Lake Forest College Library: Research Guide: FIYS 188: Intercultural Awareness & Discussion

FYIS 188: Intercultural Awareness & Dialogue

Course text:

Adams, M., Warren, J.B., Castañeda, R., Hackman, H.W., Peters, M.L., & Zúñiga, X. (Eds.). (2000). Readings for diversity and social justice. New York: Routledge.

How do I find books?

How do I cite sources in order to avoid making someone else's ideas look like they are mine?

How do I cite government documents? There are many government documents on senate hearings and policy reports on civil rights of all kinds of minorities. A search in the Library Catalog (above) will find many.

Which databases should I use to search for articles for this class?

Databases to search for articles about intercultural awareness:

Scholarly articles only

JSTOR

Sociological Abstracts — Check the boxes for "Journal Articles Only" and "English Only."

PsycInfo

Project Muse

Philosopher's Index

I have a citation. How do I get the article?

If there is no direct link to full text, click the Find It link
If there is no Find It link, go to the Library website's Journals links and "Search by journal title" or "Search by article citation" to determine whether the full-text of the article is available at the College in an online subscription database, or in print.
Call your Reference Librarian for this class, Nancy, at x5057, or the Reference Desk, at x5074, for additional help.

Both scholarly and news articles

Search 3 EBSCO databases

Ethnic Newswatch

Lexis-Nexis (Academic Universe)

FirstSearch databases:

Periodical Abstracts

WilsonSelectPlus

To search both databases at once, enter one database, then click the "Databases" tab to select the other.

Call x5074 for username and password for:

Alternative Press Index

Alternative Press Index Archive

SIRSResearcher

Contemporary Women's Issues

Citing sources

Donnelley & Lee Library's APA Citation Guide web page.

APA style guide in the Library:
— Available at the Library Reference Desk (Rdy.Ref. BF 76.7 .P82 2001)

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. (5th ed.). Washington, D.C: Author.

A citation of a chapter from your text book:

Deegan, P.E. (2000). Recovering our sense of value after being labeled mentally ill. In Adams, M., Warren, J.B., Castañeda, R., Hackman, H.W., Peters, M.L., & Zúñiga, X. (Eds.), Readings for diversity and social justice (pp. 359 - 364). New York: Routledge.

See also: the citation to your entire text book.

Citing Government Documents:

The Everyday Writer (Hacker)
Lexis-Nexis Citation Guides for governmental resources.
Duke University example