AMS/WGS 171: Franklin's College and Beyond
Library WebSite: http://library.fandm.edu
REFERENCE RESOURCES
- Encyclopedia of Education
- Ref LB 15 .E47 2003
- Encyclopedia of American education
- Ref LB 17 .U54 2001
- Women in Higher Education
- Ref LC 1569 .W66 2002
- Historical Dictionay of Women's Education in the United States
- Ref LC 1752 .H57 1998
- American Eras
- Ref E 169.1 .A4719
- The Writer's Guide to Everyday life in Colonial America
- Ref E 162 .T26 1997
- The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the 1800's
- Ref E 165 .M5
- Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History
- Ref E 169.1 .E624 2001
- Encyclopedia of the United States in the 19th Century
- Ref E 169.1 .E626 2001
- Civil War Years
- Ref E 468.3 .D44
- The Library of Congress Civil War desk reference
- Ref E 468 .L58 2002
- Benjamin Franklin
- Ref E 302.6 .F8 D88 1997
- Thomas Jefferson
- Ref E 332.79 .B76 1998
- The Encyclopedia of Women's History in America
- Ref HQ 1410 .C85
F&M LIBRARY CATALOG & E-Z BORROW: BOOKS
Search the catalog to find out what books, journals, newspapers, videos, maps, CDs, music, etc., the library owns.To find a book, begin by conducting a Keyword search our your topic.NOTE: There are no journal articles in the catalog!
Analyze your topic or research question and break it down into its key concepts, which becomes the Keyword search. Once you have found a record for an item that looks useful, click on a Subject Heading to retrieve other items with similar content.
EXAMPLE:
TOPIC:
SEARCH STATEMENT: ???
SUBJECT HEADINGS:???
HarpWeek: the Civil War Era 1857-77
Poole's Plus / Nineteenth Century Masterfile To determine whether or not the F&M Library owns a journal, use the Journals, Magazines & Newspapers @ F&M feature
on the Library's web site.
If the library does not have a journal you need,
and
you have at least 1 week - 10 days before your assignment
is
due, you
can submit
an Interlibrary Loan: request journal articles & books (ILL) request
to have
the journal
article acquired
for you by
the library.
Allow 3-7
days for the article to arrive.
E-Z BORROW
A free book-exchange service among academic libraries in Pennsylvania. If F&M's copy of a book you want is unavailable, try E-Z Borrow to get the book quickly!
(E-Z Borrow requires your F&M ID barcode number.)
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES A-Z: JOURNAL ARTICLES
Accessible Archives
Journals, Magazines & Newspapers @ F&M and Interlibrary Loan(ILL)
PRIMARY SOURCES
The raw building blocks of research in both the humanities and social sciences are original materials
authored/created by individuals who are the actual participants in the topic at hand. These
include a wide range of documents, both written, oral and visual such as...
INTERNET RESOURCES
Criteria to consider when evaluating Web sites:
1. Authority: Who is responsible for the content? Are they an expert on the topic? Does the author
identify her/him/them-self?
For more information on evluating web sites, consult the "How To" guides on the library
web site.
2. Objectivity: Why was the site created? Is the information presented with a minimum of bias? Is the
site meant to persuade the reader?
3. Content: What is presented? Is the content focused, or does it stray all over the place? Is
the site appropriate for research/scholarly purposes? Is the design of the site more important than
the content?
4. Accuracy: Does the site feature a list of sources, or bibliography, or links to other
similar sites? Are other authorities cited?
5. Currency: Is the web site current? Is it currently being maintained? Is there indication of
when it was last updated anywhere on the page?
Lisa Stillwell, Information Literacy Librarian,
291-3844 or lisa.stillwell@fandm.edu
Last updated: 8/24/06 jb/ls