ENC1101 English Comp I Instructor:  Eileen Murphy

Whale Rider

Guide to Your Research Paper

Getting Started | Finding Books | Finding Articles |  Getting Assistance | Library Home Page | Your Assignment

Several resources have been place on reserve for you class.  These are good resources to start your research.  Ask the circulation staff or librarian for assistance.

BOOKS

Among Whales -- Roger Payne 1995

Body Piercing and Tattoos -- J.D. Lloyd 2003

The Decorated Body -- Robert Brain 1979

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals -- William E. Perrin 2002

The History of New Zealand -- Tom Brooking 2004

Introducing Maori Art -- Deidre Brown 2005

Legends of Aoteatoa -- Chris Winitana 2003

Maori Legends  -- Alistar Campbell 1969

Maori Origins -- Nigel Prickett 2001

Maori Wood Sculpture -- T. Barrow 1969

Polynesia in Early Historic Times -- Douglas Oliver 2002

A Traveller's History of New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands -- John Chambers 2004

Whales and Dolphins of the World -- Mark Simmonds 2005

WEBSITES

Auckland War Memorial Museum  (Select Maori Culture)

The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Maori [Political] Party

Maori.org.nz

National Library of New Zealand

New Zealand [national] Government

New Zealand in History

NEW ZEALAND NEWSPAPERS (from REFDESK.Com)

1. Allied Press Limited (Dunedin)
2. InfoTech Weekly Online (Wellington)
3. New Zealand Herald
4. NewsRoom (Wellington)
5. Otago Daily Times (Dunedin)
6. Press, The (Christchurch City)
7. Wairarapa Times-Age
8. Wellington Newspaers / NZ Infotech Weekly

NEW ZEALAND TELEVISION & RADIO

1. tvnz.co.com
2. Radio New Zealand

Use the Online Catalog on the Library Home Page to find books at the PCC libraries (or any Florida Community College library)

Some topic words to use are Maori, Maori Culture, New Zealand, Whales, Mythology

The Online Catalog is simple to use...

PCC's Databases - online access to periodical articles, references resources, & electronic books

The PCC Libraries have many databases.  They all work in a similar fashion, like the Online Catalog (which is just another database - it's just that it is for books, not articles) there is usually a box where you type in what-ever it is that you are looking for and then you click on search and the clever thing gives you a list of compatible results - it's kind of like computer dating only the computer is matching you to an article not a date.  Actually, a good search strategy is a bit more complicated than that's but that's a start.

Where to begin? Which resource to Choose?

• Some of PCC's periodical databases only index articles -- it will tell you where to find the article, but will not give you the article.
• Some databases provide "abstracts" -- you will receive a summary or overview of the article, but not the entire thing.
• Some databases are "full text"  -- they will provide a link to the actual text of the article.
• Some provide a copy of the article with the graphics and everything -- these are "full image" databases.
• Some databases are a combination of index, abstract, full text and full image.

Try Academic Search Premier - Academic Search Premier (ASP) is a combination index, abstract & full-text/image database

EBSCOhost's Academic Search Premier offers full-text articles for over 1,250 journals dating back to 1990, and abstracts and indexing for nearly 2,880 scholarly journals dating back to 1984. Many of the journals are peer-reviewed. Academic Search Premier offers embedded images and provides journal coverage for most academic areas of study, including biological sciences, economics, communications, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences and women's studies.

Click on the "Databases" button on the library home page
and logon on with your SS# and PIN (last 4 digits of your SS#)

Once you are logged in you should see a list of databases - select the first one on the alphabetical list - Academic Search Premier.
Once you "connect" to the database you should see a search screen like the one below.

1. Put your search term(s) in the "Find" box
Omit little words like an, and, or the
2. Click on Search
You will receive a list of results in the form of citations.
(Notice that at the top you will see how many records were found - you may need to broaden or narrow your search?)
3. Choose what results you would like to see
Click on the title of an article and you will receive more information about that article - a summary
To see the "whole enchilada" click on the link that says " Full Text" or "Full Image"... and there's your article.
4. Print your article or save it to a disk.
You can print from the file menu or from your tool bar, or e-mail the article to your e-mail account, or save the article to your floppy disk.

These are the databases that are recommended for your use for this assignment...

Academic OneFile  An all encompassing database which should have articles on most topics.

Academic Search Premier Similar to Academic OneFile -- from another company.

Encyclopedia Britannica

Health Reference Center Academic Use this for medical issues related to the Maori culture.

LexisNexis Academic Newspaper articles from around the world. 

Science Complete Particularly good for topics on whales.

• READ THE HELP SCREENS
  Every search engine has a tutorial or help -- Take a minute or two to learn a few of the basic tricks.
   

• Try the ADVANCED SEARCH OPTION (example: http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en )
  If you getting a lot of "junk", try using the advanced search option for the search engine you are using.
  The advanced options actually help you create a more specific and more efficient search strategy.
   

• Try GOOGLE SCHOLAR http://scholar.google.com/
   

• USE A SUBJECT DIRECTORY, SPECIALIZED SEARCH ENGINE OR PATHFINDER
  Many are listed on the PCC search engine page - http://www.polk.edu/It/Library/search.htm

You can stop by the library and ask the Librarian for assistance. Library Hours
You can call the librarian at the library and get assistance over the phone. (WH 297-1040 or LK 297-1042)
You can e-mail the librarians. Staff Directory
You can use the TLCC tutors for writing assistance
You can use any of the many tutorials and help screens available from our college or others.

Looking for online assistance with writing, citing, or set-up?

You can link to several sites through the PCC Library "How To" Pages
and the PCC Library Bookmarks Page for English Comp sites
or...
check out UC Berkley's page for Style Sheets for Citing Internet & Electronic Resources
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Style.html
or
The University of Illinois' Writer's Workshop
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_styles/citation_styles.htm