Print and Electronic Resources at the ACC Library

as well as some great resources on the Internet

The electronization of the library:

online databases and Internet

replacing/supplementing

print resources

Is the traditional bricks-and-mortar library

an endangered species?

• Information in the form of reference resources, periodicals and books are increasingly

available from home

Is the traditional bricks-and-mortar library

an endangered species?

• Print information is still superior to online information in terms of quantity and quality

Is the traditional bricks-and-mortar library

an endangered species?

• ACC Library print resources are still indispensable: e.g., business reference, literary criticisms, among others

Electronic Resources

• ACC Library website (CARL catalog and subscription databases)

• Internet resources

Reference• Virtual reference (retains element of

human interaction)• Dictionaries, encyclopedias,

handbooks, manuals, directories, legal resources, etc.

• Resources can be general or subject-specific

Reference

• Factual answers to who, what, when, where, why, how

• A few words or sentences: names, dates, statistics, brief explanations or narratives

ACC electronicreference resources

Library Web page:

http://www.arapahoe.edu/custom/LibraryDatabases.html

(special passwords available for access from home)

ACC Online Reference*accessible off-campus

• Encyclopedia Britannica* and World Book

• Associations Unlimited

• Statistical Universe

• Biography and Genealogy Master Index

• Contemporary Authors and Contemporary Literary Criticism Select

Internet Reference Resources

• www.ipl.org

• www.refdesk.com

Periodical Resources

• scholarly & trade journals

• magazines

• newspapers

Periodical Resources

• primary, peer-reviewed

• secondary

• current information

ACC Print PeriodicalResources

• 300 subscriptions (listed in “periodicals list”), available in hard copy and microform

• newspaper, magazine indexes, including Psychological Abstracts

• book review indexes• interlibrary loan

ACC Online PeriodicalResources (Subscription-based)• AskERIC• EBSCO Host• InfoTrac Magazine Index• Ingenta• Newsbank• OCLC• ProQuest

Internet PeriodicalResources

•findarticles.com

•infotrieve www3.infotrieve.com

•magportal.com

•Electric Library elibrary.com

•Internet Public Library ipl.org

•AJR Newslink newslink.org

Internet Periodical Resources

Electronic journals, e-zines, newsletters:• Directory of Scholarly Electronic Journals and • Academic Discussion Lists dsej.arl.org• Electronic Journal Miner coalliance.org/ejournal• E-zines.com• Harrasowitz de/ms/ejresguide.html#Journals• New Jour gort.ucds.edu/newjour• Newsletters, Journals and Zines on WWW• loria.fr/~charoy/zines.html

• E-journals.org

Book Resources:Library Catalogs

• CARLweb on ACC Library page

• other CARL library catalogs

• Prospector catalog

• ACLIN catalog

• OCLC

Book Resources:Library Catalogs

also useful for--

• interlibrary loan requests of books

• identifying libraries for walk-in use and checkout of books and periodicals with statewide library card

Book Resources:Online Full Text

• netLibrary on ACC Library page

• IPL Books Collection at ipl.org/div/books

• Project Gutenberg at promo.net/pg

• National Academy Press at nap.edu

Creating Effective Library Assignments: Ideas and Principles

• www.polk.cc.fl.us/it/library/infolit/assignments.html (also contains links)

• www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/ivc/library/ideas.htm

Selecting and Writing a Research Topic

Print Resources at ACC Library• Taking Sides (reference)• Opposing Viewpoints (circulates)• CQ Researcher (ref/circ)• 10,000 Ideas for Research Papers (ref/circ)• Encyclopedias (reference)• Newspapers and magazines• Table of contents and indexes of books

Selecting and Writing a Research Topic

• Print Resources at ACC Library:Manuals of style, such as MLA,

and how-to term paper manuals

searchable on CARLweb catalog

Selecting and Writing a Research Topic

Online Resources:• A+ Research and Writingwww.ipl.org/teen/aplus• Writing a Research Paperhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/• A Guide for Writing Research Papershttp://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml