Using Off Campus Library Services

Part B

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Assignment 2:

“Write a paper, showing the pro and con of illegal immigration...”

Opposing Viewpoints is an excellent database for pro/con, or controversial issues

As with all databases, start at the OCLS Home Page ◦ Click on General… (under Article Databases)

◦ Select Gale Opposing Viewpoints ◦ Authenticate with your last name & 14 digit library number

Select:

General

Resources

(this database

is cross-

disciplinary)

Select:

Gale Opposing

Viewpoints in Context.

[Note that it is

alphabetized by O, not

by G.

Type in your subject, then click on Viewpoints

OR Click on: Issues and choose their recommended topics.

By clicking on:

Issues on the

entry page, you

see that your

topic of Illegal

Immigrants is

one of the options.

On this page, you have many options to get content on your topic: Overview articles, Videos, Expert Picks, Viewpoints, Reference articles, News articles. All are available full text!

Assignment 3: “Your group will select a company and discuss the following…”

Some databases that are good for company research include: ◦ Business Source Complete >> More (blue toolbar)

>> Company profiles

◦ ValueLine

◦ LexisNexis

◦ Reference USA

LexisNexis database is one of many IWU databases that provides excellent information on companies

Click on: Business (under Article Databases)

Use the Business Link

Click on: LexisNexis

Locate the Company Info box.

Enter the company name or the ticker symbol. Navigate to the Snapshot page.

Scroll down the page for links to a lot more information including valuable linking with more info!

All the way at the bottom of the page, you have other options for creating a company list, comparing companies. E.g. you might want to compare Amazon with one of its competitors, like Barnes & Noble.

Assignment 4: “Locate this article and be ready to discuss it in class…”

IWU has a specialized “A-Z” tool that lists all the full content journals available at IWU.

This tool tells you if a journal/magazine/newspaper is available—or not, and in what format.

Some titles are available full-text electronically in IWU databases or in print at Jackson Library.

You need the article: Unleashing the power of marketing.Harvard Business Review, Oct 2010, p. 90.

On the OCLS home page, select: Journal Titles

Note: Have your 14 digit Library Access Number ready.

Enter the Journal Title in the Search Box

You will find out if IWU owns a Journal and where it is located.

HBR is available in several sources. Let’s select Business Source Complete database.

The selected database will come up

Select the

year

Select the right issue

Scroll down to the 23rd

article.

As we have just shown, a great deal of information is available to you immediately online via the databases

OCLS is your link to databases and library research/resource materials

Questions? Use our online form…

OCLS Online Request form

Link from the OCLS Home Page

…Or call us at 1.800.521.1848 Let us know how we can help you with your research questions and information needs! Continue on to Part C.