ENG 317:
Business and Technical Writing
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ENG 317: |
Writing & Research
Assignments
Fogler Home Page -- the starting point
Fogler Library http://library.umaine.edu
Library Catalog -- for locating books and government documents, and determining journal holdings
URSUS (Fogler Home Page>URSUS)
For books on a topic, choose "Subject" or "KeyWords."
Use URSUS for checking Fogler periodical holdings; go to "JOURNAL/MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER"
Indexes
-- for locating articles
(Fogler Home Page>Indexes and Databases)
Academic Search Premier
Business Source Premier
Maine Newsstand
Proquest Newspapers
ERIC
Depending
on your assignment requirements, this may be helpful:
Identifying
Scholarly Journals vs. Popular & Trade Magazines
(Fogler Home Page>Subject Guides>Interdisciplinary)
"Hot Topics"
CQ Researcher (Fogler Home Page>Indexes and Databases)
Public Agenda Online
Editorials on File REF D839.E3
Documents in the News
Congressional Universe - Hot Bills and Topics (Fogler Home Page>Indexes and Databases)
Polling Data
PollingReport.com
The Gallup Poll REF HN 90 P8 G35 (1935- )
Statistics
Statistical Abstract of the United States. REF HA 202 A3 (ask at Reference Desk)
Statistical Abstract of the United States (Fogler Home Page>Indexes and Databases)
Statistical Universe (Fogler Home Page>Indexes and Databases)
Legal Sources
Fogler Library Subject Guides: Law (Fogler Home Page>Subject Guides>Social and Behavioral Sciences)
FindLaw
Dictionaries, Thesauri, Grammars, Writing Guides
Dictionaries and Writing Resources (Fogler Home Page>Quick Reference)
Oxford English Dictionary (also The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. REF PE1625 .O87 1989)
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 4th ed. REF PE1628 .A623 2000
The UMaine Writing Center
Citation Guides
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. REF LB2369 .G53 2009 (ask at Reference Desk)
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed. REF BF76.7 .P83 2010 (ask at Reference Desk)
Citation Guides (Fogler Home Page>Quick Reference)
General and Review
Introduction to Library Research (Fogler Home Page>Subject Guides>Interdisciplinary)
Link to Job Search Assignment page
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Reference Desk, 581-1673
Created
by: Melvin Johnson | 581-3614
|Revised: 10/19/09
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