Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Moon - Exploration & Habitation

EBSCOhost Articles: SUBJECT (moon and (research or exploration)) AND (habitat* or fuel or life support or water or air or hydroponic* or food or station or base) - 450+ full text articles

ProQuest Articles: SU(moon) AND (habitat* or fuel or life support or water or air or hydroponic* or food or station or base or colon*) - 2800 full text articles

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

CS 101 - Computers in Society

Topic Suggestions - CQ Researcher

Blog Explosion
Combating Plagiarism - Is the Internet causing more students to copy?
Computer Hacking
Computers and Medicine
Controlling the Internet
Cyberbullying
Cyber-Crime
Cyberpolitics
Cyber-Predators
Cybersecurity February 26, 2010 - Are U.S. military and civilian computer systems safe?
Cybersecurity September 26, 2003 - How vulnerable is the U.S. to cyberwarfare?
Cyber Socializing - Are Internet sites like MySpace potentially dangerous? (2006)
Distance Learning
Future of Journalism - Can the Internet fill the reporting gaps caused by the decline of newspapers?
Google's Dominance
Identity Theft
Impact of the Internet on Thinking
Internet Accuracy - Is information on the Web reliable?
Internet Regulation - Are stiffer rules needed to protect web content?
Libraries and the Internet - Are filters needed to block pornography?
Online Privacy - do Americans need better protection?
Privacy in Peril
Future of Recycling (e-waste)
Regulating the New Economy (digital economy)
Social Networking - Are online social networks eroding privacy? (Sept. 2010)
Television's Future (broadcast vs. podcast)
Video Games - Do they have educational value?
Voting Controversies (electronic voting machines)

Other resources:
Books in ebrary

FOLDOC free on-line dictionary of computing

Oxford Reference Online - Computing

Sample Search for Books
"su:Computer OR su:Technology AND su:social" - 192 results as of 4/25/2012
su:Computers and civilization ” returned 35 results as of 4/25/2012

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Google in China

ENGL 102 / Lambert - 10 sources


Citation Tools & Guide Pages:

Sample Topic Question: Should Google have stopped censoring its web search results in China when it moved its search engine to Hong Kong on March 23, 2010? Book - Library >> Resources >> Books (Click on the Format filter "Books" on the lower right corner to view only the Books databases.) Print book - MLA 7th ed. citation
  • Goldsmith, Jack L. Who Controls the Internet? : Illusions of a Borderless World. New York : Oxford UP, 2006. Print.
Ebook - MLA 7th ed. citation Reference - Library » Resources » Reference General Reference Book
  • Censorship." Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010. Web. 17 Apr. 2010.
Specialized Reference Book
  • Laursen, John Christian. "Censorship." New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Ed. Maryanne Cline Horowitz. Vol. 1. Detroit: Scribner's, 2005. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 17 Apr. 2010.
Articles - Library » Resources » Articles EBSCOhost - Journal/Peer-reviewed - MLA 7th ed. citation
  • Israel, Brian R. “'Make Money Without Doing Evil?' Caught between Authoritarian Regulations in Emereging Markets and a Global Law of Human Rights, U.S. ICTS Face a Twofold Quandry." Berkeley Technology Law Journal 24.1 (2009): 617-655. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 17 Apr. 2010.
EBSCOhost - Magazine/Not Peer-reviewed - MLA 7th ed. citation ProQuest - Newspaper/Not Peer-reviewed - MLA 7th ed. citation Web - try a Google Advanced Search Non-Print - try Google Image Search, Video Search, or visit the site of a known provider of non-print content like NPR.

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