GEN 1070: Amazing Library Race - GEN 1070 - First Year Success Seminar - Research Guides at Cuyahoga Community College

1. TOPIC SELECTION

Opposing Viewpoints in Context
An online resource that includes articles from academic journals, newspapers, magazines; audio; videos; opinion essays; and primary sources on current controversial issues. A good source of topic ideas for papers and speeches.

Academic Search Complete
Contains full-text articles on topics in multiple disciplines, useful as a starting point for most subjects.

Encore - Tri-C's Library Catalog
Find books, magazines, journals, newspapers, and audio visual materials.
My Library Account
Renew books, review holds, and check for book deliveries.

Internet Search Tips:

Site command: To limit a search to authoritative websites, choose a preferred domain (.edu, .gov or .org) by adding site:.domain

For example, to search only .org sites, add site:.org to your search, like this:
cyberbullying site:.org

Be sure not to include spaces between site: and the domain.

Quotation Marks to Find a Phrase: When searching for a concept that is a phrase, like global warming or medical marijuana or health care, enclose the phrase in quotation marks.
Examples:
"global warming" "medical marijuana" "health care"

C.R.A.P. Test
Another website evaluation tool for students to learn about criteria used to evaluate websites.
C.R.A.P. Test (Interactive)
Interactive website evaluation tool that enables students to score the quality of websites.

Email a Librarian
Send a reference question to the Tri-C librarians;
we will respond within 2 working days
(Monday through Friday).

Phone the Reference Desk
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