Library Resources: ENG102: First-Year Composition (Needham): Lessons

Writing project 1 - Library session

1. Write down your working topic.

2. Search terms: List 5 keywords or phrases related to the topic.

3. Reference books & entries: Search Gale Virtual Reference Library to find an entry related to your topic. Email the entry to yourself.

Gale eBooks (Gale Virtual Reference) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to popular Gale specialized encyclopedias and resources in arts, biography, business, education, environment, history, science, social science and more. PROVIDES WORD and PAGE COUNT for EACH ARTICLE when browsing.

4. Books & eBooks: Use the Find Books widget to locate a book related to your topic. Write down the call number of a physical book or email the permalink of an eBook to yourself.

5. Article database: Search Academic Search Complete for an article related to your topic. Email the article to yourself.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary database with more extensive full text holdings than Academic Search Premier, including over 9,000 full text journals. Includes 459 unique titles (54% of its collection) as compared to current GCC Library databases.

Writing project 2 - Library session

1. Search the recommended databases, Arizona Republic and Opposing Viewpoints, for resources.

Arizona Republic This link opens in a new window
Access to The Arizona Republic (1999 - present). Daily newspaper covers the state of Arizona, as well as local, national and international news.
Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Current & controversial issues resource that provides access to 'viewpoint' articles, reference materials, magazines, newspapers, primary sources, statistics, and multimedia on current topics.

2. Use the Google search tips to find local source on the open web.

beekeeping 85281
Arizona beekeeping~statistics
site:.az.gov Africanized bees
site:.tempe.gov beekeeping ordinances

Writing project 3 - Library session

1. Search the library's media databases for resources.

Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new window
An on demand streaming video service providing more than 26,000 educational films each year. It contains works from distributors such as BBC, PBS, Media Education Foundation, Criterion Collection and more.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Provides access to more than 6000 films in various subjects from Films for the Humanities & Sciences and other leading educational film vendors.
ArtStor This link opens in a new window
ARTstor is a nonprofit digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences with a suite of software tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. The community-built collections comprise contributions from outstanding museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates.