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LGBT Life has 900 articles on bisexuality for Rachel Patterson so she will need to narrow her search. First, she should mark the full text box. Next, she should type "bisexuality" on line one of the search box. Now she can add a second term to line 2. For example, "marriage", "minorities", "genetics", etc



Engineering Village has 61,000 articles on space exploration for Rob Halgren. He will need to narrow his search. For example, "space exploration" on line 1 of the search box and "Mars", for example, on line 2. Rob should first look at those articles that have the yellow "full text" icon.


Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals has lots of full text articles on women and the military for Erin LeMay.


Library of Economics and Liberty will have some very good information on socialism for Matt Hays. Left Index will also treat the topic at length.


Vanessa Argotonte will find information on car seats at the National Transportation Safety Board http://www.ntsb.gov . The site search icon is in the upper right corner of the page. Bureau of Transportation Statistics will have information for Vanessa as well as for Casey Fisk on his topic of mobile devices and driving. He can enter a search as simple as "texting" and get articles.


Fitness.gov has 178 full text entries on childhood obesity. There is an easy-to-use search box in the upper left corner of the website. Health Reference Center Academic also has good articles for Zachery Hum, Pete Andrianakos and Mona Booco . They should remember to mark the full text box.


NIDA.gov is a reputable and user-friendly site suitable for research papers. Here Joseph Abeyta will find information on steroid use and abuse. There is a link for steroid articles and also an easy search box at the top of the home page. SportDiscus will have many articles on steroid use and athletes. Be sure to mark the full-text box then type "steroids and athletes" on line one of the search box. Joseph could also type "steroids" on line one of the search box and "baseball" on line 2. "performance enhancing drugs is another term

Health Reference Center Academic will have 774 full text articles for Dean Catlett on ADHD. He may want to focus his search by putting a second term on line two of the search box. For example, "ADHD" [AND] "college students".


Film and Television Literature Index has more than 800 articles for Matthew Tapper on childrens' television. He should mark the full text box and enter the subject phrase "television programs for children" on line one of the search box. Since there are so many he will want to focus the search by adding another term to line 2 of the search box. For example, "academic achievement","advertising" or "violence".


Homeland Security Digital Library has full-text articles for Christina Carter on Mexican drug cartels.


Here are some links on pop culture for Brenden Gallagher http://guides.auraria.edu/pop


Alt HealthWatch has too many full text articles on nutrition for Gissel Rosario. She will notice that when she begins to type "nutrition", a word wheel will pop up with further suggestions that might help Gissel focus her topic. Fpr example, "nutritional counseling", "nutritional disorders", "nutritionists", "nutritional anthropology", etc.


Business Source Premier has full text articles for Kevin Murray and Ezequiel Savedo. They can type "consumer behavior" on line 1 of the search box, "spending" on line 2, and "United States" on line 3. They should remember to mark the full-text box. A second search strategy would replace the word spending with "saving" or "savings".



Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse http://clearinghouse.wustl.edu/ currently has special feature pages on prisons for Ebony McWilliams. The search box is also available.

Philosopher's Index has 13 full text articles on animal experimentation for Lisa Pierce. These articles address the philosophical and ethical aspects of the topic. USDA.gov has 469 full-text articles to be found by typing "experimental animals and humane treatment" in the search box. (Spell out the word 'and') Lisa might want to narrow her research --for example--to the cosmetics industry, cancer research, etc. Veterinary Medicine Websites (Librarians' Internet Index) is yet another source. All of these websites have been vetted by librarians and are approriate for academic research.


Social Services Abstracts has 3,000 articles on welfare reform for Bianca Munoz. She may want to focus her search by adding an additional term to line 2 of the search box. For example, "earned income credit", "job training", or "workfare".


Criminal Justice Abstracts has 1,000 articles on alcohol and violence for Adriana Silva. She should type "alcohol" on line one of the search box and "violence" on line 2.




Criminal Justice Abstracts has articles for Kirstie Hastings and Natalia Nunez on mandatory death sentences. She should type "mandatory death penalty" on line one of the search box. Even though I told you all not to put more than one key term per line, this is an exception--it is a subject phrase. Throughout history, the death penalty has been practiced throughout the world. Historical Abstracts has many articles from an historical perspective. Natalia should type "death penalty" on line one of the search box. She could use line 2 of the search to limit to a country, "United States", for example, or a time period "nineteenth century", etc.



