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ACCOUNTING
153
Web
sites
Cisco
Systems
home page of Cisco
Systems; see information for Investors
Hoovers.com
comprehensive company,
industry, and market intelligence;continuously updated information on
public and private companies worldwide; premium services require paid
subscription
Ten
Steps In A Company Analysis
step-by-step guide
from LexisNexis Academic, an online index that features business and industry
news and magazine, newspaper and journal articles
Cisco
Annual Report
Ask for the latest
paper copy of the Cisco annual report at the Library's Reserve Desk, first
floor, Des Plaines campus.
Selected Books In
The Oakton Library, Des Plaines campus
Business Rankings Annual (2 volumes)
Call Number: REF HG5050.B88
Company Profiles For Students (Volume
3)
Call Number: REF HG4057.A15644
Eye
of The Storm: How John Chambers Steered Cisco Through the Technology Collapse
Call Number: HD9696.2.U64C5767
Hoover's Handbook
of American Business (Volume 1)
Call
Number:
REF
HG4057.A28617
Inside Cisco: The
Real Story of Sustained M & A Growth
Call Number: HD9696.2.U64C576
Magazine,
Newspaper and Journal Articles
LexisNexis
Academic (important: click on link for Business)
Search
this online
index for the latest business and industry news; also includes a wide
variety of magazine, newspaper and journal articles .
Additional online business indexes include:
Business & Company ASAP
Business
Source Elite
Note
Much of the information you find will be full-text and can be sent to
your e-mail account. You can search these indexes from any computer on
campus. For off campus access, follow the directions below.
Off
campus access
To
access LexisNexis
Academic, Business & Company ASAP or Business Source Elite from
off
campus, your ID number is 23211 immediately followed by your social security
number.
(example: 23211xxxxxxxxx)
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BUSINESS
101/B. Matthews
Web sites
American
FactFinder
enter a street address to find census data;good
source for population, housing, economic and geographic information
City
of Chicago
official web site, including Mayor Daley's key speeches
Google
Directory/Small Business
well-organized
selection of topics appropriate for research papers on small business
topics
NorthStarNet
information network of the greater Chicago area
communities managed by the North Suburban Library System, the Suburban
Library System, and 64 local libraries representing 124 communities
Pioneer
Press
publisher
of 48 local community newspapers
State of Illinois
official
web site including Illinois facts and state symbols
Selected Reference Books In The Oakton Library
America's
Top-Rated Cities: A Statistical Handbook
Call Number: REF HT123.A669 (DP)
America's Top-Rated Smaller Cities: A Statistical Profile (4 volumes)
Call Number: REF HT123.A6693 (DP)
Business Plans Handbook
Call Number: REF HD62.7.B865 (DP)
Cities of The United States (4 volumes)
Call Number: REF HT123.C49677 (DP)
Encyclopedia of Small Business (2 volumes)
Call Number: REF HD62.7.H553 (DP)
Going Solo: The Best Resources for Entrepreneurs & Freelancers
Call Number: REF HD62.5.M3 (DP)
Small Business Profiles: A Guide To Today's Top Opportunities for
Entrepreneurs
Call Number: REF HD62.7.S596 (DP)
State Occupational Handbook
Call Number: REF HD5724.S67 (DP)
Finding
Additional Books In The Oakton Library
Search for books about small business topics in ILLINET
Online,
the Library's online book catalog. Sign-up
for a Library card at the Circualtion Desk.
Magazines,
Journals and Newspapers
Search
Expanded
Academic ASAP,
an online periodical index, for magazine, journal and newspaper
articles related to small business topics. Many of these articles will
be full text and can be sent to your e-mail account. You can search this
index from any computer on campus. For off campus access, follow the directions
below.
Note
To
access Expanded
Academic ASAP off
campus, ID number is 23211 immediately followed by your social security
number. (example: 23211xxxxxxxxx)
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COLLEGE
101
Look at the following resources to help you to find information on
careers.
Web sites
Occupational Outlook Handbook
nationally
recognized source of career information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics;
revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the
job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings,
and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations
Note
You can also find the Occupational Outlook Handbook in paper
format in the Library's reference collection.
