ENGL 120 - Library Instruction Session

Focusing on Sexual Harassment and Same-Sex Marriage

1. Focusing on an issue. (Ex. Sexual Harassment, Same-Sex Marriage)
2. Before doing anything, think:  What do I need for this paper?
3. Look in AubieCat (What can be found in AubieCat?)
4. Look in periodicals (Time, Newsweek) and newspapers. (Where can these articles be identified?  Where can they be located?)

Answers

1. Other people's (hopefully informed) opinions.
2. Materials that will inform your own opinion as to the facts concerning your topic.
3. Books at Auburn and the Location of Periodicals.
4. Indexes and Databases by Subject (General Interest), AubieCat.

Sexual Harassment (Research Process Outline)?

1. I need informed opinions on both sides of the issue of sexual harassment in the U.S.
2. Where to start?
   • CQ Researcher 3^rd Floor REF H 35 .E35 (1991 - 1999)
   • Editorials on File 3^rd Floor REF D 410. E 3(1970 - 1999)
   • Keesing's Contemporary Archives 3^rd Floor REF D 410. K4 (1931 - 1999)
3. These sources will cover my issue and give me multiple magazine and news media coverage.
4. However, it will not be current up to the  past few months.
5. What now?  Use the current news indexing sources.
   • See Indexes and Databases by Subject (General Interest).
6. What was found? I want to work on Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military.
   • Lt. General Claudia Kennedy and harassment's history in the U.S. Military.
   • See section in CQ Researcher.
7. What now? Check for historical overview in AUBIECat.
   1. Start with Basic Keyword Search for harassment military
   2. Refine it and realize that the LC subject headings of interest are:
      • Sex discrimination against women United States
      • United States Armed Forces Women
8. What next?  Review what you have?  Do your books and your articles cite enough material to accomplish this paper? Probably...
9. But you will want to have an unbiased look at other materials representing the opposing side to your argument.
10. Where to go?  The same source we have been using except you will want an opposing view.
    1. Go to these which always give opposing views:
    2. CQ Researcher 3^rd Floor REF H 35 .E35 (1991 - 1999)
    3. Editorials on File 3^rd Floor REF D 410. E 3(1970 - 1999)
11. Also, identifying if a magazine or newspaper is left, middle, or right in its politics will be helpful. These are examples found in Infotrac's Expanded Academic ASAP
12.  

    Left  The New York Times The New Yorker

    Middle Christian Science Monitor The Economist

    Right National Review American Spectator

13. There are many news sources with an online presence that have great archives.

    1. News and Newspapers Online (UNCG)

Where can I look now?

• Newsbank - Full-text of regional U.S. and World Newspapers
• Newspaper Source
• ProQuest Newspapers
• Current Issues Sourcefile (Library Use Only)
• Academic Search FULLTEXT Elite
• Congressional Universe (Library Use Only)
• PAIS International
• Statistical Universe (Library Use Only)

Tips for Folks working on Same-Sex Marriage

1. Do the same as above but remember:
2. Same-Sex Marriage is not the only term for this.
   1. In AubieCat try LC Subjects
      • Same-sex marriage and Lesbian couples
   2. In other indexing tools try:
      • Same-Gender Marriage
      • Civil Unions
   3. In CQ Researcher it is listed as Same-Sex Marriage