Course Guide

Course:

WRITING RESEARCH -- ENGLISH 685/840
Instructor: Joyce Neff -- Spring 2008

Librarian:  

Karen Vaughan, kvaughan@odu.edu, 757-683-4184

Off-Campus Access:

When you select an electronic resource (database, journal, etc.) from off campus, you will be prompted to enter your 8 digit University ID Number (UIN). For more detailed instructions, click here .

Key Resources:

* For Finding Background Information:

- Consult Reference Materials:   Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Manuals, Handbooks, etc
     - Browse the Reference stacks by call number.
- Use electronic general reference materials from the Library's General Reference Sources page or Library Catalog

* For Finding Books:

- Use the ODU Library Online Catalog to find out what books ODU library owns
- Use WorldCat to identify other relevant book materials and who owns them
- Use Other Library Catalogs (Virginia Tidewater Consortium) to find out what's in the area
- Use Interlibrary Loan to obtain materials we don't own

* For Finding Periodical Articles:

- Consult "Databases" option by various subjects. Some options:

ERIC (education) or Education Full Text
PsycINFO (psychology)
ABI/Inform (business)
CCMC (communication and mass media)
MLA Bibliography (literature, linguistics, pedagogy)
Academic Onefile (all subjects)
Lexis Nexis (legal, news) or Factiva (news)
Web of Science or AHCI (cited reference searching)
Dissertations & Theses Full-Text

- Consult Journals, Magazines, Newspapers by title for ODU journal availability
- Consult Other Library Catalogs for journals locally
- Use WorldCat to identify journal availability throughout the world
- Use Interlibrary Loan to obtain journal articles we don't own

Other Information:

Search Tips
MLA Citation Style and other citation styles are available on the General Reference Sources page under "Style Manuals & Writing Guides"