Christopher Center Library Services: Class Help: CC Debate 4

Debate Team Help Page: Christ College Debate 4, Spring 2008

RESOLVED: Valparaiso University should change its mascot.

Finding Articles [off campus access] [tips]

Academic Search Premier an excellent place to start for almost any class assignment, offers full-text access to many resources [more...]

LexisNexis Academic use for finding full-text newspaper articles [more...]

ABI Inform a comprehensive database covering business, management, finance, accounting, marketing, human resources, and related subjects [more...]

ERIC the definitive education literature databases, containing more than 1.1 million journal citations going back to 1966 [more...]

Google Scholar scholarly literature on the open web; useful in almost every class [more...]

Already have a journal title? Use JournaLocator to determine if VU has a subscription.

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Finding Books [off campus access] [tips]

GALILEO - VU Libraries Catalog resources available at VU libraries [more...]

Subject Headings (use for Subject searching in Galileo & WorldCat)
  Sports team mascots -- Social aspects -- United States
  College sports -- Public relations -- United States
  Indians as mascots
  Discrimination in higher education -- United States

WorldCat resources available for loan from other libraries worldwide [more...]

Reference & Background Information Resources [tips]

Online -- Selected Reference Resources

Print -- Christopher Center Reference, 2nd floor
Encyclopedia of American education Ref. LB17 .U54 2001
The Beacon: VU Yearbook Ref. LD5565 .V45 1915-

Recommended Internet Resources [tips]

NCAA -- National Collegiate Athletic Association
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal

Google use "Cheat sheet" tips for more efficient searching

Evaluating Sources

Critical Evaluation of Resources
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/evaluation.html

Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
   http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html
      Examples
         http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalexpl.html