AIDS.gov is a clearinghouse of AIDS and HIV information for Romulda Britez.


Steven Aguilar will find full text articles on gay marriage in LGBT Life w/Full Text . Don't forget to mark the "full text" box.

Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse will have 8 thoughtful articles for Tiffany Barbaran on immigrants and civil rights. They should click on "search", then click on "article", next type the word immigration on the title line, and hit the "conduct search" button. Business Source Premier will find 33 full text articles using the search "immigrants" on line 1 of the search box and "economic impact" on line 2. They will find 349 articles on immigrants and their contributions in Ethnic NewsWatch. Put "immigrants" on line one, "contributions" on line two, and "United States" on line 3. If They want to focus the topic to a particular field, such as contributions to medicine or the arts, that would be possible too. In this case, they would use some of the subject databases for the field.


Toxnet, a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous substances, and related areas, has over 300 entries on cigarettes for Perla Toru (?). She can do a second search, if she likes, for "nicotine".



Colorado Health Resources will have good links to information for health care reform in Colorado for Chris Shullen and Vicencio Mendez Colorado Health Information Dataset will have statistics for research. They can enter "health insurance" in the search box at the top of the page and get many articles. Colorado General Assembly is a keyword searchable site where They can look for Colorado bills and legislation about health care. Public Administration/Affairs will have 223 articles on health care reform and insurance. They should enter "health care reform" on line one of the search box and "health insurance" on line 2. Look first at the articles with full text.


Kathy Herrera should leave this page and click on the page tab for Social Topics. The entire bottom half of the page is nothing but resources on homelessness.


Left Index will have articles on radical feminism for Fetsum Kassy. Fetsum could type both words as a subject phrase on line one of the search box. Left Index includes not only standard scholarly titles but alternative press publications and lesser known journals that may have a different take on the topic. Sage: an Online Journal Collection will take a more moderate approach to feminism and will have articles on many aspects of the topic. Fetsum will need to find a focus for her project.



Avalon Project Country Reports on Human Rightsand United Nations Statistical Databases will have information on gender and violence for Rosalie Govantes. At http://www.senate.gov she will find the full text testimony of expert witnesses on gender and violence. Rosalie will find articles on domestic violence in PsycINFO . Many, but not all, of these articles will be available in full text. 1.) Pick out the articles first that have the full text icon and click on the words "full text" to get the article
2.) If the full text notation does not appear, click on the "find full text" button. If "your article from" link appears in the article access box, click on the link and you will get the full text article. 3.) If options one and two don't work out, use the interlibrary loan option.


Anita Sokovic will find articles on organic gardening and organic farming in Agricola . USDA.gov has 2,000 very good articles on the topic.



Kody Gaulden and Josephine Ward will find articles on sex education in ERIC Direct access. She should type "abstinence" in line 2 of the search box.


Agricola will have 20 articles on pit bulls for Nicole Litz. These will include, but are not limited to, the breed's agressive tendencies. The "Colorado Newspapers" feature of America's Newspapers will have many articles on pit bulls. Since dogs are banned by local ordinances, not state or federal law, these local full text papers will be one of the best sources of coverage for local ordinances.



Ethnic NewsWatch has many full-text articles on immigration reform for Yazmin Monsivais. She should click on the "continue" button and a search box will pop up. She can type "immigration reform" in the box. Many of these articles will favor immigration reform. Pew Research Center for People and the Press may have some articles that are not favorable to immigrants. Yasmin will also need statistics for her topic. Community Facts has some interesting facts about immigrants in Denver. Colorado by the Numbers also has a tab for immigration. ICPSR (The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) is a definitive source for social statistics. Yazmin can simply type "immigrants" in the search box. A blue "filter" column will pop up with many subcategories she can choose from. United Nations Population Information Network has many selections on "illegal immigration" for example.



LegalTrac has articles on domestic partners for Tiffany Nguyen. She might also try the search term "gay couples".


Senate.gov and House.gov have testimonies from experts on parental consent for teenage abortion. Some are for it and some are against it. Claudia Flores should type "parental consent abortion" in the search box.


Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management will have articles on global warming for Kamyar Keighobody. The topic brings up over 8,000 articles so Kamyar will want to focus the search. Perhaps global warming (and) fossil fuels, global warming (and) wildlife, global warming (and) agriculture, etc. Kamyar should first select those articles that have a full text link. Bill Goldstein will also find articles in this database on mountaintop removal (coal mining). He should type "coal mining" on line 1 of the search box and "mountaintop" on line 2. Sociological Abstracts has articles on the human toll this degradation takes. Both Bill and Kamyar will like ScienceDirect (Elsevier)




Communication and Mass Media Complete has articles on WNBA for Dawn Bibbs. These articles talk about sponsorship and media issues. Business Source Premier has articles on the business of women's basketball. Dawn needs only to type "WNBA" in the search box and mark the full text option.



NIDA.gov has excellent information for Ryan Nelson to compare the health effects of marijuana and alcohol. On the right hand side of the page he can select the substance he wants to know more about or he can use the easy search box.


FDA.gov will have many articles on BPA for Diana Beahm. Fawn White will find 700 articles on at FDA.gov. She should type "pharmaceutical companies and ethics" on the search line. (Spell out the word and)


ABC-CLIO ebooks has full-text entries on Canada in World War II for Megan Griffith. She should use the Quick Search box to type "Canada and World War II". Just ignore the password/user name box. This is not necessary to do a search.



Country Studies/Area Handbooks has an excellent history of the break up of the Soviet Union for Sergei Zabarouskovs. He should use the "Choose a Country" menu to select Soviet Union (Former).


State.gov will have many full-text articles on guest workers for Carlos Sanchez. He should type "guest workers" in quotations.


Country Studies/Area Handbooks has 500 articles on opium and politics. Nabeel should use the "Find" line at the top of the page to type "Opium and politics". Later on, he may want to use the "choose a country" function to learn more about opium producing countries such as Afghanistan.


LGBT Life has articles for Joey on reparative therapy. He should use the term "sexual reorientation". Don't forget to mark the full text box.


Business Source Premier will have many articles on home forclosures for Ryan Brandenburg. Ryan should type "mortgage loans" on line 1 of the search box and "financial crises" on line 2. Be sure to mark the full text box.

NPR.org has many thoughtful articles as well as oral histories and primary sources on the Dustbowl for Ben Rovenstine.



Communication and Mass Media Complete has articles on the Rocky Mountain News closing for Dawnelyn Davis. She should type "Rocky Mountain News" on line 1 of the search box. Do not add any other words.


Avalon Project will have articles on the Berlin Wall for Steven Page. Country Reports on Human Rights has a very succinct summary of 20th century German history. In this database Steven should be sure to type "Berlin Wall" in quotations.



Oxford African American Studies Center will have articles on the Martin Luther King assassination for Malika Clarke.


NTSB.gov will have a preliminary report on Continental Flight 1404 for Chris Mangels. Click on the Aviation tab and "Accident Database". Dont' let the query screen scare you. Go straight to the line that reads "Enter Your Word String...". You don't need to know all that other information.



Health Reference Center Academic will have articles on bone transplants for Jenn Whelan. Don't forget to mark the full text box.


ERIC Direct access has many articles on the Columbine High School tragedy and after for Rachelle Kastle. This database will also have articles for Benjamin Koenig. He should type "divorce" on line 1 of the search box and "child behavior", perhaps, on line 2.


The Rhetoric of the 9-11 has some excellent material for Shauna Kovarik on 9-11.



http://www.state.gov/ has a concise summary on Iranian protests, both those in 1979 and more current ones, for Maryam Afshan. She should scroll down to the section labeled "Learn About" and click on Iran.



Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals has many articles on the Vietnam War, the Iraq war, and World War II for Chris Leos, Lisa Mackessy, Jessy Aghababian, Elena Campbell, Rachel Friedkin, Alex Ervin, and Felicia Nevarez. They may want to limit their search to a particular battle, campaign, or event. For example, "Iwo Jima". http://www.loc.gov/vets/ has many interesting first-hand accounts of war recorded by veterans.



