Mathematics: Some Sources for Information
Chemeketa Community College

SP111: Some Sources for Information

General Resources

See the general SP111 Handout for finding exemplary speeches.

The library catalog will lead you to books and audiovisual material.

The library's databases index a huge variety of newspaper, magazine, and academic journal articles.

Assignment-Specific Resources

Assignment 2

Project Censored Media
From Sonoma State University. Indexes stories they rank as most deserving of coverage but left out of mainstream media reports
Project for Excellence in Journalism
Specializes in using empirical methods to evaluate and study the performance of the press. It is non partisan, non ideological and non political.
Digital History
Provides high-quality historical resources for teachers and students for free and without advertising.
Center for History and New Media
The Center for History and New Media at George Mason University sponsors more than two dozen digital history projects and offer free tools and resources for historians.
EurekAlert!
EurekAlert! is devoted to reporting advances and new developments in science and technology, and is produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The site contains a set of press releases for the current week, and searchable archives of previous releases.
American Memory
70+ collections with full-text documents from the Library of Congress, including many little-known items.
Inventors and Inventions
Sources for finding information on inventors and their ideas.

Other Suggestions

Browse in the library reference stacks in the 920-999 area to find ideas in biography (920s) and history (930-999).

Assignment 3

Library of Congress’s Portals to the World
Contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world.
History in the News
History in the News: The Middle East contains information on the Middle East, including links to other sites, complied by the Department of History, SUNY-Albany.
Indigenous Peoples Literature
Indigenous Peoples Literature is an archive of cultural material by the indigenous peoples of the world, ranging from literature and music to prayers and history. Contains a listing of tribes, chiefs, and the complete texts of key documents such as the Iroquois and Seminole constitutions.
Rootster: a Search for Culture
Rootster: a Search for Culture, an extension of the online world music magazine RootsWorld , is a searchable and browsable "small, edited database of web sites for words, music, images and ideas." Some of the topics are gypsy culture, accordions, Cuban music, and hoboes.
UNESCO’s Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger of Disappearing
UNESCO’s Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger of Disappearing includes information about endangered, moribund, and extinct languages.
Researching Ethnic And Cultural Groups
A guide to library resources for researching cultures

Biographical & Historical Information

For further help, ask for assistance at the Reference Desk 


Updated: April 2007
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