FRS 180 - Academic Self Management (Prof. Rosemary McCullough)

Introduction | Reference Sources | Indexes & Databases | Internet Resources | Writing the Paper

Zip Kellogg
Glickman Library, Portland
tel. 780-4272
e-mail: zkellogg@usm.maine.edu

Academic Self Management is an information intensive course. This course guide will help you navigate and find that information. Here you'll find links to many sources of information. If you're searching only on Google you are missing a lot...
Keep in mind that the USM librarians are your friends...they are "idea people" who will work with you until you find what you need.

Here are a few "reference books" which have summaries of topics. There are thousands besides these, but they are an excellent starting place...

Business: The Ultimate Resource
POR Reference HD 38.15 B878

Abortion: A Reference Handbook
POR Ref HQ 767.5 U5 C67

The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music
POR Ref ML 102 P66 G84

The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary
POR Ref HV 2475 T46

Women's Studies: A Recommended Bibliography
POR Ref Z 7963 F44 K75

MacMillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
POR Ref HQ 1073 M33

Exploring Health Care Careers
POR Ref R690 E97

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for nearly 4,000 scholarly publications of which 3,100 are peer reviewed.

Psychinfo
Index to the literature of psychology and related subjects.

ProQuest Newspapers
Full text of many newspaper articles. Includes The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and the Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and news wires.

Maine Newsstand
Index to and full text coverage of several Maine newspapers (e.g. Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, and others)

URSUS is the place to find books !

Be careful when you search the net. You may find a lot of junk and little of value. If Google tells you it found ten million items but all you see is frustration, then you've not performed a good search. There are many tricks to improving your search skills. Quickest shortcut to improved searching? Talk with a librarian-- 780-4272.

Writing Handbooks

St. Martin's Handbook
POR Reference PE1112 .L86 1989
Contains sections on the writing process, sentence construction, punctuation, doing research, and academic writing.

A Writer's Reference, 5th Edition
POR and GOR Reference PE1408 .H2778 2003
Includes sections on composing and revising, design, sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, writing, and documentation. The Student Companion web site includes online help.

Citation Style: APA

APA Documentation (University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)

APA Style.org

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition
POR and GOR Reference BF76.7 .P83 2001; LEW Reserve BF76.7 .P83 2001

Online: A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources

Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format (Updated to 5th Edition) (Purdue University Online Writing Lab)

Citation Style: MLA

Citing Sources (MLA) (Indiana University)

MLA (University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th edition
POR Reference LB2369 .G53 2003

Online! A Reference Guide Using Internet Resources

Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format (Purdue University Online Writing Center)

Plagiarism

How to Recognize Plagiarism (Indiana University School of Education)

Created by: Zip Kellogg
Created on: 10.31.2006
Last Updated: 10.31.2006