GEOGRAPHY 210 LIBRARY RESOURCES

Questions? Contact Chris Kollen, Geography Librarian (e-mail: kollenc@u.library.arizona.edu), phone: 621-4869, Office: Main Library A209)

Citation Guide -- How to cite journal articles, newspaper articles, online articles, web sites, books, lectures, interviews, and e-mail. For your assignment, you will be using the Chicago Manual of Style (also see the print at Z253 .U69 2003 Info. Commons Reference).

News Media Exercise

To find articles for your journal assignments, try the following journal indexes:

Go to Search for Articles to find additional journal indexes.

Research Assignment: People --- Things

People

General Information

Use the following library databases:

Academic Search Complete
General OneFile
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe (search under World News)
United Nations -- click on "Search" to get to the Search screen

to find information about the people you are exploring

How and Why they Migrated

Use the following library databases:

to find information about how the people you are exploring came to be in the place they currently are living

Living Conditions

Use the following library databases:

Sociological Abstracts
Statistical Resource Finder (more detailed information)
United Nations Social Indicators (country)
World Development Indicators (country)

to find information about the living conditions of the people where they currently live and the place they left

Global Connectivities

Use the following library databases:

to answer the following questions:

How the people have changed the places where they live
How the people connect the places they live to other places (esp. where they come from)
How the people you have chosen to explore illustrate the conditions that make these connectivities possible

Things

General Information

Use Business and Company Resource Center to find basic information about the company that produces your "thing" or product such as:

Is it a public company or private company?
Is it traded on one of the U.S. stock exchanges such as NYSE, NASDAQ, or OTC?
What is the address of the company's headquarters?

Consumption of your Thing or Product

Use the following library databases:

Business and Company Resource Center
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe (Business News, World News, or US News)

to find articles on:

How is the product marketed?
Where is it consumed?
How is it consumed?

Most articles in Business and Company Resource Center and Lexis-Nexis are full-text. If you find an article that is not full-text (such as the Wall Street Journal), you'll need to search for the article separately. Go to the Library Catalog and seach by the journal, magazine or newspaper title.

In addition, you may also find product, marketing and product consumption information on the company's website.

Where the Product is Made, Cultivated, or Assembled

Use Thomson Research to find information on where your product is made. First search for your company, then look in the 10K report (U.S. companies), 20F (international companies), or the Annual Report.

Manufacturing, Extraction or Production Methods

Use the following library databases:

Business and Company Resource Center
ABI/Inform
Thomson Research
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe (General News or Business News)

to find articles on the manufacturing, extraction or production methods used at the assembly plant.

Most articles in Business and Company Resource Center, ABI/Inform and Lexis-Nexis are full-text. If you find an article that is not full-text (such as the Wall Street Journal), you'll need to search for the article separately. Go to the Library catalog and seach by the journal, magazine or newspaper title.

Global Connectivities

Use the following library databases:

to find answers to the following questions:

How the thing has changed the places in which they are used
How the thing connects the places in which they are made to other places (esp. where they are made)
How the thing you have chosen to explore illustrates the conditions that make these connectivities possible

Prepared by Chris Kollen, University of Arizona Library, 9/12/03, last update 1/23/08