Finding Research
Essay Prompt
Think about the various environmental issues existing today, such as floods, hurricanes, pollutions etc. As you think about these things, I want you to choose a specific moment or event. It should be something you consider very important.
In order to thrive in our communities, we must recognize how our world is changing.
In your first essay for this class, you are to briefly describe an environmental issue that is important to you.
Finding Academic Research
- Agricultural & Environmental Science Database This link opens in a new window
Includes AGRICOLA, TOXLINE, Environmental Impact Statements, and Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management. - BioOne Complete This link opens in a new window
Over 190 journals on the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. - CAB Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers the significant research and development literature in the applied life sciences, including agriculture, forestry, human nutrition, veterinary medicine and the environment. - ProQuest One Academic This link opens in a new window
With ProQuest One Academic, four core multi-disciplinary products – ProQuest Central, Academic Complete, Academic Video Online and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global – are now available and cross-searchable on the same user-friendly, responsive, award-winning ProQuest platform. - ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Scholarly agricultural and biological journal articles from Elsevier. Includes full-text access to veterinary medicine e-books.
MLA Style
Journal Articles
Last name, First name. "Article Title." Journal Title, vol., no. if available, year, pages. Database, if available. Stable URL, if available.
Example:
Borroff, Marie. "Sound Symbolism as Drama in the Poetry of Robert Frost." PMLA, vol. 107, no. 1, Jan. 1992, pp. 131-44. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/462806.
Journal article with multiple authors
When a source has more than two authors, include Last name, First name, et al.
Last name, First name, and First name Last name. "Article Title." Journal Title, vol., no. if available, year, pages. Database, if available. Stable URL, if available.
Example:
Dorris, Michael, and Louise Erdich. "The Crown of Columbus." PMLA, vol. 120, no. 3, May 1997, pp. 182-44. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/462806.
Books
Last name, first name. Book Title. Publisher, abbreviated as appropriate, year.
Example:
Borroff, Marie. Language and the Poet: Verbal Artistry in Frost, Stevens, and Moore. U of Chicago P, 1979.
Book with multiple authors
When a source has three or more authors, reverse the first name and follow it with a comma and et al.
Last name, first name, et al. Book Title. Publisher, abbreviated as appropriate, year.
Example:
Burdick, Anne, et al. Digital Humanities, MIT P, 2012.
Chapter in edited book
Last name, first name. "Chapter Title." Book Title, edited by Editor, Publisher, abbreviated as appropriate, year, pp. pages.
Example:
Bazin, Patrick. "Toward Metareading." The Future of the Book, edited by Geoffry Nunberg, U of California P, 1996, pp. 153-68.
Setting up RefWorks
RefWorks
RefWorks is a new way to collect, manage, and organize research. You can read, annotate, organize, and cite your research as well as collaborate by sharing collections.
From simple bibliographies to papers formatted with in-text citations or footnotes, RefWorks handles it all. To learn more about RefWorks, use our RefWorks research guide.
To create a RefWorks account:
- Go to the link below and click Create account
- Fill in your information, making sure to use your DelVal email address.
- Go to your inbox and click the email link to complete the activation process.
Already have an account? Just go to the link below and click "Log In"
- RefWorksCitation generation service covering hundreds of styles including Chicago Scientific (Author-Date), Journal of Animal Science, and Council of Scientific Editors (Name-Year).
Online Tutorials
- Getting Started with New RefWorksRefWorks screencasts are available 24/7 on ProQuest's YouTube Channel.
Getting Help
Interlibrary Loan
If a book or article you want is not available, use Interlibrary Loan (ILL). The Library can order books and articles from other libraries. This process takes few days but is completely free for DelVal students, faculty, and staff.
Before you submit an ILL, check Google Scholar or Summon to see if we have immediate access or if it is freely available online.
- Interlibrary LoanIf a book or article you want is not available, use Interlibrary Loan (ILL). The Library can order books and articles from other libraries. This process takes few days but is completely free for DelVal students, faculty, and staff.
Before you submit an ILL, check Google Scholar or Summon to see if we have immediate access or if it is freely available online.
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