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The Research Guides have been developed by librarians to serve as starting points in helping students select appropriate resources for research projects.

Evaluating Sources

How to Evaluate Information Sources

Citing Sources

General Citation Guides
APA Style
ASA Style
MLA Style
Chicago Manual of Style
Turabian
Turabian Citation Guide
Provided by Ohio State University Libraries


CSE Style
American Anthropological Association Style
Citing Specific Databases

Tutorials
Google Guide
"An online interactive tutorial and reference for experienced users, novices, and everyone in between."


Reading Scientific Papers, Flash Tutorial
Provided by Purdue University


Study Skills - How to Study
A free study skills resource site provided by Mangrum-Strichart Learning Resources


Library Research Tools
Databases A - Z
Online Databases available to Albion College faculty, students and staff. To access databases from off-campus, see Access to Electronic Resources from Off-Campus


EndNote FAQ
Addresses common questions regarding the use of EndNote


Find books, videos, and other materials


Find Journal Articles


Find Newspapers


Google Scholar
"Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research."


Recent Acquisitions of the Albion College Library
Recent acquisitions listed by subject. Users can subscribe to RSS feeds to stay updated.


Library Services
Archives Reference Request


Checking Out Library Materials and More FAQ
Circulation Services encompasses the circulation of library materials, wireless laptops, stack management, course reserves, audio-visual services, student employment, and classroom reservation


Government Documents Information


Information for Faculty


Interlibrary Loan Information


Need Research Help?


Software Installation CDs
List of available software includes Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, FrontPage and Publisher), GroupWise and Microsoft XP (for faculty/staff checkout only)


