State Politics: POL301

Gerald Benjamin spring 2009

Choose a topic:

Get some background about the issues surrounding your bill, using a subject specific encyclopedia or guide or online using the Gale Virtual Reference Library:

Tapping state government information sources [Ref JK2408 .T36 2003]

New York State government : what it does, how it works [ Stacks: JK3416 .W37 2002]

Encyclopedia of Democracy [Ref JC 423 .E3 1995] 4 v.

Legalized gambling : a reference handbook [Ref HV6710 .T48 1997]

Childhood Sexual Abuse: a reference handbook [Ref HV6570 .K55 2007

Search the STL Catalog for in-depth books in this library: http://delaware.sunyconnect.suny.edu:4430/F

Use “Subject begins with” for terms which are probably a subject heading:

Gambling

Child sexual abuse

Indians of North America -- Law and legislation.

Use “Word (s) anywhere” for proper names, unique phrases:

Gambling and New York

Indian gambling

Nuclear power

Healthcare

¨ Search subscription databases via the library web page (lib.newpaltz.edu) for journal articles on your topic: http://lib6.newpaltz.edu/infotree/DatabasesbyTitle3.asp

Academic Search Premier (Ebsco): multidisciplinary database w/some full text. (Limit to peer-reviewed for scholarly journals.) You may wish to combine with another Ebsco database, such as Business Source Premier.

Historical New York Times (Proquest): full text from 1851 - 2003

New York State Newspapers: Albany Times Union, Middletown Times Herald Record, NY Times, NY Post, etc.

JSTOR: great resource for archived articles from scholarly journals.

Project Muse is much like JSTOR, but with more current full text. (There is some overlap with JSTOR and you may search both at the same time.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: complete one-stop source for information on current events and social issues

ProQuest: search for scholarly journals, magazines & newspapers; some with full text and images

Regional Business News: great source for news published in sources such as Crain’s New York Business, Hudson Valley Business Journal, etc.

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe: excellent source for U.S. and international news, legal information, as well as media transcripts)

Worldcat: search for materials in other libraries

Government Information: library page with links to government resources, including state information: http://library.newpaltz.edu/research_areas/govern.html

Try using “Multi-search” tab to cover more than one databases at a time. (This can help if you are looking for something written recently by a particular author & are not sure of the resource.): http://wfxsearch.webfeat.org/wfsearch/menu?cid=10053

See guides and videos for access to full text of your journal article: http://library.newpaltz.edu/assistance/assistanceindex.html

If your article is not available, either in print or online, you may request it via

Interlibrary Loan (ILLIAD).

: Find basic information & link to tutorials about using Endnote bibliographic software at:

http://library.newpaltz.edu/endnote/endnoteinfo.html

IMPORTANT URL INFORMATION: Links to articles may work at first, but can change after you have copied them. Find out how to create persistent URL’s so that your articles will be there when you need them!

http://library.newpaltz.edu/databases/persistent.html

For Additional Help, go to the Student Research Assistance page:

http://library.newpaltz.edu/assistance/assistanceindex.html

AND/Or schedule a personal consultation session with a librarian:

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