PsycINFO will have tons of articles on Sigmund Freud for Jessie Thompson. She should type "Freud, Sigmund" on line one of the search box and "psychosexual" on line 2.



Southern Poverty Law Center will have feature articles on discrimination faced by our poor and disenfranchised citizens. Andrea Conrado can click on any of the tabs and find information. Sociological Abstracts and Public Administration/Affairs will also have many articles on poverty. Andrea will need to focus and limit her topic. She may want to limit her search to United States, perhaps. Possibly she may want to focus on a particular aspect of poverty such as "food security". She should remember to put only one key term per line in the search box. For example, "United States" on line one and "hunger" on line 2.



Tyler Mills and Michelle White will find more than 200 articles at FDA.gov. Michelle should type "legal marijuana" in the search box and Tyler could type "cigarettes and regulation".

Kara Bassinger will find 358 thoughtful and well written articles on the legal concept of privacy in
SCRIPT-ed . Many of these articles will address the issue of privacy in a technological age. What does privacy mean when everyone is on Facebook, cell phones are tracking beacons, etc?



Taryn Campbell will find articles on the green movement and green development in Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management . There are many additional articles GeoRef GreenFILE and NOAA databases. Anthony Peterson will find articles too on his topic of environmental ethics.


U.S. Army Center for Military History contains online museum exhibits such as "Army Artists Look at the War on Terrorism". American Rhetoric has a special database for Craig Clement -- The Rhetoric of the 9-11 . This database contains speeches and other materials on 9-11. The ability to incorporate source documents is the mark of an advanced researcher.


Communication and Mass Media Complete will have many articles on new media for Carly Kolstedt and Ron Smitz. They can type "new media" as a phrase on line one of the search box. Alternately, they could specify terms like "text messages", "open source publishing", etc. How about "heteroglossia"?


Brittany Misegadros will find 173 full text articles on confronting sexual differences in LGBT Life . She should enter "sexual orientation" on line one of the search box and "acceptance" on line 2.



ScienceDirect will have lots of articles on Science and Ethics for Justin Oberkraner, Teresa Donahue, Jessie Loomis, Kristen Getter, and Michael Howell and Cailin Morris. They will find topics such as human cloning, human genetic engineering, or nanotechnology . There are so many articles they will want to focus their search. For example, "nanotechnology AND Parkinsons Disease", "human cloning AND overpopulation", etc. POPLINE , a resource for bioethics, will have thoughtful articles on the ethics of these technologies. In this database type only the key term, "human genetic engineering", for example, in the subject box. Philosopher's Index will have more than a hundred articles. Mark the full text box and type "nuclear energy" etc, on line one of the search box and "ethics" on line 2. Genome.gov is a reputable website that has a wealth of articles and the latest research news. Best of all, it is user-friendly for the layperson. There is a simple search box at the top of the home page. Science Accelerator will have many full-text articles to be found by typing "science and ethics". These articles are not limited to the biosciences.
Engineering Village has 215 articles on robotics and ethics. Students should type robotics on line one of the search box and ethics on line 2.



Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) has material on Leo Frank for Matt Cantwell. He should type " "Leo Frank" and trial" (put quotation marks around name and spell out the word 'and'). America: History and Life has articles too. Matt should mark the full-text box and type the search as "Frank, Leo" Ethnic News has an article as well.


USAGov has lots of full-text articles and links on Aliens for Daniella Abad. A word of caution..."aliens" will also bring up articles on immigrants so Daniella might try terms such as "extraterrestrials" or "UFOs". She might also type the search "aliens and space".


Project Muse has 80 full-text articles for Nick Marinelli. Nick should type "paganism and romanticism" in the simple search box. (Spell out the word 'and')


Health Topics is an easy-to-read yet comprehensive database that will have information and links on genetic screening. Keith Schmidt can use the simple A-Z bar to click on "G" for genetic. Health Reference Center Academic has articles on genetic screening for Keith . Philosopher's Index has articles on the ethics and implications of screening.


Engineering Village has many articles on the science behind the Stradivarius violin. Miseon Kim should type "Stradivarius" on line one of the search box and "violin" on line 2. Miseon may also like Project Muse which has full text articles. In this database, "Stradivarius violin" may be typed all together on the simple search line.




