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Find sources for your Unit 3, "Adding to the Conversation" project.
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To find sources for your annotated bibliography, try searching one of the following: 

  • Five Colleges Libraries Catalog  
      
    Find books, journals, DVDs, and more in the Five College library system. To borrow or request books, you'll need the library barcode number on your UCard.
  • Academic Search Premier  
      
    A good starting point: articles on almost every topic. Tip: To limit just to scholarly journal articles, do a search, then click the "Academic Journals" link at the top of your results.
  • ebrary  
      
    Search the contents of over 41,000 scholarly books. Jump right to the portions that deal with your topic, or read through the books right on your screen.
  • CQ Researcher  
      
    Well-documented full text overviews of current issues, including bibliographies and chronologies.
  • Britannica Online  
      
    The scholarly alternative to Wikipedia! A good starting point for all kinds of research. Includes a thesaurus and links to BBC and the New York Times for current news.
  • Google Scholar  
      
    The same Google interface you know and love--but it searches only scholarly, academic information, rather than the whole Web.
 

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In addition to the general sources listed above, here are some ways to find information in a variety of subjects and formats.
  • Research Databases  
      
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  • LexisNexis Academic  
      
    Full text of thousands of newspapers (including university presses) and TV and radio news transcripts, as well as business and legal information.
 

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