John D. Vairo Library
25 Yearsley Mill Road
Media, PA 19063
610 892 1386
Susan Ware
Title: Reference Librarian
John D. Vairo Library
25 Yearsley Mill Road
Media, PA 19063
610 892 1386
Course Name:
CAS 201
Semester:
Fall
Campus:
Penn State Brandywine
Instructor:
McMullen
Use the tabs above to learn more about the library resources and services you will find helpful in gathering critical information about the time period, events, and individuals relevant to your term project message.
If you need additional sources or have questions, ask the Vairo Library librarians (Susan, Mary Fran, and Sara) for help -- in-person or by email.
You may also chat online with a Penn State librarian about your research needs. Don't be surprised if you are helped by Susan, Mary Fran, or Sara through chat reference, as well as in Vairo Library and by email!
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) includes full-text encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources in a wide variety of subject fields.
The Encyclopedia of American Studies provides critical summaries of events, social/political movements, and individuals that chronicle the American experience, from pre-colonial days to the present.
Time Period Resources: Click here to display a supplemental guide to resources that will help you understand the social, cultural, and political events that characterize the time period of your message.
The CAT is an online catalog of books and other resources in the Penn State Libraries. Books often provide a broad and historical overview of your research topic.
Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) is an index (full text not included) to biographical information about influential people worldwide. Check The CAT for availability of specific sources at Penn State.
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GOOGLE SCHOLAR: is a GOOGLE search engine for scholarly journals, patents, legal journals/opinions, and selected books.
Encyclopedia article and book chapter often include a list of further readings and footnotes. Use GOOGLE SCHOLAR for a quick check of article availability in the Libraries' fulll text databases.
By setting your Google Scholar PREFERENCES to include “Pennsylvania State University,” a “GET IT! @ Penn State” link will appear to the right of the search results that are free to you through Penn State full text databases.
HOW TO SET PREFERENCES:
>> Before searching Google Scholar, click on the link to SETTINGS in the upper right of the Google Scholar search page.
>> Click on LIBRARY LINKS in the left margin. Enter Pennsylvania State University and click on the search icon. When "Pennsylvania State University (Get it! @ Penn State)" appears, place a check in the box preceding it and click on SAVE.
>> Now, if the Google Scholar search includes results that are available in Penn State full text databases, a link for "GET IT! @ Penn State" will appear. Click on the article title or GET IT! and log in with your Penn State ID and Password when prompted in order to display the full text from Penn State subscriptions.
ProQuest (Multiple Databases) is a multidisciplinary database of news and journal articles on topics in the arts, health, law, public policy, science and technology.
America: History & Life indexes scholarly research on topics in American and Canadian history.
Historical Abstracts indexes scholarly research on topics in world history from 1450 to present.
New York Times Historical (available from 1851) (Digital Archive) provides a digitized image of every backfile issue of the New York Times, including news stories, editorials, photos, graphics, and advertisements.
Need additional resources? Consult a Research Guide.
Research Guides By Subject: Research Guides recommend journal databases and other specialized resources for research in the designated subject field. Browse the alphabetical list of research guides or search the list by keywords.
Review your database search results, and click on to find direct links from a database citation to the article full-text online (when available).
Click on "ARTICLE" to go directly to the article text.
- Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Service:
When GET IT! cannot link you to an article online,
Click on "Consider Interlibrary Loan" in the E-Journal Portal window to request desktop delivery of a free PDF copy.
You will be notified by email when your pdf copy is available for download from the web site.
When you use sources such as books, journals, or Web sites in your research, you must give credit to the original author by properly citing the sources. Citations also help your reader find the sources again. The following links provide guidelines to using a variety of citation styles.
Quick Style Guides
Use these quick guides for examples of how to cite common types of sources in APA, MLA, CSE, Chicago styles, Basic Legal Citation.
APA Style Quick Citation Guide
MLA Style Quick Citation Guide
Chicago Style Quick Citation Guide
Comprehensive Style Guides
These guides provide detailed information on formatting papers and citing sources.
