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American Studies Resource Guide: Reference Materials


Dictionaries              Encyclopedias

Indexes                   Other Reference Sources

Last updated by kbacone on 12/05/2007

American Studies Resource Guide: Citing Sources

Why is it important to cite sources?

  • To give credit to the author of your sources (avoiding plagiarism)
  • To allow your readers the opportunity to check your sources (giving your work more credibility)

What are the elements of a citation?

  • If you have questions about the parts of a citation, please see this page of the inflite Tutorial

Some sources for information on citing references:

Last updated by kbacone on 10/18/2007

American Studies Resource Guide: Evaluating Sources

Some things to consider when evaluating information sources:

1.

Who is the author?
  • First of all, the author should be identified. The author can be one or more people or organizations.
Is the author credible?
  • At a minimum, in order to be considered credible, the author of the information source should have credentials and expertise, such as academic degrees and experience, relevant to the topic.
Has this information source been reviewed by experts in the field?
Last updated by kbacone on 11/07/2007

American Studies Resource Guide: Finding Articles

(and Reports, Book Chapters, etc.)


Scholarly/Popular
What are the Differences?
Searching Databases
Last updated by andjsmit on 07/14/2008

American Studies Resource Guide: Finding Books

(and DVDs, CDs, and Videos)


Library Catalogs
What is available & where is it?
Subject Searching
Last updated by kbacone on 01/08/2008

American Studies

Finding Books

  • Library Catalogs (IUCAT, etc.)
  • Subject Searching
  • Locating/ Viewing
  • E-Books

Finding Articles