Three reliable, informative web sites CRJ students may find useful are;
1. Department of Justice Violence Against Women (victim support, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, fact sheets).
2. Stalking Resource Center (laws, statistics, court cases, victim support).
3. Statistics and Special Topics in criminal justice (includes; drugs and crime, homicide, intimate partner violence, firearms and more.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
MLA & APA Classes
The Damon Campus Library of Monroe Community College is offering MLA citation classes on Tuesday, October 27 and Tuesday, November 3 from 1:00-1:30pm.
APA style classes will be held on Wednesday, October 28 and Wednesday, November 4, from 1:00-1:30pm.
There have been significant changes in both styles with the new editions released in the spring. Learn the correct way to cite your resources for all of your research papers!
APA style classes will be held on Wednesday, October 28 and Wednesday, November 4, from 1:00-1:30pm.
There have been significant changes in both styles with the new editions released in the spring. Learn the correct way to cite your resources for all of your research papers!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Searching JSTOR
JSTOR is one of Monroe Community College library's databases that students and faculty may want to use for research. JSTOR has one thousand academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Academic (peer reviewed) journals comprise the majority of the content in the archive. Journals are always included from volume 1, issue 1 and include previous and related titles. The most recently published issues (past 3-5 years) are not available.
If you are off campus you will need to log-in to the databases using the EZProxy button, which is located on the library database page.
Click on this link to view a tutorial on searching JSTOR.
If you are off campus you will need to log-in to the databases using the EZProxy button, which is located on the library database page.
Click on this link to view a tutorial on searching JSTOR.
Monday, September 14, 2009
HUM202
The MCC library has many books related to human services topics, including reference books, which are a great way to get quick overviews, keywords and background information. The library also has many books you may borrow on Human Services issues that impact our community.
Statistics on human services topics may be found at several web sites. The U.S. Census Bureau is one place to begin.One site to search for more U.S. Federal government statistics is FedStats. City-data can be helpful for local statistics on a wide variety of topics. Monroe County and the City of Rochester sites may also contain useful information. Child Welfare Information Gateway is a more specific source that may help depending on your research interests. Domestic Violence research and statistics may be found at Aardvarc.
When searching Google for additional resources use shortcuts to retrieve more useful and reliable results. For example, in the search box type; site:.edu then your keywords. (site:.edu veterans outreach). Or use site:.gov or site:.org. All of your results will then come from education sites such as a university, or government sites or organizations (usually non-profit). Another tip is to use quotations around your keywords if you want to make sure your words are found together. This is really helpful when searching a person's name or the title of a book or movie ("Martin Luther King").
Academic Search Premier, one of MCC's article databases, is an excellent resource for locating magazine, journal and newspaper articles. You may print or email articles from this database.
Knightcite is a great resource to use if you need help creating citations. The Owl at Purdue University is also an excellent guide to the new version of writing APA style papers and creating citations.
Statistics on human services topics may be found at several web sites. The U.S. Census Bureau is one place to begin.One site to search for more U.S. Federal government statistics is FedStats. City-data can be helpful for local statistics on a wide variety of topics. Monroe County and the City of Rochester sites may also contain useful information. Child Welfare Information Gateway is a more specific source that may help depending on your research interests. Domestic Violence research and statistics may be found at Aardvarc.
When searching Google for additional resources use shortcuts to retrieve more useful and reliable results. For example, in the search box type; site:.edu then your keywords. (site:.edu veterans outreach). Or use site:.gov or site:.org. All of your results will then come from education sites such as a university, or government sites or organizations (usually non-profit). Another tip is to use quotations around your keywords if you want to make sure your words are found together. This is really helpful when searching a person's name or the title of a book or movie ("Martin Luther King").
Academic Search Premier, one of MCC's article databases, is an excellent resource for locating magazine, journal and newspaper articles. You may print or email articles from this database.
Knightcite is a great resource to use if you need help creating citations. The Owl at Purdue University is also an excellent guide to the new version of writing APA style papers and creating citations.
Friday, July 31, 2009
MLA 2009
The 7th edition of the MLA style has some significant changes when it comes to creating citations. I will include more information on the blog soon, but for now the highlights are:
1. Use "Print" or "Web" to designate the source of information.
2. Record the date of access when citing any source from the web.
3. The url is not needed unless a professor requires it or a reader would have difficulty locating the information without it.
4. Publishers names are now shortened (page 247 of book) and use city for location, no state.
5. If no publisher can be found (more typical with a web resource) use n.p, no page, use n.pag., no date, use n.d.
6. Do not include library information if citing from an electronic database.
1. Use "Print" or "Web" to designate the source of information.
2. Record the date of access when citing any source from the web.
3. The url is not needed unless a professor requires it or a reader would have difficulty locating the information without it.
4. Publishers names are now shortened (page 247 of book) and use city for location, no state.
5. If no publisher can be found (more typical with a web resource) use n.p, no page, use n.pag., no date, use n.d.
6. Do not include library information if citing from an electronic database.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
APA Citation Workshops
The Damon City Campus library is having APA citation classes on Tuesday, March 18 and Wednesday, March 19, from 12:30-1:00pm.
We will cover what elements are necessary to create a citation, create some ourselves, show resources available in the library and on the MCC library web site, and talk about citation creators that will make the process less daunting.
Registration is not necessary, just show up at 12:30 ready to learn!
We will cover what elements are necessary to create a citation, create some ourselves, show resources available in the library and on the MCC library web site, and talk about citation creators that will make the process less daunting.
Registration is not necessary, just show up at 12:30 ready to learn!
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