ENG201 – Medina/Spring 2007

Books / Videos/DVD / Articles / Atlas/Map/
Charts / Web Sites
Gay Rights
  • Marriage
  • Adoption
  • Health benefits
/ WebCat
“Other Libraries” from Library home page / WebCat
>Use “videorecording” as an additional search term / ProQuest
SIRS / SIRS – check “Graphics” in results list / Subject Guides from RHCL site
War in Iraq / WebCat
Use “Iraq War 2003” for your Subject search / Same as above / ProQuest: Use focused search term
SIRS
Other Online Databases:
>Issues & Controversies @Facts.com
>CQ Researcher
>Encycl. Britannica / SIRS – check “Graphics” in results list / **
Global Warming / WebCat / Same as above / ProQuest: Use focused search term
SIRS
Other Online Databases:
>Issues & Controversies @Facts.com (older article, but click on Sidebar topics)
>Encycl. Britannica
>National Library for the Environment / SIRS – check “Graphics” in results list / Subject Guides
HPV Vaccine
(Human Papillomavirus) / WebCat – books on HPV, little on vaccine / WebCat
>Try a Video/DVD Search using “Sexually Transmitted Diseases” as a subject / For recent news on vaccine:
>ProQuest
>SIRS
Other Online Databases:
>Issues & Controversies @Facts.com (statistics too)
>Medical articles in Health Reference Center-Academic, Health & WellnessResourceCenter, Medline Plus, and Highwire Press / SIRS – consult Sidebars in results list / *
Chinese occupation of Tibet / WebCat
>Try “Tibet relations China” in a Subject search / ProQuest: Use focused search term
SIRS: Quick search “China foreign relations Tibet” or Advance Search in text “China” and “Tibet
Other Online Databases:
>Encycl. Britannica
>Country Watch: Search category Country Review for “China” and click on “Foreign Relations” in left margin. / WebCat
>Search Everything for “China and atlas” / *

JUMPSTARTING YOUR RESEARCH

WebCat: The library catalog of the Rio Hondo College Library

ProQuest:

  1. For articles in the form of commentaries, opinions, editorials, do an Advanced Search.
  1. Fill out your topic word(s) next to the “Citation and Abstract” window.
  2. Select “Document Type” and a drop-down window will appear -> click on “Commentary” or on “Editorial.”
  3. Click on “Search.”
  1. For ongoing or long-term events, use focused search terms or specify a date range

Web Sites:

In order to obtain better quality web sites on your topic, perform an Advanced Search on your search engine of choice. Hint: Specify the domain from which you want your results to come.

For example, for topics marked with * (see chart), try this in Google:

  • HPV vaccine site:gov
  • HPV vaccine site:edu
  • China Tibet subject guides site:edu not art

** The Iraq War (2003- ) has spawned hundreds of thousands of web sites. Instead of trying to track down each and every one that may be relevant to your topic, I suggest the following university library web site as a gateway to further information on your focused topic.

  • For interesting graphics on the cost of the war, try click on the links in this site for more information.

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