Annotated Bibliography

Library Databases

English 1121

Bodelson

Directions: To access the college’s databases, you need to go to the Anoka Ramsey library

homepage. http://www.anokaramsey.edu/resources/library/

A) EBSCO: Journal/Magazine articles:

1) In the “Scholarly Journals and Newspaper Databases” section, click EBSCO. Login, if

necessary, with your Star ID and password.

2) At the database selection screen, check the boxes next to individual databases or select all

databases.

• Database Academic Search Premier is a good source for all topics since it is

multidisciplinary and includes content appropriate for college level research. You may

certainly select additional database(s) depending on your topic.

3) On the searching screen, type your search term(s) in the search box, anding them together; for

example, media violence and children, charter schools and reform, etc.

4) Click “search.”

5) In the list of results, “PDF full text” will display if the entire article is available online, and

you may simply open and print/email/save. There is a citation option as well; if you use this, be

sure to double check the citation format following your professor’s instructions.

B) ProQuest: Newspaper Articles/Scholarly Journal Articles/Books/Video

1) In on the Library home page, click on “Scholarly Journals and Newspaper Databases.” Then

click on ProQuest. Login, if necessary, with your Star ID and password.

2) To do a refined search, click the “Advanced” tab at the top. A screen with multiple search

boxes will appear. In one of the boxes, type your search term, anding them together, as

described above.

3) In the list of results, click the titles you are interested in and print/email/save/cite. You will

then have entire newspaper articles/journal articles etc. for free without having to visit individual

newspaper websites or journal websites or having a paid subscription.

C) CQ Researcher: Background information/topic overview

1) On the Library homepage, click on Pro & Con Sources. Then click on CQResearcher. Login,

if necessary, with your Star ID and password.

2) If you are unsure about your topic and would like to explore topics or are just starting out with

your topic, click the "Browse Topics" tab on the top left, and select a broad topic, such as

Media, then Radio & TV, then Reality TV. You are then at what is called the Report level, which

provides you a historical overview, pros and cons, a chronology of events, etc. on your topic.

3) If you have your topic set, go to the box in the upper right labeled "search by keyword" and

type your topic, such as Reality TV. You will then get a list of results sorted by relevancy, and

you can click on the report you like.

4) The reports are lengthy, but there are subject headings in bold on the left you can click on to

view a specific section of the report.

D) Gale's Opposing Viewpoints: Pros and Cons

1) On the Library homepage, click on Pro & Con sources. Then click on Opposing Viewpoints.

Login, if necessary, with your Star ID and password.

2) If you are unsure about your topic and would like to explore topics or are just starting out with

your topic, click from the pre-selected topics such as "Society and Culture" or "Health and

Medicine." Then you may click on a more specific topic of interest, which will then get you to a

results page. On this results page, your best bet are the "Viewpoints," which are essays arguing

different sides of an issue.

3) If you have your topic set, type your topic in the search box on the upper right. You will then

get to the results page on which you can click Viewpoints to get to the specific Viewpoint

essays.

For further assistance, please contact Library Faculty: 763-433-1150