V161: Urban Problems and Solutions
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- Opposing Viewpoints in Context
- Social issues series for current coverage of hot topics; access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents
- TOPIC Search
- Current events database focusing on contemporary issues. Sources include newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, biographies, book reviews, opinion polls, and government information.
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- Access World News
- Provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and 700 international sources
- Newspaper Source
- Provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) including the Bloomington Herald Times, and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
- City and Town Official Web sites
- Quickly find official websites by drilling down through states to municipalities.
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- American FactFinder (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Source of population, housing, economic, and geographic data and maps for the United States and individual states, counties, and municipalities.
- Proquest Statistical
- Electronic access to tables and citations to statistics produced by the U.S. federal, state and local governments, international governmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations.
- USA.gov
- Find data and statistics by topic.
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- AP Images
- An electronic library containing the AP's current photos and a selection of pictures from their 50 million image print and negative library.
- EBSCO Images
- Contains over 100,000 images and consists of a wide range of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events.
- Citing Your Sources in APA Style
- You will want to document the sources of information that you use in papers, speeches, and other projects in order to avoid plagarism. You need to give credit to authors for their original work and enable your readers to consult the same sources. This brochure from the Campus Writing Program provides basic instructions. A more detailed guide is available online from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab for the APA (American Psychological Association)documentation style.
- Working in Teams
- Ideas and resources for working together effectively.
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Last updated 11/16/2011