NPR.org has many thoughtful and well-researched pieces on heavy metal, including an article on heavy metal and Islam. There is an easy-to-use search box. Sociological Abstracts has articles on heavy metal music for Sylvan Brown. Sylvan should type "heavy metal music" on line one of the search box.


Project Muse has many, many full-text articles on film noir for Frankie Brack.


Denver Public Schools will have 2009 CSAP results as well as School Accountability Reports. for Beth Sobol. Colorado Department of Education will have school finance, drop-out rates, and other statistics. Education.gov has many national indicators and reports. She may actually find that the Denver Public Schools are not as "broken" as the media would like her to believe. The Denver Post will have lots of information about local schools. ERIC will have many articles on urban schools.



William Kirkland may want to focus his topic of assistance for returning veterans. For example, he could try "veterans and housing", "veterans and mental health", etc. (Type out the word 'and'). Both House.gov and Senate.gov will have lots of full-text transcripts from experts as well ascurrent information on what is being done/proposed to help veterans.


SportDiscus has articles for Jacob Luna on football trades .and for Matt Millard on college football playoffs. Jacob should type "football players" on line one of the search box and "trades" on line 2. Jacob should remember to mark the full-text box. Matt should type "college football" on line one and "playoffs" on line 2.



Robert Kaai may like Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and the Environment (Alexander Street Press) It contains letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of encounters between American Indians, Europeans, Africans, and Americans on the North American continent. Many materials supply descriptions of North America's natural features and interactions among various cultural groups. Searchable by place, year, tribe, etc. The ability to incorporate primary sources such as those found in Early Encounters impresses professors. Roberts should click on the "Peoples" tab to begin. An easy to use database is Bibliography of Native North Americans . Robert can type "native american history" on line one of the search box and mark the full-text option. He will get many articles. However, he may want to narrow his topic to a particular time period, event, or region.


Nation Master World Economic Outlook and Europa World will have information on the Russian economy for Matthew Barriea. These databases have a "select a country" tab for easy access.

ERIC has articles for Grace Hollins on art in the public schools. She should type "art education" on line one of the search box and "elementary schools" on line two. (...or high schools, middle schools, etc)

ACM Digital Library will have lots of articles on open source software for John Carkeef. He will need to refine his search.


Country Reports on Human Rights has 172 articles for Jilleian Johnson on hate crimes. She should type "hate crimes" in quotations. If she wants to limit her search to the United States, she can type "hate crimes" and United States on the search line (spell out the word and). Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) investigates and monitors hate and tracks extremist activity throughout the U.S in response to a resurgence of such groups. Tolerance.org has some interesting news items.


Project Muse has 147 full-text articles on number theory for Michael Ardoline. He should type quotation marks around "number theory".

USDA.gov has 4,000 full-text, down-to-earth articles on beer for Ben Christiansen and Dan Opila. "beer and nutritional value" (always spell out the word and), "beer and marketing", "homemade beer" or "beer brewing" are just a few possible searches.

SportDiscus has articles on dodgeball for Levi Wickoles, including the article, "Is Dodgeball dangerous?". Levi should perform two searches since the sport is alternately spelled "dodgeball" (one word) and "dodge ball" (two words.


Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Online has articles on bicycle communities for Dan Opila. He should type "urban design" on line one of the search box and "bicycle" on line 2. Planning.org has a section on Green Communities that will produce results.


http://www.aids.gov is a clearinghouse for AIDS information. Henry Sy will also find full-text articles on AIDS at Health Reference Center Academic


MLA International Bibliography will have many articles on Pablo Neruda for Ryan Breeder. Try entering the search last name first "Neruda, Pablo". Contemporary Authors and Literature Criticism Online are other sources.




Librarians Internet Index http://lii.org/pub/topic/health is a clearinghouse of health websites that will have information for Sara Bisel. Alt HealthWatch will have many articles on alternative medicine and alternative therapies.


LGBT Life has more than 7,000 full-text articles on gay rights for Yesenia Rodriguez and Anthony Doherty. She will want to focus her search by adding an additional term to line 2 of the search box. For example, "gay rights" on line one of the search box and "employment" on line 2. Other possible combinations might be "gay rights and marriage law", "gay rights and inheritance", "gay rights and custody of children" etc.


