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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.
Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media
Encyclopedia of communication and information
COMM 204:
Encyclopedia of genocide and crimes against humanity
Gale encyclopedia of the unusual and unexplained
Gale Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits - This encyclopedia has short articles on specific ghosts and haunted places. It also covers broader subjects, such as electronic voice phenomena, extrasensory perception, ghost lights, Marian apparitions, and paranormal investigation. It is shelved in the Reference Collection on the 1st Floor [Call Number Ref BF1461 .G85 2007].
Virtual Reference Library - Search a collection on online reference books from Gale, a respected publisher of subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries.
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.
Communications:
Communication & Mass Media Complete - our best online coverage of communication journals.
Paper Index at University of Idaho: Communication Abstracts - a Paper Index, 1978-Present. UI Library Reference Collection, Call Number Index P87.C6.
Business :
ABI/INFORM Global - Provides scholarly and comprehensive coverage of business research topics. Search nearly 3000 worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Expanded international coverage. Includes The Wall Street Journal.
Children and Education:
ERIC - Contains citations and abstracts from almost 1000 education-related journals. Also contains citations to ERIC Documents, including conference papers and curriculum suggestions. The LCSC Library has many ERIC Documents, full-text, on microfiche. Many recent articles are being provided full-text.
ProQuest Education Journals - Leading full-text journals in education and related fields.
Psychology and Social Sciences:
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.
ProQuest Psychology Journals - With complete full-text coverage from top psychology and related publications, this database meets the needs of both students and mental-health professionals.
ProQuest Social Science Journals - Full-text periodicals covering the social sciences.
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.
Science:
ProQuest Health and Medical Complete - Designed to serve a wide range of people who need health information -- from hospital administrators to medical professionals to consumers. The database provides coverage from leading health journals and essential medical journals in key medical specialties.
ProQuest Science Journals - Full text and images for the leading periodicals in science and technology. Subject coverage includes computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, and transportation.
ProQuest Telecommunications - Full text of top telecommunications industry publications. Includes magazines, journals, and newsletters for the latest in this fast changing industry.
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.
General Coverage:
ProQuest Central - Includes articles from over 11,000 magazines and journals. Many, but not all, provide the full-text of articles. Over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively in this product including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, and social sciences.
ProQuest National Newspapers Premier - Includes a balance of national and regional newspapers chosen for their journalistic excellence and regional representation. All titles are available in full text. Papers include national titles such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post along with a selection of titles from across the U.S. such as the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Denver Post, The Sacramento Bee plus other important U.S. papers.
Research Library - A smaller collection of periodicals than ProQuest Central. Covers a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.
Communications Websites:American Rhetoric - A gateway to famous and important speeches, maintained by Michael E. Eidenmuller, University of Texas, Tyler.
Annenberg Public Policy Center -- Provides Research Findings and Data Sets on topics related to political communication, information and society, media and children, health communication, and adolescent risk. Provided by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
Center for Nonverbal Studies - "Established in 1997, The Center for Nonverbal Studies (CNS) is a private, nonprofit research center located in Spokane, WA, whose mission is to advance the study of human communication in all forms other than language .... The centerpiece of the CNS site ... is The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs, & Body Language Cues" [S.A. Rollman, CHOICE review, November 2006].
Library Resources for Communication Studies - Detailed lists of print and electronic resources for Communications. Developed and maintained by librarians who are members of the Education and Behavioral Sciences Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Speech Accent Archive - "With the assistance of his students and many outside contributors, linguistics professor Weinberger (George Mason U.) has compiled an extensive collection of audio clips demonstrating speech accents from around the world" [S.L. Johnson, CHOICE review, December 2007].
Women's Speeches from Around the World - Provided by Sweet Briar College.
Film and Television Websites:
CineFiles -- "CineFiles is a database of reviews, press kits, festival and showcase program notes, newspaper articles, and other documents from the PFA [Pacific Film Archive] Library's collection. The collection contains documents from a broad range of sources covering world cinema, past and present. CineFiles currently includes materials on the films of over 175 directors whose works have been featured in PFA's exhibition program" [from the Website].
Filmsound.org : Learning Space Dedicated to the Art of Film Sound Design -- A site maintained by Sven E. Carlsson.
Internet Moving Image Archive -- Contains thousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download. Part of the Internet Archive.
Museum of Broadcast Communications -- Archive contains over 7,000 hours of digitized radio and television content. Registration (for free) is required for access.
Native Networks - Online information about film, video, and radio produced by indigenous people of the Americas and Hawaii.
Origins of American Animation -- A collection of 21 animated films and 2 fragments, which spans the years 1900 to 1921. The films include clay, puppet, and cut-out animation, as well as pen drawings. Provided by the Library of Congress, as part of its American Memory Project.
Journalism Websites:
The Center for Public Integrity : Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest - "Billing its work as 'watchdog journalism in the public interest,' this organization and its site are the antithesis of sound-bite broadcast news .... Projects that other news organizations cannot -- or will not -- undertake are investigated with ferocity by staff and a network of journalists.... Another link (Journalist Ethics, on the dropdown menu at About Us) details the mandatory steps staff must follow to ensure ethical and accurate reporting; this will be particularly valuable for journalism students. " -- S. B. DeMasi, CHOICE.
Code of Ethics -- of the Society of Professional Journalists.
ProPublica -- Publishes investigative journalism on what they call "truly important stories, stories with 'moral force.' " ProPublica is a nonprofit organization funded by The Sandler Foundation.
Vanderbilt Television News Archive - "Currently the site offers 850,000 records, including every ABC, CBS, and NBC evening news broadcast since August 5, 1968 ... Beyond the evening news, the archive has recorded 9,000 hours of special news-related programming, e.g., presidential press conferences and that having to do with political campaigns" -- D.A. Schmitt, CHOICE review, September 2007.
Government Information:
USA.gov - A search engine for government Web pages, with an emphasis on the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
Occupational Outlook Handbook - Information on careers from the Department of Labor.
Federal Digital System - Searchable database of Web pages, with an emphasis on the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government, including Congressional bills and hearings. 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:
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.
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:
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.
Online Resources for Writers - Links to useful information from colleges and universities, covering all phases of writing academic essays. Provided by the Amherst Writing Center.
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.
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."
Standardized Tests:
Test Prep Review -- Free access to sample questions from many standardized tests, such as graduate school entrance exams and certification exams.
Page Author: Barbara Barnes
Last updated: September 16, 2009
