English 101: Library Review

 Assignment 1:

 1-5. Find one of each of the following and record the complete title [including author, publisher, date, and place] for books and the complete title [including date and place] for periodicals.

            1--Circulating books: find one book in psychology, one book in history, and one in mathematics.

Reference books

            2--Indexes (such as the Humanities Index, the Social Science Index)

            3--Atlases

            4--Encyclopedias

            5--Dictionaries                                                  ( 7 total)

  Assignment 2:

 6-8. Use the Electronic Resources to find a book in the ACC library, a book in another KCTCS library, a book in a university library.  ( 3 total)

 Assignment 3:

 9-10. Use the Electronic Resources to find a magazine article  and a newspaper article on Afganistan [not the article itself, record only the author, title, name of the source, date, and page numbers].

Use  the Social Science Index and  the   Newspaper Index  and find an article on the death penalty. ( 4 possible)

Assignment 4:

 11. Find an article that has something to do with Ashland in the Vertical File. Record the bibliographic information [oftentimes incomplete].

 Vertical File     ( 1 possible)

Assignment 5:

12-15 Online Resources. 

Find a newspaper article on the topic of your choice using the newspaper index at this site: Newsbank. Record the bibliographic data, as well as the author, title, and source [name of the newspaper].

Find a full text article in INFOTRAC. Record all the bibliographic information and write out the first sentence of the article.

Using an online computer, find a newspaper article. Record the bibliographic information, including the website address and the date that  you accessed the article.

Using an online computer, find the site for the MLA handbook. Record the website address and the date you accessed it.

( 4 possible, for a total of 12)

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