Perspectives on Inquiry MTU Library Resources

UN1001, Section R06 - Will the 21^st century be Chinas?

Instructor: Amber Haiyan Campbell hliu@mtu.edu

Librarian: Amanda Binoniemi abinonie@mtu.edu

 

Resources in the Reference Collection - Second Floor

The Reference Collection is a good place to collect background information on an issue or to start your research. The collection is arranged by subject matter, using the Library of Congress classification system (call numbers.) Try the following:

American Historical Associations guide to historical literature D 20 .A55 1995 V. 1 REF

Cambridge encyclopedia of China DS 705 .C35 REF

China: a global studies handbook DS 706 .C4893 2003 REF

New Cambridge handbook of contemporary China DS 706 .M24 2001 REF

Cultural atlas of China DS 721 .B56 1983 REF

Encyclopedia of American foreign policy E183.7 .E52 2002 REF

Contemporary atlas of China G 2305.C986 1988 REF

Historical atlas of China G 2306 .S1 H4 1966 REF

National economic atlas of China G2306 .G1 N3 REF ATLAS

Encyclopedia of world cultures GN 307 .E53 REF 1991 V. 6 REF

Encyclopedia of world art N 31 .E5 v.3 REF

Elements of style PE 1408 .S772 1999 REF DESK

World factbook (Central Intelligence Agency) or U.S. Core Documents - Second Floor PrEx 3.15: .

 

Use the Library of Congress Classification to browse the collection:

• PL 2250 3207 Chinese literature
• DS 741 779 China Civilization
• HC 427.9 China Economic conditions
• DS 701 796 China History
• (Various call numbers) China Politics and government

 

Recommended Journals: Current History(D410 .C92 1941- paper) & Foreign Affairs (D410 .F7 1927/28-94 paper;

e-journal 1987-) Both are indexed in Readers Guide Abstracts.

 

Resources on the Librarys Web Page - www.lib.mtu.edu

MTU Online Catalog contains records of materials owned by the MTU Library.

Two search interfaces, Basic and Keyword allow the user to search for items by author, title, subject, call number, ISBN/ISSN, or keyword(s.) Catalog records include bibliographic and location information for items retrieved in your search. Use the Location, Status, Call Number information to find an item in the Library Collections.

 

E-Resources access to electronic indexes/abstracts, online books, e-journals and selected websites.

From the E-Resource menu select listings by alphabet, topic or collection (e.g. FirstSearch or Thomson Gale.) E-Resources are also searchable by name or keyword(s.) Use the index databases to locate journal articles, newspaper articles, or reviews on your topic. Some indexes or collections of indexes especially useful for research in this course include:

Thompson Gale

Academic OneFile - Source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals & reference sources. Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature & other subjects.

Expanded Academic ASAP -Scholarly and popular research on a variety of academic subjects. Includes full text.

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers - Collection of newspapers from around the country and the world.

 

FirstSearch

WilsonSelectPlus- Includes full text articles from over 1400 periodicals covering research in the Social Sciences, Humanities, Business, Education and General Sciences.

Article 1^st -Contains citations for items listed on the table of contents pages of over 12,600 journals in all subject areas.

Readers Guide Abstracts- Indexes and abstracts popular periodicals from the U.S. and Canada for a wide variety of subjects.

Social Science Abstracts - Covers periodicals in anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, and international relations.

WorldCat - A worldwide library catalog with over 40 million bibliographic records including holdings information, for all types of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. This does NOT index periodicals at the article level.

 

ABI/Inform -Worldwide, in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions.

 

LexisNexis Academic- Business, legal, medical, and current affairs, including extensive U.S. newspaper coverage.

LexisNexis Congressional Search-Congressional publications, bills, laws and regulations.

LexisNexis Statistical- Contains statistical tables, summaries of statistical publications for comprehensive overviews of documents, and links to publications on federal agency web sites.

 

JSTOR Scanned images of scholarly journals dated from with 2-5 years of the present, back to their beginnings. Includes Asian studies.

CQ Researcher Original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news.

 

Websites:

Evaluating Information Sources - Consult these sites provided by other institutions:

Identifying Research Articles: http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/lsx/tutorial/section3.html

Identifying Refereed Journals: http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/lsx/tutorial/section3_1.html

Evaluating Web Sites: http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html

Purdue Owl (Online Writing Lab) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl

Citation style guides: http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/citations.html- A site on citation styles produced by Concordia University Libraries.

 

Internet Public Library: Subject Collections - Good starting place for a research-oriented approach to a variety of subject areas. IPL Emphasis is on education rather than entertainment.

 

USASearch.gov- This is the official government portal that searches over 87 million sites. Advanced search gives the most flexibility. All sites linked are evaluated for accuracy and authority.

China: a country study.

[Note: 1988 paper edition DS 706 .C489 1988 at Course Reserve]

Background Note: China.

China [electronic resource] : a study of dynamic growth.

Chinas global activism [electronic resource] : strategy, drivers, and tools.

56 MonthlyLaborReviewJune 2006 International Report: China China's changing economy

Congressional-Executive Commission on China Monitors human rights and rule of law in China.

China Business Information Center Includes Industry Information link.

 

Library of Congress

Open Congressional Research Reports. www.opencrs.com

Non-partisan research papers written by Library of Congress Librarians. Sample CRS paper:

Morrison, Wayne. China's Economic Conditions

Portals to the world. Selected Internet resources.

China

Culture: China

Business, Commerce, Economy : China

 

National Public Radio

Radio programs on China topics.

This link for migrant workers:

 

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) - access to items from other libraries.*NEW*

Requests are made through ILLiad, the personalized online ILL account system.  After your initial registration is complete, use ILLiad to request books and articles.   ILLiad also allows you to track the status of your requests and cancel requests.

 

ILL requests may also be made directly through some database providers such as FirstSearch and Thomson Gale.  Follow the HuskyFetch menu options and select "Get Item from another Library via ILLiad."  Please be sure to check the JRVP Library holdings before submitting a request directly from a database.

 

Note: The ILL process can take time (longer than 10 days in some cases.) Plan your research time accordingly.

 

For Assistance

For individual assistance or instruction from a librarian, contact the Reference Desk (487-2507), e-mail reflib@mtu.edu, or use the Ask a Librarian button on the Librarys web page.