ENG 212

ENG 212:
Persuasive and
Analytical Writing

Fogler Home Page -- the starting point

Fogler Library http://library.umaine.edu

Library Catalog -- for locating books and government documents, and determining journal holdings

URSUS (Fogler Home Page>URSUS)
For books on a topic, choose "Subject" or "Keywords."
Use URSUS for checking Fogler periodical holdings( Click on JOURNAL/MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER).

Indexes -- for locating articles
(Fogler Home Page>Indexes and Databases)

Academic Search Premier

Business Source Premier

Newspapers(Proquest)

ERIC

Depending on your assignment requirements, this may be helpful:
Identifying Scholarly Journals vs. Popular & Trade Magazines
(Fogler Home Page>Subject Guides>Other Guides...)

"Hot Topics"

CQ Researcher (Fogler Home Page>Indexes and Databases)

Public Agenda Online

Lexis-Nexis Academic (Fogler Home Page>Indexes and Databases))

Documents in the News

Congressional Universe Political News/Hot Topics (Fogler Home Page>Indexes and Databases)

Polling Data

PollingReport.com

The Gallup Poll Ref HN 90 P8 G35 (1935- )

Statistics

Statistical Abstract of the United States. REF HA 202 A3 (ask at Reference Desk)

Statistical Abstract of the United States ( (Fogler Home Page>Indexes and Databases)

Statistical Universe (Fogler Home Page>Indexes and Databases)

Legal Sources

Fogler Library Subject Guides: Law (Fogler Home Page>Subject Guides)

FindLaw

Dictionaries, Thesauri, Grammars, Writing Guides

Dictionaries and Writing Resources (Fogler Home Page>Quick Reference)

The Oxford English Dictionary

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 4th ed. REF PE1628 .A623 2000

The UMaine Writing Center

Citation Guides

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed.
REF LB2369 .G53 2003 (ask at Reference Desk)

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed.
REF BF76.7 .P83 2001 (ask at Reference Desk)

Citation Guides (Fogler Home Page>Quick Reference)

General and Review

Introduction to Library Research (Fogler Home Page>Subject Guides)

Political Advocacy Groups

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