Freedom and Confinement
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This wiki page provides library and other resources oriented towards research on Spaces of Freedom and Confinement. It is intended for students in Winona Wynn's Summer 2006 American Studies 216 class, but might be of interest to others. This is a wiki page so anyone with a Washington State University Network ID can edit this page (you can view the editing history of this page); WSU students can also make additions, suggestions, or other comments on the DISCUSSION page associated with this page. For editing and creating how-to's, see the WSUWiki Main Page--Lorena O'English 13:27, 29 Mar 2006 (Pacific Standard Time) APA (WSU Librarian)
Introduction
Library Research at the Washington State University Libraries
Check out the LibrarySearch page - lots of information about how to find good stuff in the WSU Libraries. If you have questions, you can get reference desk hours, phone numbers and email webforms at our Ask a Question page, or contact Lorena directly.
Reference Resources
The Encyclopedia of American Prisons
Finding Books
Books can be found in the WSU Libraries catalog, Griffin. The Summit service is available for getting books from over other 35 college and university libraries in Oregon and Washington.
Like academic disciplines, libraries have their own vocabulary. The terms we use in conversation aren't always the terms used by libraries.
Finding Articles
You can find article citations and fulltext articles on the Databases, Articles and E-Journals page.
Electronic Collections Online - Lots of fulltext.
ProQuest
America: History and Life - covers the history of the United States and Canada.
Anthropological Literature - The scholarly literature of anthropology.
Sociological Abstracts - the scholarly literature of sociology.
PsycINFO - the scholarly literature of psychology.
Government Information
Government Documents at the WSU Libraries - A great starting place for all topics dealing with government information.
GPO Monthly Catalog - Use this resource to find U.S. government publications. Watch out, though - our access to U.S. government documents is often online or through microforms.
Google Uncle Sam
FedStats - A gateway to government statistics.
The U.S. Census - Includes American FactFinder and CenStats
Newspapers
ProQuest - Lots of newspaper articles as well as other popular, professional/trade, and scholarly resources.
Lexis-Nexis Academic - News and legal content, as well as business information.
Ethnic NewsWatch - mostly fulltext newspapers and magazines from ethnic groups; mostly from North America.
Alternative Press Index
PressDisplay - Last 60 days of selected papers - as the newspapers actually appeared.
Images
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
PicSearch
Google Images - Click on the "Images" link
Cydral - A neat image database from France (French not requird!)
LYU Visual Search Royalty-free images from Corbis.
Specialized Resources: The Homeless
Specialized Resources: Confinement and the Prison Experience
Specialized Resources: Confinement and the Mentally Ill
Specialized Resources: Animal Confinement and Human Confinement
Research Protocols: Evaluation and Attribution
Evaluation criteria - Everything you read needs to be evaluated, both Web resources and information from more traditional sources. Just remember - you should evaluate by the criteria of your particular reserach question. That means that some "bad" resources may actually be OK since you are using them as evidence for your argument.
APA Style Guide for Electonic Resources: PDF format or Word format
APA Style Guide for Print Resources: PDF format or Word format
Citing Images - The copyright concept of "educational fair use" allows you to use images in your papers, but it has to be for educational purposes only and be cited correctly.