BiologyBrowser has many articles, book chapters, and links to reputable websites on viruses for John Ward. Best of all, the selections are user-friendly for the non-scientist.

Science Accelerator will have many articles on deforestation for Nick Longwell. He may want to focus his search. For example, "deforestation and Amazon", "deforestation and disease", etc.



ERIC will have many education articles for Alexandria Neal, Melissa Cahill, and Kristopher Pacheco. "Cybercharter schools" or "educational technology" are two search terms Kristopher might like. "Single sex schools" or "coeducation" will produce results for Melissa Cahill. Alexandria will need to focus her search on preschool education. The topic is too broad.




State.gov has many articles on Henry Kissinger for Grant Stone. He may want to focus his search. For example, "Kissinger, Henry and China", "Kissinger, Henry and Vietnam". Sometimes it works better to enter a personal name last name first. PAIS International will also have articles as will Biographies Plus Illustrated .



SportDiscus has articles on competition in youth sports for Jamie Guillen and articles on coaching for Tyson Allen. PsycARTICLES also has articles for them. Jamie and Tyson should use both line one and line two of the search box to construct their search (one key term per line). Some possible searches are "competitive sports and children", "coaches and adolescent development", "athletic participation and youth", "athletic participation and self-esteem", etc. Here is a hint--when you find articles that look good to you, see what subject headings have been used and use them in a new search.


Country Reports on Human Rights has many articles on mercenary soldiers for Daniel Felker. Homeland Security Digital Library will also have lots of articles. ODS: Official documents of the United Nations has material on the topic. Daniel should use the "full text" search. Since there is so much information, Daniel may want to focus hos topic. For example "mercenary soldiers and Africa", "mercenary soldiers and civilians", "mercenary soldiers and rape", etc.


SportDiscus has articles for Jacob Luna on football trades. He should type "football players" on line one of the search box and "trades" on line 2. Jacob should remember to mark the full-text box.


SportDiscus has articles on spitballs for Andy Rosalies. He needs only to enter that key term on the search line. Engineering Village has an article on the kinetics of spitballs.


Project Muse has full-text articles for Paul Thome. He should type "Emperor Constantine and diplomacy" in the search box. (Spell out the word 'and'.)





ERIC has many articles for Justino Alves on home schooling versus public schools. Justino should type "home schooling" on line one of the search box, "public schools" on line 2, and "comparison" on line 3. Some related terms are "school choice" and "charter schools".


Raphael Sampson is researching pay for college athletes. SportDiscus has articles on the topic. Raphael should type "college athletes" on line one of the search box and "wages" on line 2. Business Source Premier has articles on college athletes and the revenue they generate for the college. Are athletes perhaps being taken advantage of? Raphael should mark the full-text box and type "college athletes" on line one of the search and "revenue" on line 2.



Homeland Security Digital Library has full-text articles for Joel Baud on "Plan Columbia".


ERIC has many full text articles for Cuong Nguyen on financial aid. He should be sure to mark the "full text" box . Cuong could type "financial aid" on line one of the search box, "college students" on line 2, and funding on line 3. For information on Colorado colleges, he should consult the Department of Higher Education . He can type "funding formulas" or "funding" in the google-style search box.

SportDiscus will have articles for Matt Walz on football rules. He will want to focus his search. For example, he could type "college football" on line one of the search box and "rules" on line 2. Alternately, he might hone in on the term "National Football League", etc. etc.


ScienceDirect will have lots of articles on human cloning, human genetic engineering, and nanotechnology for Jonathan Meyer, Sofia Zabal, and Tim Dyson. There are so many articles they will want to focus their search. For example, "nanotechnology AND Parkinsons Disease", "human cloning AND overpopulation", etc. POPLINE , a resource for bioethics, will have thoughtful articles on the ethics of these technologies. In this database type only the key term, "human genetic engineering", for example, in the subject box. Philosopher's Index will have more than a hundred articles. Mark the full text box and type "human cloning" etc, on line one of the search box and "ethics" on line 2. Genome.gov is a reputable website that has a wealth of articles and the latest research news. Best of all, it is user-friendly for the layperson. There is a simple search box at the top of the home page.

