MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE LIBRARY

Before starting your paper, use the Assignment Calculator (from the University of Minnesota Libraries) for help in determining your research timeline.

Get an overview of the historical and consititutional aspects of church and state by searching the Facts on File history databases.

Look for Supreme Court cases, analyses and some articles in CQ Supreme Court Collection.

To locate books, videos, DVDs available at MCC, use our catalog MIDAS. Check Worldcat for items we do not own (use the Interlibrary Loan forms to request the books, videos, DVDs). Remember that you can also check the e-book collection: Humanities e-Books.

Find law review articles by using Lexis-Nexis- Legal Research.
You can also use Lexis-Nexis to find newspaper articles. Remember to do a “Guided News Search”, Step 1 “General News”, Step 2 “Major Papers”. The default time period is 6 months, but you can search “All of the dates” or anywhere in between.

Academic Search Premier is a general database (covering many different subject areas) Use it to search for journals and magazines.

Depending on the focus of your paper, you could also search for journal articles in JSTOR.

Try using the word religion instead of church and laws, constitution or government instead of state if you are having difficulty finding materials for your paper.

OR
Remember that the Reference Librarians are here to help!
Stop by the Reference Desk
Email us at refmcclibrary@yahoo.com
Call us at 732 906-2561
or
Post a question on this Blog.

It was great to meet all of you yesterday!

A reminder of some of the sites we reviewed:

The Assignment Calculator (from the University of Minnesota Libraries) for help in determining your research timeline.

The Best Search Tools chart from Infopeople. Provides an overview of the features of major search engines, and includes two of my favorite internet directories: Librarian’s Index to the Internet and Infomine. Please remember these are very small databases compared to Google, but you can find one or two credible/scholarly/important websites in most subject areas.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries can help you understand your topic, provide insight into an issue you might want to explore and identify terms that may help in your searches. Try Facts on File for history, literature, health and science encyclopedias and other reference sources. Use Gale Virtual Reference Library for health/medicine; culture; child and family psychology and film. Or use a general encyclopedia like Britannica Online.

To locate books, videos, DVDs available at MCC, use our catalog MIDAS. Check Worldcat for items we do not own (use the Interlibrary Loan forms to request the books, videos, DVDs). Remember that you can also check the e-book collections PsycBooks and History e-Books (if your topic is related to those subject areas.)

For articles from newspapers, check Lexis-Nexis, Historical New York Times (1851-2003), and ABI Inform (for Wall Street Journal).

Academic Search Premier is a general database (covering many different subject areas) Use it to search for journals and magazines.

There are subject-specific databases such as: PsycInfo (psychology); Science Direct (science & medicine); ABI Inform and Business Source Premier (business, management & accounting); Lexis-Nexis- Legal Research (law and law-related topics) and others available on the Library’s Magazines, Journals and Newspapers page.

Reference Librarians are here to help!
In New Brunswick, during the Spring 2007 semester, a Reference Librarian is available on Wednesday nights from 6PM-9PM.
Otherwise:
Stop by the Reference Desk on the Edison campus (we’re open 73 hours a week, 7 days a week.)
Call us at 732 906-2561
Email us at refmcclibrary@yahoo.com
or
Post a question on this Blog.

Good Luck with your research projects!

Before starting, check the Assignment Calculator (from the University of Minnesota Libraries)for help in determining your research timeline.

Check MCC Library’s catalog, MIDAS, to find books, videos and DVDs on your topic.

Check WorldCat for additional titles and request them through Interlibrary Loan.

For most topics:
For articles from magazines, journals and newspapers:
Academic Search Premier

Lexis-Nexis
Remember to do a “Guided News Search”, Step 1 “General News”, Step 2 “Major Papers”. The default time period is 6 months, but you can search “All of the dates” or anywhere in between.

Some topics will find the following databases helpful:
Communications and Mass Media Complete

PsycInfo

If you are interested in seeing older New York Times articles and ads, use the Historical New York Times.

ABI/Inform

Business Source Premier

JSTOR

To find a few good websites, try using:
Infomine

Librarian’s Index to the Internet

Instead of the website recommended by your textbook authors, look at:
All Experts

or

Explore the notes and references on Wikipedia.

Remember that the Reference Librarians are here to help!
Stop by the Reference Desk
Email us at refmcclibrary@yahoo.com
Call us at 732 906-2561
or
Post a question on this Blog.

Just a reminder of the sources covered during the Library orientation on Friday.

What words should you use?
Try any one of the following: obedience; conformity; peer influence; altruism. You could also look at: honor codes; whistle blowing; nonconformity; moral development.
In most cases, limiting by the word children works well.
NOTE: Some of the words work better in some databases than in others.

Check MCC Library’s catalog, MIDAS, to find books, videos and DVDs on your topic.
You can also check the collection of e-books on psychology: PsycBooks.
Can’t find what you need at MCC Library?
Check WorldCat for additional titles and request them through Interlibrary Loan.

For articles from magazines, journals and newspapers, use the following databases:
Academic Search Premier

Lexis-Nexis Remember to do a “Guided News Search”, Step 1 “General News”, Step 2 “Major Papers”. The default time period is 6 months, but you can search “All of the dates” or anywhere in between.

PsycInfo

If you are interested in seeing older New York Times articles, use the Historical New York Times.

Keep yourself on target for completing your paper by following the Assignment Calculator.
(Sometimes conformity is the best thing to do!)

Reference Librarians are here to help!
Stop by the Reference Desk
Call us at 732 906-2561
Email us at refmcclibrary@yahoo.com
or
Post a question on this Blog.

The web page on Film Criticism covers all of the online resources reviewed in the Library orientation and lists the Reference print sources discussed at the beginning of class.

Need to know if we have a particular periodical (newspaper, magazine or journal)? Check our Journal & Magazine Finder.

Remember that if MCC Library does not have what you need, you can request it through Interlibrary Loan at no charge.

Enjoy your movies!

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Reference Librarians are here to help!
Stop by the Reference Desk
Call us at 732 906-2561
Email us at refmcclibrary@yahoo.com
or
Post a question on this Blog.