Special Collections (Rare Books and Archives) Information


General Research Guide

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Albion College Resources
Sources of Informatino on Grants and Foundations - Albion College Library
Find Books & Videos
Albion College Library Online Catalog
The Albion College Library Online Catalog - your one-stop spot to search for books, periodicals, government documents, videos, electronic materials and more!
MeLCat Online Catalog
MeLCat will help you find books owned by dozens of libraries in Michigan (including Albion College, Michigan State University, Central Michigan University, and many others). Books may be borrowed by using the online request form.
WorldCat
Records of books and any other types of material cataloged by thousands of libraries worldwide. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
Find Journal Articles & More
Academic OneFile
For all subjects. Includes full text from many peer-reviewed journals from a wide variety of disciplines.
Albion College Library - Electronic Journals Home Page
Provides links to more than 2,000 electronic journals available through the Albion College Library.
Article1st (FirstSearch)
Article1st indexes approximately 12,500 journals and magazines, across all subject areas. This database indicates which journal and magazine articles are available in the Albion College Library.
Biography and Geneology Master Index
"Indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world."
Biography Index
Indexes biographical materials in books, magazines, and journals.
Books in Print (with reviews)
Database of in-print and out-of-print books.
Ebooks
All subjects. Books, some with full text available online.
Electronic Collections Online
Electronic Collections Online provides indexing and full-text from academic journals in many disciplines. Articles can be viewed online or printed.
Expanded Academic ASAP
Balanced coverage is available through 3,000 indexed and 1,900 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, etc.
Full Text Finder
Many journals, magazines, and newspapers are available in full text through online databases. To search for availability of full text articles from a particular source, look for the title of the journal, magazine, or newspaper by following the appropriate links.
General Reference Center Gold
"From national news magazines and encyclopedias to core business journals, General Reference Center GoldTM has the full-text and image resources students and researchers need."
HeritageQuest
Search for Genealogy & Local History
IngentaConnect
"The home for scholarly research."
JSTOR
Provides indexing and full-text from scholarly journals in many disciplines. Unique, in that coverage for each journal begins with the first volume.
Library Literature
Materials on libraries and information science.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Library and Information Science
MEL - Michigan Electronic Library
NetLibrary (Electronic Books Full-text)
Full text electronic books.
NoveList
Readers' Advisor service for fiction
OAIster
Catalog of digitized materials including books, articles and multimedia, representing multidisciplinary resources from more than 1,000 contributors worldwide.
Online Databases - Complete List
A comprehensive list of all online databases.
PapersFirst
Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide
Population Index
Demography, Population Studies
Project Muse
An index with full text of all articles from 200 journals. Covers a wide range of subject areas. The index covers many older publications not included in other electronic databases.
Readers Guide Abstracts
Abstracts of articles from popular magazines.
What Do I Read Next?
Book awards, recommendations, plot summaries, etc.
WilsonSelectPlus (FirstSearch)
WilsonSelectPlus Full Text contains indexed and abstracted articles from over 1300 periodicals, all with ASCII full text online.
World Almanac and Book of Facts
WorldCat (FirstSearch)
Records of books and any other types of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
WorldCat Dissertations
Database of dissertations and theses from WorldCat
Library Research Tools
LearningExpressLibrary (LearnATest)
Test preparation for GRE, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, etc.
Recent Acquisitions of the Albion College Library
Recent acquisitions listed by subject. Users can subscribe to RSS feeds to stay updated.
News Sources
InfoTrac Custom Full Text Newspapers
Contains full text articles from 150 newspapers, including the Grand Rapids Press (since July 2000), and the New York Times (past 12 months only).
Lansing State Journal
Lansing State Journal newspaper full text articles - January 1999 to present
Online Newspapers
American Journalism Review News Link - Most Linked
MLive - Michigan News
Online Resources
Acronym Finder
American Sign Language Browser (Michigan State University)
QuickTime clips are used to demonstrate the signs for various words.
ArchiveGrid
Thousands of libraries, museums, and archives have contributed nearly a million collection descriptions to ArchiveGrid. Researchers can learn about the many items in each of these collections, contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials, and order copies.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Baseball-Reference.com
Big Cartoon Database
"Providing an In-Depth Look at your Favorite Cartoon Classics and Animated Films. A Searchable DataBase of Cartoon Information, Animated Guides, Cartoon Character and Crew Lists; everything from Disney Cartoons to Adult Cartoons."
BookWire: Book Industry Resource
BUBL LINK
Catalogue of Internet Resources using the Dewey Decimal System as the primary organisation structure.. Selected internet resources covering all academic subject areas.
Calculators On-Line
This site has 21,570+ calculators for various applications, including Mathematics, Physics, Finance/Loans/Banking, Distance, Sunrise/Sunset/Tides, etc.
Calendar Zone
"Comprehensive categorized calendar catalog currently containing countless correlating connections & calzone recipes!"
Calendars through the Ages
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
"The online Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance gives you access to a database of all Federal programs available to State and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally -recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals."
Census Finder: A Directory of Free Census Records
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Audio Archive
"This project make[s] accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI. Participants include Upton Sinclair, Milton Friedman, Mortimer Adler, Cesar Chavez, and Aldous Huxley. From the Department of Special Collections, Donald C. Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara."
CIA World Factbook
College & University Rankings
College and University Home Pages
These lists contain home pages for universities and colleges all over the world.
Consumer Price Index
"The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services."
Consumper Price Index
Provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal Consumer Information Center (FCIC)
FCIC provides the answers to questions about the Federal Government and everyday consumer issues.
Find People, Businesses, Telephone Numbers, Addresses
Google Scholar
INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
"INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It contains useful Internet resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information." Provided by University of California Riverside
Internet Acronym Server
LIFE Magazine Photo Archive
"Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google."
United Nations World Digital Library
The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. The principal objectives of the WDL are to: Promote international and intercultural understanding; Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet; Provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences; Build capacity in partner institutions to narrow the digital divide within and between countries.
Reference Sources
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (Fourth Edition)
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Tutorials
Google Guide
"An online interactive tutorial and reference for experienced users, novices, and everyone in between."
Research Tips from Google Book Search

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