KidSource has articles on Time-out (behavior management) for Joelle Alves. In the easy, Google-powered search box she can type "time-out". Some of the articles will be scholarly and some will be practical.


Andrew Gillenwater may like these sources on music piracy. Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
is a website with sections on piracy and other current issues, a photo gallery, marketing data, and the industry awards. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
EFF is a nonprofit group working focused on digital rights. There is a section which advocates for legalizing music file-sharing.


NIDA.gov is a reputable and user-friendly site suitable for research papers. Here Elvis Rubio and Jared Ming will find information on steroid use and abuse. There is a link for steroid articles and also an easy search box at the top of the home page. SportDiscus will have many articles on steroid use and athletes. Be sure to mark the full-text box then type "steroids and athletes" on line one of the search box. Jared could also type "steroids" on line one of the search box and "baseball" on line 2. "performance enhancing drugs is another term


http://www.aids.gov is a clearinghouse for AIDS information that Skyler Espinoza may find useful.




Health Topics(U.S. National Library of Medicine) has articles for Amanda Blacksher and Kelsey Hullinger on Cystic Fibrosis and Huntington's Disease. The articles here are straightforward and one does not need to be a medical doctor to understand them.


American Decades Primary Sources is a rich source of information for Cooper Anderson. In the search box he should type "gasoline and shortage and 1970s" (spell out the word 'and'). "oil embargo" would be another related search.


Natalie Daniels is writing a position paper opposed to gambling. PsycARTICLES , for example, has articles on gambling addiction. PAIS International has articles on gambling and crime and gambling and social problems. Natalie should enter "gambling" on line one of her search and "crime" on line 2 of the search box. Sociological Abstracts has many articles on the social ills of gambling. If Natalie uses the simple search, "gambling", she will get a selection to view. These articles range from adolescents and gambling, gambling and alcohol, etc.


Melody Noble will find articles on female African American role models in Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI) For example, she could enter the search "African American women AND role models". Here are some excellent films owned by the library... Bell Hooks Cultural Criticism & Transformation Desire/Sex/Power In Music Video Playing Unfair The Media Image Of The Female Athlete. What role models are to be found in television, film, and other media? Communication Studies Full-Text Collection will have many articles on the topic.


Science Accelerator will have articles for Nathan Allison. He should type "exploratory research" in quotations, and methods, and the area of research--biology, engineering, social sciences, etc. Here is an example: "exploratory research" and methods and biology.



Fitness.gov has information for Scott Buchanan on adult fitness. Activity Guidelines for Americans and the Adult Fitness Test are two of the things he will find here as well as an easy search box.


Bureau of Transportation Statistics has some good information for Eva Manzanares on driving age. She can type "driving age and accidents" in the search box in the upper right corner of the site's homepage. She should spell out the word "and". Teenage drivers and mobile devices are another safety.concern. PubMed Central has many articles to be found by typing "mobile devices and accidents" in the search box. Be sure to spell out the word "and".



EconLit with Full Text has 54 full text articles on tuition costs for Ammanuel Aberra. He should enter "tuition" on line 1 of the search box and "costs" on line 2. Don't forget to mark the "full text" box.


Health Reference Center Academic has many articles for Devin Cusker on Retinitis Pigmentosa. Be sure to mark the "full text" box. For the articles that are most friendly to the layperson, click on the "magazines" tab when the search results appear. "Academic Articles" can be viewed in a second round of reading.



Project Muse has over 400 full text articles for Lewis Nolan on Hip Hop's influence. Lewis should type "hip hop and influence" on the search line. Be sure to spell out the word "and".


Justice.gov has many factual, easy-to-read articles on gangs for Audacia Ausler.



PAIS International has information for Josh Ryan on the global recession. Josh may want to type "global economy" on line 1 of the search box and "recession" on line 2. If he clicks on the scholars tab there will be information from many quotable experts. Josh could also specify a country. For example, "global economy" and "Japan". Globus and NTDB has a lot of information. Josh should type "global recession" in the search box and select "International Trade Library" from the pull-down box.


ERIC has articles for Micah Levy on high school athletes turning pro. Micah should type "high school athletes" on line 1 of the search box and "professional sports" on line 2.


