Skyline College Library

Global Warming: Research Links

Evaluating Sources
Article Databases
Catalog for Finding Books

Evaluating sources

Using strategies and tips from the guide: “Evaluating Information from Web Pages”,
decide whether the following pages would be good quality sources to use for a college research paper.

(What is the difference between popular magazines and academic journals?) (What is a “content farm”?)

Source Examples:

1. Global Warming, Environmental Degradation and Pollution: What Are the Real Causes?

2. 2. Climate Change

3. Rising sea levels could take economic toll on California beaches

4. Global Warming Impact Zones: U.S.: California

5. Sandy beach ecosystems: Key features, sampling issues, management challenges and climate change impacts

Databases for Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles:
Search the following article databases using a keyword search, such as: homeless AND San Francisco AND children
OR try using the following subject headings: Homelessness; Homeless persons; Poverty; Poor -- United States; Marginality, Social

EbscoHost databases on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Articles from academic journals, magazines, newspapers & other published sources in all subject areas.

Gale PowerSearch databases on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Articles from academic journals, popular magazines, newspapers and reference sources

ProQuest Biology Journals on or off campus w/ library card
Full-text biology-related journal articles

Gale Science in Context on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Full-text articles on science-related topics

Access Science encyclopedia on campus or off-campus w/ library card
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology

Google Scholar - Google’s academic search engine accesses a wide range of academic articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, and universities. The majority of sources retrieved by Google Scholar are usually abstracts (summaries) of articles, which do not provide the full-text of the article (or a significant charge is required for the full article). In many cases, you may be able to retrieve the full-text of these articles by using the Skyline College Library Article Delivery Service.

Books:

The PLS Online Catalog is the online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the Peninsula Library System.

• Type in search word(s) for your topic in the first search box and click the Submit button.
• The search results will show books and other materials in all libraries in the PLS system.
• To Limit your results to books at Skyline College Library, scroll down to Limit to: Location: pull-down menu below the search boxes, scroll down in the Location: pull-down menu, select Skyline College & then click the Submit button.

last revised: 9-19-11
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA