PHI 4938 --
Senior Seminar in Philosophy
Web page created by: Maris L. Hayashi, Reference Librarian
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InfoTrac
OneFile (Some Full Text)
Provides access to articles and
article citations from news periodicals related to current events, the
environment, law, social science, popular culture, and more.
LexisNexis
Academic (Full Text)
Provides access to magazine and
newspaper articles.
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Search tab, then for...
•Magazine articles
- Step 1 = General News > Step 2 =
Magazines and Journals
•Newspaper articles -
Step 1 = General News > Step 2 =
Major Papers
•News wires - Step 1 =
News Wires > Step 2 = All available wire
reports
•Transcripts - Step 1 =
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select a a specific source)
OmniFile
Full Text (Some Full Text)
Multi-disciplinary database
that covers the social sciences, humanities, current issues, and
more.
ProQuest
Newspapers (Full Text)
Access articles from major U.S.
newspapers - Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times,
Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor.
Academic Articles
The
Philosopher's Index
Provides citations to academic
articles and books of philosophy and related
fields.
Important! - When searching by journal
title, be sure to use the dash "-" located next to the zero/0 key on the
keyboard in between each word in the title, e.g. for Journal of Social
Philosophy, use type journal-of-social-philosophy as the Journal Title
(JN).
Use the asterisk * to truncate. Use quotation marks for
phrases.
Humanities
Full Text (Some Full Text)
Subject areas include
philosophy, religion and theology, gender studies, and more.
Use the
asterisk * to truncate. Use quotation marks for phrases.
Other Arts & Humanities
Databases
To view our current list of databases in the arts
and humanities, click here.
Evaluating Information on the Web
Do you know which Web sites to use for your research? Use
these guides when doing research on the World Wide Web:
Evaluating
Web Pages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask
(from UC Berkeley)
Evaluating
a Website (from American University)
Evaluating
Websites (from the University of Maryland)
Library
Databases vs. the World Wide Web (from the FAU
Libraries)
*Information
Search Overview* (from the FAU Libraries)
Tips
•Pay attention
to the site's domain. Does it end it .edu, .gov, .mil, .com, .net,
.org?
•Anyone can create a Web page. Should
you trust the everything that you find on the
Web?
•Make sure the page you use provides current
information. Not all information found on a page that were created in
2000 is relevant to 2004.
Citing References using APA or MLA
format
Citing
Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism - from Duke University
Libraries
Nuts and Bolts
of College Writing - APA - Also covers the writing process:
style, structure, and evidence.
Nuts and Bolts
of College Writing - MLA
APA
Style Citations - MLA
Style Citations - Includes examples of electronic
resources. UC Berkeley Library
Copies of the Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed., are
available for library use only on the shelves adjacent
to the Reference Desk. (Call number: BF76.7 .P83 2001,
Ready-Reference)
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Research Papers, 6th ed., are available at the Reserve Desk
(3-hour check out) and on the shelves adjacent to the
Reference Desk (for library use only). (Call number:
LB2369 .G53 2003)
Interlibrary Loan
Even though the FAU Libraries has a sizable collection of resources,
there may be times when you'll need to request a book or article that we
don't have. Use the ILLiad
database to fill out a request form.
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