Perspectives on Inquiry MTU Library Resources

Spin: How the Media Affects the Way We Think UN1001, sec. 54 & 55 Briner/Miller

 

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 InfoTrac.) 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:

 

         InfoTrac

Expanded Academic ASAP Scholarly and popular research on a variety of academic subjects.

         FirstSearch

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

         LexisNexis Academic Wide range of business, legal, current affairs information. Extensive U.S. newspaper coverage. Updated daily.

         ABI/Inform - Covers business and management topics including information on companies and industries.

 

Government Documents

Information about mass media regulations can be found in government documents. During construction the MTU Librarys GovDoc collection is located on the first floor for core documents, third floor for documents on microfiche and offsite for the print documents. To request an offsite document complete an Off Site Storage Retrieval Request available at the Reference Desk or online under Library Service: Borrower Services (http://www.lib.mtu.edu/services/borrower/offsiteinit.aspx)

 

 

Resources on the Web

www.firstgov.gov - FirstGov Portal to federal and state government information. All sites linked by FirstGov are evaluated for accuracy and authority.

http://www.causecommunications.com/forgetus/watchdog.html - CauseCommunications Resources - Annotated listing of news media watchdog groups, both conservative and liberal.

http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Issues/Business/Media/Bias_and_Balance/ - Google Directory - Extensive listing of media watchdog groups and organizations.

http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html - Cornell University Libraries Research Skills Useful guide for evaluating websites. Includes links to additional web evaluation guides and tutorials.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Evaluation.html - UC Berkley Library Guide: Critical Evaluation of Resources Evaluation criteria for many types of information including books, articles and websites.

 

 

For Assistance

For individual assistance or instruction from a librarian, visit or phone the Reference/Information Desk (487-2507), e-mail instrlib@mtu.edu, or complete an Individual Instruction Request form found under Reference & Instruction on the Librarys web page at www.lib.mtu.edu.