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Information Literacy Modules

 

Periodicals 

 

 

Communications:

Communication & Mass Media Complete  - our best online coverage of communication journals.

 

MLA International Bibliography -  Covers literature, language, linguistics and folklore.  Provides citations to journal articles, single-author monographs, book chapters from multi-author works, dissertation abstracts, and book series.  Produced by the Modern Language Association of America. 

 

 

Business :

Business and Company ASAP - contains full-text articles from business journals. 

 

Also use Academic OneFile under "General Coverage" below.

 

 

Psychology and Social Sciences:

InfoTrac Psychology Collection - A subset of Academic OneFile, this database provides full-text articles related to psychology.

 

PsycINFO  - Contains more than 1.8 million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports, all in the field of psychology. Journal coverage, which dates back to the 1800s, includes international material selected from more than 1,700 periodicals in over 30 languages.

 

SocINDEX with Full Text  - contains full text for 253 "core" coverage sociology journals dating back to 1895, and 72 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for 547 books and monographs, and full text for 6,711 conference papers.

 

General Coverage:

Academic OneFile  - a general journal index covering many disciplines, not just communications.  Contains full-text of some articles. 

 

Newstand (ProQuest) - Includes full-text coverage of 27 newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. 

 

 

Find More Books  

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 business and finance / Burton S. Kaliski, editor-in-chief.

Encyclopedia of communication and information: edited by Schement, Jorge Reina.

Web Sites  

 

Standard & Poor's Net Advantage - Provides basic financials, stock advisories, and industry analysis for thousands of public companies. 

 

ThomasNet - Comprehensive directory listings for industrial companies, products and services.  Formerly published in paper as the Thomas Register.

 

Business Plans and Profiles Index - Sample business plans in various industries.  From Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

 

Inc.com - Short, non-scholarly articles on topics of interest to small business owners.

 

Internet Sources for U.S. Corporate, Industrial & Economic Information - Links to lots of sites.  Provided by the J. Murrey Atkins Library of the University of North Carolina - Charlotte.

 

 

 

Government Information:

USA.gov - A search engine for government Web pages, with an emphasis on the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.

 

 

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.

 

 

How to Cite Sources:

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.

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.

APA Citation Style - examples of citations in APA Format for your list of References.

 

Standardized Tests:

Test Prep Review -- Free access to sample questions from many standardized tests, such as graduate school entrance exams and certification exams.

 

For more websites, see the complete list.