Term Paper Research: A Logical Approach
Date due:_______________________
Instructor:_________________________________________________________________
- State your topic. Please be specific. (i.e. ecological effects of the destruction of the
rain forests).
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________ - Use the Online Catalog to locate
a book on your topic. Fill in the blanks below.
Author: ______________________________________________________________________
Title: ________________________________________________________________________
Publisher: _________________________________ Date: _____________________________
Subject Headings: ______________________________________________________________
Complete Call Number: _________________________________________________________
Electronic Resource: Yes _____ No _____ - Locate this book on the shelf in the library. What is the call number and title of the
book shelved just before your book?.
Call number:__________________________________________________________________
Title:________________________________________________________________________ - Use a periodical index (
www.coastal.edu/library/indexesdb.html) to locate current articles on your topic that appear
in magazines or journals. Pick the index listed below that is most suitable for your topic.
Circle index used.
Academic Search Premier
Business Source Premier
Gale Academic OneFile
General Reference Center
LexisNexis-Academic
- Search the index for an article on your topic.
What term(s) did you search?
_____________________________________________________________________
Title of article: __________________________________________________________
Title of publication: ______________________________________________________
Volume: _____________ Issue #: ___________________________
Date: _______________ Page #'s: __________________________
- Where can you locate the full-text of this article
_____ Online
_____ Current Periodicals
_____ Microfilm
_____ Bound Periodicals
_____ Full-text not available in Kimbel Library
- To locate newspaper articles, use
Access World News which provides access to full-text articles from over 400 newspapers.
Search
Access World News for a newspaper article on your topic:
What search term(s) did you use?
_____________________________________________________________
Name of Newspaper: ____________________________________________
Date of article: __________________________________________________
Title of Article: __________________________________________________
- Locate one Internet based resource:
Title of Webpage: _________________________________________________________
Web Address (URL): ______________________________________________________
- Locate one additional resource (reference books, audiovisuals, pamphlets, government
documents, etc.). Consult with one of the Reference Librarians at the Information Desk if
you need help:
Type of Resource:_______________________________________________________
Call Number or Location:________________________________________________
Reference Librarian signature: ___________________________________________________
Date: ___________________________
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