EN 111: College Composition I
Rachel Mills
Finding Library Materials
Library Catalog
Indicates the books, periodicals, government documents, and audiovisual materials the library owns. To find the location of materials listed in the library catalog, see the Library Map . Also, for help with call numbers including an outline of call numbers by subject see the Guide to Library of Congress Call Numbers.
Upper Peninsula History Sections:
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To find old Upper Peninsula newspapers on microfilm (located in Archives), use the following format & perform a Guided search:
name of city newspapers
The Library Catalog cannot be used to find articles in magazines or journals, only which magazines and journals the library owns (Time, Newsweek, etc.). See Journal and Magazine Articles below for locating articles.
CrossSearch library catalogs & online reference books including MeLCat & WorldCat
Books About Names: See CS section in Reference plus:
The New Century cyclopedia of names Ref PE 1625 .C43 1954
Interlibrary Loan allows you to obtain materials not owned by Olson Library. Materials such as books and periodical articles, among other sources, can be borrowed from other libraries. The average time to receive requested materials is 10-14 days and you will be notified by email when your items arrive.
APA Style
Guide - New 6th edition 2010 Formats
Examples of how to cite a variety of materials, including full text articles, according to APA style.
MLA Style Guide
Examples of how to cite a variety of materials, including full text articles, according to MLA style.
Examples of how to caption tables and figures from another source.
Biographical & Genealogical Resources
Click on the Click on the  button to locate a copy of an article.
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Description/Notes |
Dates Covered |
| World Names Profiler ** NEW ** |
Popularity of surnames (last names) around the world. Provides maps of name concentration.
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| Heritage Quest Online |
Includes searchable full-image of U.S. Census Population Schedules (name, address, nationality, etc.).
Thousands of online full-text/image resources including local history books (click on Search Books).
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Census 1790-1930; other works published various years |
| Ellis Island Records |
Searchable Port of New York passenger records. Provides residence, year arrived, age upon arrival, passenger record, ship manifest, & ship image. Viewing records requires registration.
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1892 - 1924 |
| Family Search |
Massive, searchable site of genealogical records worldwide. Maintained by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Varies |
RootsWeb
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popular searchable genealogy site |
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Cyndi's List
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THE web resource for genealogy |
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| CrossSearch library catalogs & online reference books |
Search Britannica Online, Gale Virtual Reference Library, MeLCat, NetLibrary eBooks, NMU Library Catalog, Oxford Reference Online, & WorldCat.
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All years |
| CrossSearch (customized for name research assignment) |
Search Academic OneFile, Biography Reference Bank, CQ Researcher, General OneFile, Literature Resource Center, and Wilson Select Plus. |
All years |
Biography & Genealogy Master Index
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Indexes 1,000's of biographical books, directories, Who's Who, etc. |
works published
1900 - present |
| Historical Maps |
American Memory Project - Library of Congress |
1500 - present |
| Google Maps |
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SEARCHING SUBJECTS/TOPICS (RESEARCH & ARGUMENTATIVE PAPERS)
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CrossSearch (customized for topic research assignment)
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Academic OneFile, CQ Researcher, CQ Weekly, General OneFile, and Wilson Select Plus.
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1980's - present |
| CQ Researcher |
In-depth, non-biased reports on political and social issues, with regular coverage of topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.
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1991 - present |
| CQ Weekly |
Weekly coverage of issues in the U.S. Congress and Washington. |
1983 - present |
Newspaper Databases
Access World News
Other New York Times accesses
The Mining Journal (Mqt)
Wall Street Journal
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Full text coverage of over 600 U.S. and 500 international newspapers, wire services, and news agencies.
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1990's - present
current
1982 - present |
Databases indexing very old articles
New York Times
RG&JSTOR CrossSearch
ReadersGuideRetro
JSTOR
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Index & full image of newspaper articles
Indexes popular magazines
Index & full image of journal articles
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1851 - 1980
(1851-1922 free PDFs)
1890 - 1982
1700's - 5 years ago
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General Databases which index Journal & Magazine Articles
ReadersGuideAbs
Index to popular magazine articles published 1983 - present.
American History & Life
Search this index to find articles from all American History journals & magazines.
Google Scholar (Advanced Search) - Search for academic/scholarly literature, not junk.
Online full-text/full-image book digitization projects (full or partial access)
Heritage Quest Online — Click on Search Books link to access thousands of online
full-text/image resources including family histories & local history books.
Internet Archive - Text Archive - List of online text collections
Google Book Search (advanced mode) - Search full-text of books; Google account required to view selected text.
American Memory Project (Library of Congress) - Searchable database of primary & secondary material including photographs.
Google (Advanced Search) - More control over search results.
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