ENG101

With Barbara Anderson

Research guide by Joyce Miller, Oct. 2006

Available online at ACC Library (http://library.sunyacc.edu) >

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"You are entitled to your own opinion. But not your own facts."

- NY Sen. Daniel Partick Moynihan, during 1983 Social Security debates

See these research guides for resources and advice:

- Finding Information on Controversial Issues

- Finding Information on Mass Communication Issues

(see journalism Web sites such as FAIR and Newsknife; RefDesk useful for dictionaries, more )

- Evaluating Web Information (evaluating for authority)

- How to Search the Web (evaluating information and Web searching tips)

►Books:

ACC Library Web page > Finding Books > Catalog

- Search for reference and circulating books (well-reviewed books, written by experts in their field)

ACC Library Web page > Finding Books > Reference >

Gale Virtual Reference Library (80 full-text reference books)
FedStats - statistics from 100 federal agencies; national, state, local demographics, more.

(See Finding Information on Statistics for more.)

►Articles & article databases:

ACC Library Web page > Finding Articles > General Databases > use at least two below:

1) EBSCO’s Academic Search Premier - links to articles from over 8000 magazines and  journals; about 50% are full-text.
2) JSTOR - scholarly journals; now includes Hastings Center Report ethics journal. Partially full-text.

3) CQ Researcher - balanced reports on "hot topics"; all full-text.
4) Custom Newspapers: articles from 140 national & international newspapers; all full-text.
5) Opposing Viewpoints: full-text essays from books, articles, statistics, Web sites; doublecheck authors' credentials!

►Web sites:

Purportal: www.purportal.com :

Page links to several well-known sites for checking hoaxes, phishing, scams, fraud, spam, etc.

Quackwatch: http://www.quackwatch.org

“Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions“; run by a nonprofit corporation. Good for checking authority and authenticity and validity of health-related Web sites.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary online: http://www.m-w.com
Good quality dictionary, started by Daniel Webster.

Librarians Internet Index: http://lii.org

Quality Web sites selected by the Library of California. Click on Society & Social Issues > Social Issues > choose a topic.