Research Guides: English 100: English 100

English 100

Everything You Need To Know About the Library for English 100

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This Guide is full of helpful library information which will be useful for students new to using an academic library, or are in English 100.

If you have questions or need help, contact the Commons Reference Desk at 270 745-6125 or contact the subject librarian for your major (find them using the Research Guides from the Library Home Page).

Suggested Databases for Basic Research

Just to get started, here are a few of the most popular databases for general research. You can go into the Research Guides and select on in you major to get advice on which is the best database to use for your particular major's needs.

One Search (Primo)
Search across the WKU Libraries catalog and databases to discover books, articles, films, and more.
EBSCOHost Databases
EBSCOhost offers a variety of full text databases on many different topics.

EBSCOhost, part of the database offerings of the Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL), offers a variety of full text databases on many different topics.
JSTOR
Provides the full text of scholarly journals, not including the most recent five years, in the following collections: Arts & Sciences I – XI, Life Sciences, and 19th Century British Pamphlets.
ProQuest Databases
Search a variety of databases on many different topics at once.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)
A large multi-subject database covering every topic with scholarly journals and popular magazines.
Access provided by KYVL.
Masterfile Premier (EBSCOhost)
Provides full text of periodicals, reference books, primary source documents, and more on virtually every subject area of general interest, back to 1975.
Access provided by KYVL.

Call Numbers

Use One Search to search for specific items in the collection, or more narrowly-defined subjects.

CALL NUMBER (how to read the Library of Congress call numbers)

Example:

BF 11.H39

BF= Subject Area

11= Location within the subject- Like a Street Address – Numbers go from 1-9999 (so: 11 is in beginning of BF section, 9879 is at end of BF section)

.H39= (shows where the book sits on the shelf in the BF11 area) -stands for author’s name

Citing Resources MLA, APA

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers

MLA Purdue OWL

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

APA Purdue OWL

WKU Writing Center Information

If you should have difficulties and need help with your writing, please contact the folks at the Writing Center to make an appointment for someone to work with you one-on-one.