Call
Number:
REF
HF5381.U62 (DP & RHC)
Selected
Books
In The Oakton Library
Encyclopedia of Careers & Vocational Guidance (Volumes
1-4)
Location: REF HF5381.E52 (DP)
Exploring Health Care Careers
Call Number: REF R690.E97 (DP)
Exploring Tech Careers (Volumes
1-2)
Call Number: REF T65.3.E95 (DP)
Health Professions:Career & Education Directory
Call Number: REF R697.A4H4 (DP)
100 Top Internet Job Sites:Get Wired, Get Hired in Today's New Job
Market
Call Number: HF5382.7.A25 (DP)
Quick Internet Guide To Career and Education Information
Call Number: HF5382.U6W65 (DP)
The Top 100:The Fastest Growing Careers for the 21st Century
Call Number: REF HF5382.T59 (DP)
VGM's Careers Encyclopedia
Call Number: REF HF5382.5.U5C337 (DP)
Locating
Additional Books In The Oakton Library
Search for books about careers in ILLINET
Online,
the Library's online book catalog. Make
sure to get your library card at the Circulation Desk.
Magazines,
Journals and Newspapers
Search
Expanded
Academic ASAP,
an online periodical index, for magazine, journal and newspaper
articles about specific careers. Many of these articles will be full text
and can be sent to your e-mail account. You can search this index from
any computer on campus. For off campus access, follow the directions below.
Note
To
access Expanded
Academic ASAP off
campus, ID number is 23211 immediately followed by your social security
number. (example: 23211xxxxxxxxx)
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ENGLISH
101/M. Deshmukh
See the following for information on Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye.
Web
sites
Internet
Public Library (IPL)/Literary Criticism
contains
critical and biographical web sites about Toni Morrison; search by author
or title; created
by a team of librarians and supported by the School of Information, University
of Michigan, this award winning web site was one of the first subject
directories on the web.
Selected Books in The Oakton Library/Ray Harstein Campus
Note! Ask for these books at the Reserve Desk.
American
Decades
REF E169.12.A419
Contemporary
Literary Criticism, Volumes 4, 22, 55, 81, 87
REF PN771.C59
Critical Essays on Toni Morrison's "Beloved"
PS3563.O8749 B434
Literature and Its Times, Volume 4
REF PN50.L574
Modern
Black Writers
REF
PN841.M58
Novels for Students, Volume 1
REF PN3385.N68
Toni Morrison
PS3563.O8749 Z894
Toni Morrison: Critical Perspectives, Past and Present
PS3563.O8749 Z91
Toni Morrison's Fiction
PS3563.O8749 Z65
Toni Morrison's World of Fiction
PS3563.O8749 Z595
World Authors 1990-1995
REF PN771.W675
Additional Books In The Oakton Library
Search
for books on Toni Morrison in ILLINET
Online, the
Library's online book catalog.
Try
a "guided keyword title search" and enter the word
"Toni
Morrison" to see some of the possibilities. Search
the online catalog for other related topics of interest.
Magazine and Journal Articles
Search
Expanded
Academic ASAP,
an online periodical index, for literary criticism in magazines
and journals. Search this index for other related topics of interest.
Many of these articles will be full text and can be sent to your e-mail
account. You can search this index from any computer on campus. For off
campus access, follow the directions below.
Note
To
access Expanded
Academic ASAP off
campus, ID number is 23211 immediately followed by your social security
number. (example: 23211xxxxxxxxx)
ENGLISH
102/L. Lazarus
Web sites
Online
Dictionaries/Google Directory
wide variety of dictionaries available via Google's
subject directory
Oxford
English Dictionary
authority on the evolution of the English language
over the last millennium; unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and
pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past; traces
the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of
international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist
periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.
Finding
Dictionaries In The Oakton Library
Search for dictionaries on a variety of subjects in ILLINET
Online,
the
Library's online book catalog.
Try
a "guided keyword search" title search and enter the word "dictionary"
to see all the possibilities.
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ENGLISH
117/M. Skelly
Web
sites
Internet
Public Library (IPL)/Literary Criticism
The
Internet Public Library literary criticism collection contains critical
and biographical web sites about authors and their works that can be browsed
by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period; created
by a team of librarians and supported by the School of Information, University
of Michigan, this award winning web site was one of the first subject
directories on the web.
What is
literary criticism? How do I find it?
Pathfinder to sources--many in the Oakton Library--from
the Internet Public Library.
Selected Reference Books in the Oakton Library
Tip
Many of the following books are encyclopedia sets
located on the 2nd floor of Library, Des Plaines campus.
Use the index volume of the encyclopedia set to locate what you need.
