COM101 (Tucker)

RESEARCH TOOL LINKS

Boolean Searching
(from University at Albany Libraries)

Evaluating Resources
(from Milner Library at Illinois State U.)

Types of Resources
(from Bowling Green State U. Libraries)

Primary vs. Secondary Sources (from Bowling Green State Libraries)

Plagiarism: How to Avoid It (from Indiana University at Bloomington)


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COURSE-RELATED RESEARCH INSTRUCTION GUIDE

COM 101 A, B, & C-- Intro to Public Speaking

Course Instructor: Professor Ullysses Tucker
Session Librarian: Tim Hartnett
Session Date: September 10, 2003
http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/tim.hartnett/cr/COM101_Tucker.htm

FINDING INFORMATION ON NOTABLE U.S. SUPREME COURT CASES

REFERENCE BOOKS (for background and summary information)

Chandler, Ralph C., Richard A. Enslen, and Peter G. Renstrom. The Constitutional Law Dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-Clio Information Services, 1985. (v.1. Individual rights) -- Ref. KF4548.5.C47 1985 v.1

Johnson, John W. Historic U.S. Court Cases, 1690-1990 : An Encyclopedia. New York : Garland Publishing, 1992. -- Ref. KF385.A4 J64 1992

BOOKS (for greater detail and analysis)

Within Feinberg Library:

a. Library Catalog (text version -- login with the Username opac)
b. Library Catalog (web version)

Beyond Feinberg Library:

WorldCat (about)

Search Tips:

a. start with specific case name (e.g. Plessy v. Ferguson)
b. broaden to topic as necessary (e.g. Segregation, Civil Rights, Supreme Court)

FULL-TEXT PERIODICALS ONLINE

Lexis-Nexis (may also choose "News" or "Legal Research" links)
Full-text access to over 7,000 legal, news, and business sources.

InfoTrac OneFile
Indexes a wide variety of periodicals. Full-text of many articles available.

ProQuest Periodical Abstracts Research II
Search Periodical Abstracts II for information from over 1800 newspapers and periodicals on a wide range of topics including the arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences.

EBSCO MasterFILE Select
Full-text for 765 periodicals covering many subjects including general reference, business, and health.

Wilson Omnifile
Full-text access to hundreds of magazines and journals. Covers from 1994 to present.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Information on social issues, including overviews, statistics, primary sources, websites, and full-text articles from a variety of perspectives..

The following links provide menus of the many other databases available through Feinberg Library's database menus.

Alphabetical Database Menu ( by Database Name)
Subject Database Menu (by Database Scope)
Full-text Menu (Databases that include the full-text of articles)

WEB SITES

Supreme Court of the United States
The official web site of the U.S. Supreme Court which contains both opinions and oral arguments

The Oyez Project (Northwestern University)
A multimedia web database of U.S. Supreme Court-related materials

Historic Supreme Court Decisions - by Topic
Prepared by Cornell University's Legal Information Institute (LII). Includes the full-text of the Court's opinions in cases relating to topics such as Affirmative Action, Capital Punishment, Civil Rights, and Voting.

Primary Source Resources
A rich menu of full-text documents and other materials from the Library of Congress' American Memory Project/The Learning Page.

WEB DIRECTORIES & SEARCH ENGINES

Google -- "Google's index, comprised of more than 1 billion URLs, is the first of its kind and represents the most comprehensive collection of the most useful web pages on the Internet."

Direct Hit -- "By analyzing the activity of millions of previous Internet searchers, Direct Hit search technology determines the most relevant sites for your search request."

SurfWax -- "helps you get the best grip on information -- providing the 'best use' of relevant search results."

This page created by: Tim Hartnett - tim.hartnett@plattsburgh.edu
Last Updated: September 10, 2003