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Both Sides of the Issue demonstrates how to locate information on controversial topics in articles, books, and web pages.
- Current Events covers locating current online news, news transcripts, newspapers, periodicals, Web pages and newspapers available on 2nd floor of Owens Library.
- The General section
of LexisNexis (Search
for Articles) provides full-text documents from major
newspapers, wire services and international news.
Screen Capture of sample search for news articles:
- The Biographical Research Guide covers multiple sources, like the Biography Index, Current Biography, as well as InfoTrac and EBSCOhost recommended searches.
- Biographical (Book) Sources in Owens Library includes sources like the Biographical Encyclopedia of 20th-Century World Leaders, Great Lives from History, and Historic World Leaders.
- Biographical
WWW Resources
are web sites recommended by librarians at Owens.
- Countries and Cultures includes an excellent Quick Start feature, and shows how to locate additional country information in books, articles, and web pages.
- STAT-USA
provides country analysis, as well as economic and trade data.
- International Business provides information on researching a company, an history, intercultural communication, and global trade.
| Sample Searches: | deforestation | volcanic hazards | heroine/cocaine |
| Database Name | Pathway/Directions | Enter: |
| Library Catalog | Keyword | deforestation AND Amazon |
| Subject | Deforestation Brazil | |
OneFile
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1) Search
for Articles |
Deforestation |
| Business Source Premier | 1) Search
for Articles |
Deforestation AND Amazon AND environment* |
| Deforestation AND Amazon AND economic* | ||
| LexisNexis | 1) Search
for Articles 2) click LexisNexis |
deforestation AND Amazon |
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| Database: | Sample searches: |
| Library Catalog | volcanoes and Ecuador |
| OneFile (InfoTrac) |
Volcan* AND (disaster
or hazard*) AND (Peru OR Chili OR Andes mountains OR South America) |
Academic
Search Premier (EBSCOhost) |
volcanic AND "South America" |
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heroine and/or cocaine production and distribution in Latin America
- search by region: Latin America, Central America, Caribbean, etc.
- search by country: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela
| Database: | Sample Searches: |
| Library Catalog | drug traffic and (Latin America* OR Mexico OR Colombia OR Bolivia OR Peru) |
| OneFile |
(heroin OR cocaine)
AND (production OR distribution) AND trade cocaine AND production AND (Latin America* OR Colombia OR Bolivia OR Peru) heroin AND produc* AND (Latin America* OR Colombia OR Mexico) |
Academic Search Premier |
(heroin OR cocaine)
AND "Latin America" cocaine AND production AND (Mexico OR El Salvador OR Guatemala OR Panama) (heroin OR cocaine) AND (production OR distribution) AND trade |
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