Critical Survey of Poetry (multi-volumes)
Call Number: REF PR502.C85 (DP)
Masterplots II: Poetry Series (multi-volumes)
Call Number: REF PN1110.5.M37 (DP)
Poetry Criticism (multi-volumes)
Call Number: REF PN1010.P499 (DP)
Poetry for Students (multi-volumes)
Call Number: REF PN1101.P64 (DP)
Finding Books In The Oakton Library
Search
for books on poets and their works in ILLINET
Online,
the
Library's online book catalog.
Try
a "guided keyword search" title search and enter the word "Emily
Dickinson" or "Langston Hughes" to see some of the possibilities.
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HISTORY
112 & 120/B. Deason
Web sites
U.S
History:Primary & Secondary Sources
webliography of history sources created by Paul A. Frisch, Dean and Library
Director at Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas and published
in College & Research Libraries News
Citing
What You Find
Dr.
Deason will want to know more about your sources. Since plagiarism is
a serious offense, give credit where credit is due. You'll need to cite
your sources if they are in paper or from an online source.
For this class use:
Books
Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. Boston:
Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004.
Call Number: D13.R295 (DP)
Turabian,
Kate. A Manual for Writers of Terms Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. (known simply as "Turabian")
Call
Number:
REF
LB2369.T8 (DP & RHC)
Web site
Turabian
Citation Style
web site created by the Library, Long Island University
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HISTORY
112/E. Mann
Web
sites
American
FactFinder
enter a street address to find census data;good
source for population, housing, economic and geographic information
Chicago
Fact Book
statistics
and facts in a variety of categories
Chicago Historical Society
devoted to collecting, interpreting, and presenting the multicultural
history of Chicago and Illinois, as well as selected areas of American
History; see their Online
Projects
City of Chicago
official web site, including Mayor Daley's key speeches
Friends
of the Chicago River
devoted to fostering the vitality of the Chicago
River for the human, plant and animal communities within its watershed
Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency
information regarding air, land and water issues in state of Illinois
Learn
Chicago
variety of information from the Chicago Public Library including
Chicago's mayors, symbols and a Chicago time-line
North Suburban Library System of Illinois
consortium of over 650 academic, public, school, and special libraries
in north suburban Cook, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties;one of 12 Illinois
library systems funded by yearly grants from the Illinois General Assembly
and the office of Jesse White, the Secretary of State and State Librarian
Northeastern
Illinois Planning Commission
officical comprehensive planning agency for the six county Chicago metropolitan
area
NorthStarNet
information network of the greater Chicago area communities managed by
the North Suburban Library System, the Suburban Library System, and 64
local libraries representing 124 communities
O'Hare Airport
good source for statistics and other outstanding
features; see World
Gateway Program
for information regarding O'Hare expansion
Pioneer
Press
publisher
of 48 local community newspapers
State of Illinois
official web site including Illinois facts and state
symbols
University
of Illinois Mascot
information, archived records and press releases
on mascot Chief Illiniwek of the University of Illinois
Selected
Books In The Oakton
Library
Chicago's O'Hare Airport: World's Busiest, World's Best
Call
Number:
TL726.4
C45H68 (DP Oversize)
The Chicago River: A Natural and Unnatural History
Call
Number:
F547.C45H5
(RHC)
The Chicago River: An Illustrated History & Guide To The River &
Its Waterways
Call
Number:
F547.C45S65 (DP)
Comparative
Guide to American Suburbs
Call
Number:
REF
HA214.C65 (DP)
Directory of Illinois Museums including Historical, Cultural and Scientifc
Agencies
Call Number: REF F536.D5125 (DP)
Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural
Portrait
Call
Number:
F548.9A1.E85 (DP & RHC)
The Ethnic Handbook: A Guide To The Cultures and Traditions of Chicago's
Diverse Communities
Call Number: REF F548.9.A1E87 (DP)
A Guide to Chicago's Historic Suburbs On Wheels & On Foot
Call Number: REF NA735.C4B33 (DP)
The Illinois Fact Book and Historical Almanac, 1673-1968
Call Number: REF F539.C55 (DP)
Shaping Contemporary Suburbia: Perspectives on Development Control
in Metropolitan Chicago
Call
Number:
HT168.C48S38 (RHC)
This is Evanston: A Guide to History, Government, Education, and Community
Resources
Call
Number:
REF F549.E8L4 (RHC)
The Ultimate Zoo: Directory of Ethnic Organizations, Ethnic Media and
Scholars For The Chicago Metropolitan Area
Call Number: REF F548.9.A1U57 (DP)
Finding
Additional Books In The Oakton Library
Search for books on additional topics about Chicago (architecture,
famous Chicago events, politics, etc.) in ILLINET
Online,
the
Library's online book catalog.
