LOCATING BOOKS
To find a book use the BHCC online catalog. You may search the catalog by Subject or Keyword, as well as by author or title. The Keyword option allows you to combine your search terms. See what titles are listed when you use the keyword search for the term capitalism, and then compare the results with a subject search using the same term capitalism.
One you're in the library, a good place to begin your research is the Reference Collection. You can start with the keyword searches listed above; some titles to get you thinking about other possible keyword searches are:
- Economics basics
REF HB171 .E269 1999- Demystifying economics : the book that makes economics accessible to everyone
REF HB171 .S63 2000- Systems of survival : a dialogue on the moral foundations of commerce and politics
HF 5387 .J32 1994- Encyclopedia of world political systems
REF JF51 .D465 2000- The Far East and Australasia
REF DS1 .F3 2000
LOCATING ARTICLES ONLINE
There are a number of electronic databases that are available for free to Bunker Hill Community College students and employees. As long as you have a Bunker Hill library card, you can access these databases from on-campus or off-campus; you just have to remember to choose the right link.
Recommended databases: try starting your search with
- InfoTrac Web -- a large collection of databases, see particularly Expanded Academic ASAP which has articles from newspapers, newsmagazines, and scholarly journals as well as General Business File ASAP, which indexes a collection of specialized business journals.
- EBSCOHost -- another large collection, which includes a large, multi-disciplinary article database called Academic Search Premier as well as a collection of specialized business journals called Business Source Premier.
LOCATING WEB RESOURCES
When using websites for research purposes, it is important to think critically about these resources. Here is a website on evaluating web resources from Cornell University: Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools.
RECOMMENDED WEB DIRECTORIES
WEBSITES FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT
- The Biz/ed Glossary and Diagram Bank ?over 1000 business and economics definitions and nearly 200 of the most common business diagrams for you to search or browse.
- U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics ?the major government source that collects economic statistics on the United States, with some comparison to countries overseas.
- EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History ?an online encyclopedia put together by scholars and researchers in the field.
- The History of Economic Thought ?online articles on economists and economic schools of thought, developed and hosted by the Department of Economics of the New School for Social Research.
RESEARCH TOOLS: DOCUMENTATION
Be sure to take a look at the website on Avoiding Plagiarism from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University. This site can help you become more familiar with what is considered plagiarism and what is not.
Whether you paraphrase, summarize, or quote directly from an information resource, you must credit and document the source. There are a few standard formats that you may follow. The Modern Language Association (MLA) and the American Psychological Association (APA) both offer paper styles and formatting that include directions on how to cite both print and electronic information resources. Use these formats as guides and don't forget to follow your professor's instructions for creating footnotes.