipedia - A page on the Wikipedia site that describes the strengths and weaknesses of Wikipedia as a source of information. It includes this statement: "In all academic institutions, Wikipedia, along with most encyclopedias, is unacceptable as a major source for a research paper."
For more websites, see the complete list.
Page Author: Barbara Barnes
Last updated: September 17, 2008