Try
a "keyword" title search since the subject of a book is almost
always part of the title.
Tip
Expand your possibilities by searching the 54 other academic
libraries that are also part of ILLINET Online. Ask a librarian for further
assistance.
Finding
Newspapers In The Oakton Library
Look at the Chicago Tribune,
Chicago
Sun-times, Crain's Chicago Business and the
Des Plaines Times in the Periodicals Department.
Tip
Access the full text of some of the local
newspapers at the Library's web site. Full text articles can be sent
to your e-mail account.
Citing What You Find
Dr. Mann will want to know more about your sources. Since plagiarism is
a serious offense, give credit where credit is due. You'll need to cite
your sources if they are in paper or from an online source.
For this class use:
Book
Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Terms Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. (known simply as "Turabian").
Call Number: REF LB2369.T8 (DP & RHC)
Web sites
Turabian
Citation Style
web site created by the Library, Long Island University
Citing
Sources Within Your Paper/Turabian
web site created by the Library, Duke University
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HISTORY
221/W. Maier
Web sites
Biography
Resources: Finding Information on the Famous, Infamous and Obscure
webliography of evaluated sources from
College & Research Libraries News
ehistory.com
collection of history links maintained by the Department of History, Ohio
State University
Encyclopaeida
Britannica Online
good starting-point for locating background information; on-campus
access only
Great
Britain:Kings & Rulers
list of links from the Librarian's Index to the Internet, a subject directory
of resources selected and evaluated by librarians
United
Kingdom:History
extensive list of links from the Google directory
Selected Reference Books in the
Oakton Library: 2nd Floor of Library
The Cambridge Historical Encyclopedia of Great Britain and Ireland
Call Number: REF DA34.C28 (DP)
Encyclopedia
of World Biography (multi-volumes)
Call Number: REF CT103.E56 (DP
& RHC)
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation, Volume 3
Call Number: REF BR302.8.093 (DP)
The Oxford Illustrated History of Tudor & Stuart Britain
Call Number: REF DA315.094 (DP)
Books at Reserve Desk: First Floor of Library
Aymar, Brandt and Edward Sagarin. A Pictorial History of The World's
Great Trials: From Socrates to Eichmann
Call Number: K540.A86 (East, Oversize)
Knappman,
Edward. W. Great World Trials
Call Number: K540.G74 (SKOCC)
Canon, John and Ralph Griffiths. The Oxford Illustrated History of
The British Monarchy
Call Number: DA40.C29 (DP)
Watkins, Susan. Mary Queen of Scots
Call Number: DA787.A1W38 (DP)
Finding
Additional Books in the Oakton Library
Search for books on Queens and/or Mary, Queen of Scots, etc.
in ILLINET
Online,
the
Library's online book catalog.
Try
a "keyword" title search since the subject of a book is almost
always part of the title. Get
your Oakton library/I.D. at the Circulation Desk.
Tip
Expand your possibilities by searching the 55 other academic
libraries that are also part of ILLINET Online. Ask a librarian for further
assistance.
Citing
What You Find
Dr. Maier will want to know more about your sources. Since plagiarism
is a serious offense, give credit where credit is due. You'll need to
cite your sources if they are in paper or from an online source.
For this class use:
Book
Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Terms Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. (known simply as "Turabian").
Call Number: REF LB2369.T8 (DP & RHC)
Web sites
Citing
Sources Within Your Paper/Turabian
web site from the Duke University Library
Turabian Style: Format
for Bibliographies
web site from the Univerrsity of Georgia Libraries
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HUMANITIES
133/J. Boley, S. King
Web sites
Chicago
Architects and Architecture
links to wide variety of resources from the Google Directory
Chicago Architecture Foundation
dedicated to advancing public interest and education in architecture and
related design; includes links to careers in architecture
Cities and Buildings
Database
collection of digitized images of buildings and
cities drawn from across time and throughout the world; contains over
5000 images ranging from New York to Central Asia, from African villages,
to the Parc de la Villette
Great Buildings
Online
gateway to architecture around the world and across history; documents
a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects, with 3D models,
photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies,
web links, and more, for famous designers and structures of all kinds
Harold Washington Library Center
bibliography of articles available at the Oakton Library related to the
design/build process of the Harold Washington Library Center
Librarians' Index To
The Internet/Architecture
subject
directory of Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for
their usefulness; used by both librarians and the general public as a
reliable and efficient guide to Internet resources
Selected
Internet Resources/Architecture
evaluated web sites from the librarians at the Chicago Public Library
Soldier Field
official web site of the stadium located not far from Chicago's lakefront,
near the museum campus
Note
also see How
To Find Information on Chicago Buildings from the Chicago Public Library
Magazines, Journals and Newspapers
Look for magazine, journal and newspaper articles about architects
or specific buildings in Expanded
Academic ASAP or The
Chicago Tribune. These are online periodical indexes. Many of the
articles will be available full text and can be sent to your e-mail account.
