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Anthropology
101/G. Klein
Web sites
Kosovo/Google
Directory
Why
Are We In Kosovo?
Kosovo
Conflict on the Web
Books
History Behind The Headlines:The Origins of Conflicts
Worldwide
REF D410.O44 (DP)
Kosovo:Contending Voices on Balkan Interventions
DR2087.C75 (DP)
Kosovo:War and Revenge
DR2098.J83 (RHC)
Virtual War:Kosovo & Beyond
DR2087.I37 (DP)
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Computer
Information Systems 101/H. White
Web sites
Business>Industries>Information
Technology>Employment/Google Directory
CNET:Tech
Jobs
Computers>Education>Certification/Google
Directory
Occupational
Outlook Handbook
ZDNet:Tech
Jobs
Books
America's Top 300 Jobs
REF HF5382.A585 (DP)
Career
Information Center:Computers, Business and Office
HF5382.U5C32 (DP)
Cyberspace Job Search Kit
HF5382.7.N448 (DP)
Electronic
Job Search Almanac
REF HF5382.7.A34 (DP)
Encyclopedia of Careers & Vocational Guidance (Volumes 1-4)
REF HF5381.E52 (DP)
Exploring Tech Careers
REF T65.3.E95 (DP)
Great Jobs for Computer Science Majors
QA76.25.G62 (DP)
100
Top Internet Job Sites:Get Wired, Get Hired in Today's New Job Market
HF5382.7.A25 (DP)
Quick Internet Guide To Career and Education Information
HF5382.U6W65 (DP)
The Top 100:The Fastest Growing Careers for the 21st Century
REF HF5382.T59 (DP)
Periodicals
To locate magazine, journal and newspaper
articles use an online periodical index such as
Expanded
Academic ASAP or Business
& Company ASAP.
Enter the terms "computer science" and/or "information
technology" and then scroll to "vocational guidance".
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Computer
Information Systems 203/D. Gronseth
Web sites
zdnet.com
operates
a worldwide network of web sites that offer content, services, and commerce
opportunities that enable IT professionals and business influencers to
gain an edge in business;winner of the Computer Press Association's "Best
Overall Site" award for two consecutive years, ZDNET provides an invaluable
perspective and resources so that users can get the most out of their
investments in technology
cnet.com
leading
source of information and services for buyers, sellers and suppliers of
technology, including IS/IT professionals, enterprise decision makers,
executives, gamers and technology shoppers;with established Web sites
throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, CNET Networks provides
its award-winning content via the Web, wireless devices, broadband, radio
and print
Periodicals
Search
Business
& Company ASAP,
an online business periodical index, for magazine, journal and
newspaper articles about hardward products. 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 Business
& Company ASAP off
campus, ID number is 23211 immediately followed by your social security
number. (example: 23211xxxxxxxxx)
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English
076/A. Cuomo
Web sites
Holiday
Calendars & Lists/Google Directory
Holidays/Google
Directory
Holiday
Pages/Google Directory
Oakton Celebrates Cultures
Week
Books
Countries and Their Cultures (4 volumes)
REF GN307.C68 (DP)
CultureGrams (2 volumes)
REF GT150.C85 (DP)
Folklore of American Holidays
REF GT4803.F65 (DP)
Folklore of World Holidays
REF GT3930.F65 (DP)
Holiday Symbols
REF GT3930.T48 (DP)
Holidays, Festivals & Celebrations of the World Dictionary
REF GT3925.T46 (DP)
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English
102/D. Kelly & E. Rosati
Web sites
Academic
Writing:The Annotated Bibliography
How
to Critically Analyze Information Sources
How
to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography
Library
Resources for the First-Year Writing Seminar
Nuts and Bolts of College
Writing
Using
the Library:Developing College Survival Skills
What
is An Academic Paper?
Writing
Argumentative Essays:Debatable and Non-debatable Statements
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English
102/M. Staats
Web sites
Society>Issues>Business>Advertising>Gender
Issues/Google Directory
Society>Issues>Violence>Media/Google
Directory
Books
Search ILLINET
Online
Periodicals
Search Expanded
Academic ASAP and/or Business
& Company ASAP
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ENGLISH
102/Y. Evert
Web
Sites
What
Happened on The Day You Born?
pathfinder
from the North Harris College Library in Houston, Texas; some of the links
may be useful and some may not. Ask a reference librarian for additional
help if you want to know if any of the sources are available in the Oakton
Library.
History
Timelines
Search the year you were born from with History Timelines from Infoplease.com.
Today in History
Search the year you were born with American Memory from the Library of
Congress.
Books In
The Oakton Library
Chronicle of America
Call
Number:
REF E174.5.C55 (DP)
Chronicle of The World
Call
Number:
REF D11.C65 (DP)
Day By Day:The Eighties
Call
Number:
REF D427.L4 (DP)
Day By Day:The Seventies
Call
Number:
REF D427.L4 (DP)
Day By Day:The Sixties
Call
Number:
REF 427.L4 (DP)
Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates
Call
Number:
REF E174.5.C3 (DP)
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History
111/R. Sloma
Web sites
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Books
Search ILLINET
Online
for books on a specific person or subject.
Reference Books
Note
These
are multi-volume sets. Use the index volume (usually the last volume in
the set) to direct you to the appropriate volume and/or look at the spine
of the volume for alphabetical arrangement.
