Madigan Library

Use this page to guide you through the various library and web resources to create your pamphlet (section C) for your group Social Problem Research Project.  Remember that you must gather your information from at least 5 different resources.

Research Tips

How to search the library catalog for books, how to find articles in the most relevant library databases for this topic.

Selected Links

Includes links to local and national agencies, government and nonprofits specializing in your topics.

Search the Web

Popular and more academic search engines, the Invisible Web, reviews, tutorials and more.

 

 

Tools you can use...

Citing Your Sources

A selection of style manuals.  There are also copies of A Basic Guide to the Research Paper at the reference desk and on reserve.

Journal Locator

Find out if an article you find in a citation database is available full text online.

Evaluating Quality on the Web

A friendly guide from Walt Howe, Internet guru and husband of librarian Hope Tillman!

Popular vs. Scholarly resources

Wondering how you can tell what kind of information you have found?  A simple comparative chart from Duke University] librarians.