Note
To
search Expanded
Academic ASAP and/or
The
Chicago Tribune off
campus,
ID number is 23211 immediately followed by your social security number.
(example: 23211xxxxxxxxx)
Selected Books about Architects
and Architecture in the Oakton Library
AIA Guide To Chicago
Call number: REF NA735.C4A42 (DP)
Chicago Architecture, 1872-1922: Birth of
A Metropolis
Call number: NA735.C4C385 (DP)
Chicago Architecture & Design, 1923-1993: Reconfiguration of An
American Metropolis
Call number: NA735.C4C376 (DP)
Chicago On Foot:
Walking Tours of Chicago's Architecture
Call Number: REF NA735.C4B32 (DP)
Chicago School of Architecture: A History
of Commercial and Public Building in the Chicago Area, 1875-1925
Call Number: NA735.C4C6 (DP)
Chicago's Famous Buildings
Call number: REF NA735.C4C4 (DP)
Contemporary Architects
Call number: REF NA680.C625 (DP)
Dictionary of Art
Call number: REF N31.D5 (DP)
Encyclopedia of American Architecture
Call number: REF NA705.P3 (DP)
Encyclopedia of Architecture: Design, Engineering
& Construction (5 volumes)
Call number: REF NA31.E59 (DP)
Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture (3 volumes)
Call Number: REF NA680.E49 (DP)
Lost Chicago (good source if building no longer exists)
Call number: NA735.C4L68 (DP)
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (4 volumes)
Call number: REF NA40.M25 (DP)
Makers of 20th Century Modern Architecture
Call number: REF NA680.J628 (DP)
100 Years of Architecture in Chicago: Continuity of Structure and Form
Call number: NA735.C4G8513 (DP)
The Sky's The Limit: A Century of Chicago Skyscrapers
Call Number: NA6232.S5 (DP)
Finding
Additional Books In The Oakton Library
Search for books on architects (Frank Lloyd Wright) or architecture
(skyscrapers) in ILLINET
Online,
the
Library's online book catalog.
Try
a "keyword" title search since the subject of a book is almost
always part of the title. Get
your Oakton library/I.D. at the Circulation Desk.
Tip
Expand your possibilities by searching the 55 other academic
libraries that are also part of ILLINET Online. Ask a librarian for further
assistance.
PSYCHOLOGY
101/K. Schuster
Web sites
Adolescence:
Librarian's Index to The Internet
directory of Internet resources related to adolescence
selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness;this web site
is useful for other subjects, as well
American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
see "Facts for Families" which includes
links to a wide variety of subjects
American Psychological
Association
use "site map" or "search engine"
to locate items of interest
Center
for Adolescent and Family Studies at Indiana University
see "Resources" for links to a variety
of subjects
Selected
Reference Books in the Oakton Library: 2nd Floor of Library
Encyclopedia of Adolescence
Call Number: REF HQ796.E58 (DP)
Encyclopedia of Psychology
Call Number: REF BF31.E52 (DP)
Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood & Adolescence
Call Number: REF HQ772.G27 (DP)
Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
Call Number: REF BF31.G35 (DP)
Magill's Encyclopedia of Social Science: Psychology (4 volumes)
Call Number: REF BF31.M33 (DP)
Survey of Social Science: Psychology Series (6 volumes)
Call Number: REF BF31.S79 (DP)
Additional
Books In The Oakton Library
Search
for books on psychology and/or adolescent psychology in ILLINET
Online, the
Library's online book catalog.
For
example, try a "guided keyword title search" and enter the word
"prejudice"
to view some possibilities. Search
the online catalog for other related topics of interest.
Magazine and Journal Articles
Search
Expanded
Academic ASAP,
an online periodical index, for information in magazines and journals.
Search this index for other related topics of interest. Many of these
articles will be full text and can be sent to your e-mail account. You
can search this index from any computer on campus. For off campus access,
follow the directions below.
Note
To
access Expanded
Academic ASAP off
campus, ID number is 23211 immediately followed by your social security
number. (example: 23211xxxxxxxxx)
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