American National Biography
REF CT213.A68 (DP)
American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary
REF Q141.B25 (DP)
Chronicle of America: From Prehistory to Today
REF E174.5C55 (DP)
Dictionary
of American Biography
REF E176.D56 (DP)
Dictionary of American History
REF E174.A43 (DP)
Dictionary of Scientific Biography
REF Q141.D5 (DP)
Encyclopedia of World Biography
REF CT103.E56 (DP)
Historical Statistics of the United States
REF HA202.A38 (DP)
History of Technology
REF T15.S53 (DP)
The Lady Laureates: Women Who Have Won the Nobel Prize
AS911.N9O63 (DP)
Record of America: A Reference History of the United States
REF E174.M2 (DP)
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History
112/R. Stacewicz
Web sites
AMDOCS:Documents
for The Study of American History
American Memory/Library of Congress
The
Avalon Project:Documents in Law, History & Diplomacy
National
Archives & Records Administration:Primary Sources & Activities
U.S. Historical Documents:A
Chronology
U.S. History:Primary
& Secondary Sources
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HISTORY
120/M. Janosik
Assignment #1
Below are resources for criticism
about The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe.
Note
You can find The
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
in the Des Plaines campus Library.
Call Number: HV5825.W56 (DP)
Also see Tom
Wolfe: A Critical Companion
Call Number:
PS3573.O526Z86 (DP)
Web
sites
Internet
Public Library/Literary Criticism:Tom Wolfe
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 print and online resources
recommended by the Internet Public Library;
ask a reference librarian to show you which of these resources is available
in the Oakton Library
Periodicals
see
Book Review Digest: 1968
Call Number: REF Z1219.C95 (page 1437) or see photocopy distributed at
workshop
Note
The Periodicals
List determines if the Library subscribes to a particular magazine,
journal or newspaper. Search our online
collection of approximately 5,000 periodical titles for full text
options. Many of these articles can be sent to your e-mail account.
Tip
For an interesting article about Tom Wolfe, see A Writer In Full
in the Chicago
Tribune Magazine, Sunday October 26, 2003, p. 16+.
Selected
Reference Books in the Oakton Library
Note
You will find the following
sources on the 2nd floor of the Library, Des Plaines campus.
American Novelists
Since World War II
Call Number: REF PS21.D53 (Volume 152)
American Writers
Call Number: REF PS129.A55 (Supplement III, Part 2)
Contemporary Authors
Call Number: REF Z1224.C6 (Volumes 13-16)
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Call Number: REF PN771.C59
(specifically Volumes 2, 9, 35, 51 and 147)
Critical Survey of Long Fiction (Volume 4)
Call Number: REF PN3451.C75
Video
Tom Wolfe with Pauline Kael
Recorded in 1992, Wolfe explains the start of
his personalized style of reporting, famous as the "new journalism"
and also discusses
writer's block. In the 2nd part of the video, film critic Pauline Kael
discusses film criticism. (1 hour)
Location: Instructional
Media Services, Des Plaines campus, room 1815, phone 847/635.1995
Assignment #2
Web sites
Five
Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
learn how to evaluate web sites by determining their authority, relevancy
and currency
Remember
Unlike scholarly print periodicals and books,
where the information is subjected to a review process, anyone can publish
on the web. Many web sites are also designed for commercial purposes and,
consequently, are designed to influence.
American Memory
Library of Congress gateway to rich primary source materials relating
to the history and culture of the United States;offers more than 7 million
digital items from more than 100 historical collections
Google/History
well-organized directory of links to U.S. history resources
Internet
Public Library/History
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
history subject directories on the web
Librarians' Index To The
Internet/History
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
Using Primary
Sources On The Web
primary sources may include letters, manuscripts, diaries, journals, newspapers,
speeches, interviews, memoirs, documents produced by government agencies
such as Congress or the Office of the President, photographs, audio recordings,
moving pictures or video recordings, research data, and objects or artifacts;created
by the Instruction and Research Services Committee, History Section of
the American Library Association
U.S.
History: Primary & Secondary Sources
webliography of evaluated history sources published in College & Research
Libraries News
Finding
Books About History In The Oakton Library
Search for books on topics about history and historical events
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.
Example:
Tom
Wolfe: A Critical Companion
Call Number:
PS3573.)526Z86 (DP)
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 Magazines, Journals
and Newspapers Using An Online Periodical Index
Look for magazine, journal and newspaper articles about historical events
in Expanded
Academic ASAP. Many of the articles will be available full text and
can be sent to your e-mail account. You
can search this index from any computer on campus.
Note
To access this online periodical index from off campus, enter
23211 immediately followed by your social security number. (example: 23211xxxxxxxxx)
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Social
Science 201/R. Stacewicz
Web sites
AIDS/Google
Directory
UNAIDS/United Nations
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Sociology
101/B. Dayton
Web sites
Cultural Profiles
Project
Ethnicity/Google
Directory
Lifestyle
Choices/Google Directory
Subcultures/Google
Directory
Books
American Immigrant Culture
REF E184.A1A63448 (DP)
CultureGrams/2002
REF GT150.C85 (DP)
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
REF E184.A1G14 (DP)
Tip
Use ILLINET
Online
to search for additional books on your specific subject. Try a "keyword"
title search since the subject of a book is almost always part of the
title.
Periodicals
Look
for magazine, journal and newspaper articles about subcultures in Expanded
Academic ASAP.
Many of the articles will be available full text and can be sent to your
e-mail account.
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