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• Borrowing Materials

• Finding Books, CDs, Videos, and Government Documents

• Finding Journal Articles

Information Literacy Modules - online tutorials to help you build your research skills

     Icebergs on the Sea of information (listen and watch!)

Contact a Reference Librarian

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. 

Virtual Reference Library - Search a collection on online reference books from Gale, a respected publisher of subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Web Sites    

 

Time Archive - Search the archives of Time Magazine.  If the article you want isn't provided full-text, remember that the LCSC Library has Time Magazine in paper from 1937-1965 and from 2005 to the present.  We have the magazine in microfiche format from 1966-2003.  Some of our journal databases have full-text of Time Magazine articles from 1992 to the present.  Ask the Librarian for help in finding the article you need!

 

 

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.

Data.gov - Information and access to data generated and help by the Federal Government.

Medline Plus [A consumer health information service of the National Institutes of Health].

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.

 

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 Formatting and Style Guide - Guidance provided by Purdue University Online Writing Lab.

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

 

MLA Formatting and Style Guide - Guidance provided by Purdue University Online Writing Lab.

MLA Citation Style - Guidance provided by the University of Illinois Writers' Workshop.

 

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.

Thesaurus.com - Find synonyms for your search terms.  An Ask.com service.

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."