Social Services Abstracts has articles for Christian McMahon on elder neglect. Many, though not all, will have the full text link. I would suggest that Christian also try the term "elder abuse" for additional materials.



http://wildlife.state.co.us/fishing/ has many feature articles and other information for Maegan Miller on trout fishing in Colorado. USDA.gov has many, many solid research articles that can be found by typing "trout and Colorado" in the search box. Science Accelerator has 5 articles to be found by typing "trout and Colorado".



USDA.gov has many, many full text articles on wine for Jennifer Johns. There are articles on wine growing, production, exporting, sales, agricultural research and more.


Education Full Text has 60 full text articles for James McKee on financial aid and parents' income. He should type "student aid" on line 1 of the search box and "parents" on line 2.


Ethnic NewsWatch has over 200 full-text articles on Christipher Columbus and Christopher Columbus Day for Stephen Farmer. At Ethnic Newswatch's home page, he should click on the orange "continue" icon to get to the search box. Bibliography of Native North Americans has articles too. Stephen should remember to mark the full text box.



ERIC has articles fpr Laura Ann Patrick on teacher salaries. She should remember to mark the box for full text and the box for journals. She will want to focus her search by adding an additional term to line 2 of the search box. For example, "teacher salaries" and "elementary education". "Teacher salaries" and "school budgets" or "teacher salaries" and "unions" are other examples.


SportDiscus (Ebsco) has 138 full text articles on dirt bikes for Jamie Gonzales. Jamie should remember to mark the full text box. Health Reference Center Academic also has articles from a health/injury perspective.


Business Source Premier has 15 full text articles for Bronwyn Brewer on motivational speaking in the workplace. She should enter "public speaking" on line 1 of the search box and "motivational" on line 2. Communication and Mass Media Complete also has articles . Bronwyn should use the term "motivational speakers" in this database and mark the full text box. American Rhetoric will have speeches in text, audio, and video formats.



http://www.fitness.gov/ is a reputable website for Alexi Langston that has information on adult fitness, including the Adult Fitness Test. Health and Wellness Resource Center has articles on adult fitness. Alexi should remember to mark the full text box.


PubMed Central has many fine health-related articles on Chernobyl for Max Bajorek. Engineering Village also has many articles on Chernobyl from a technical and scientific perspective.


ERIC has many full text articles for Tonya Jantzen on school aid. She should be sure to mark the "full text" box . Tonya could type "financial aid" on line one of the search box and "college students" on line 2.

Fedworld Databases will have many articles for Daria Dias on designer knock-offs (counterfeit goods). She should look for the box that says "enter search here", enter her search term as "countereit goods", and hit the key for "go to NTIS.gov".




Marcus Garcia will find 358 thoughtful and well written articles on the legal concept of privacy in
SCRIPT-ed . Many of these articles will address the issue of privacy in a technological age. What does privacy mean when everyone is on Facebook, cell phones are tracking beacons, etc?Campus Research will also have lots of articles for Marcus on GPS technology and privacy , for example. He should click on the "Law" tab,




Marcin Gozol will find articles on sports injuries in SportDiscus . He should enter "injuries" on line one of the search box and "sportsmanship" on line 2. Another combination which produces results is : "injuries (line one), "violence" (line 2), and "sports" line 3. Marcin should remember to mark the "full text" box.


Business Source Premier has many full text articles for Chelsea Martinez. She can use the search terms "green business" or "business enterprises environmental aspects".


Ethnic NewsWatch has over 200 full-text articles on Christopher Columbus Day for Diedre Sells. At Ethnic Newswatch's home page, she should click on the orange "continue" icon to get to the search box. Bibliography of Native North Americans has articles too. Diedre should remember to mark the full text box.

Biographies Plus Illustrated will have information on Charles Bukowski for Jason Millenson. Project Muse has 45 full-text articles on the author. For best results, Jason should enter his search last name first--Bukowski, Charles.

http://www.usda.gov has thousands of high-quality articles on sustainable agriculture for Tammy Lynn. There are many additional articles in Science Accelerator .


Omnibus Surveys (U.S. Department of Transportation) has many statistics on motorcycle safety for Enrico Dominguez. Engineering Village has 300-plus articles on the topic. Enrico should enter "motorcycles" on line one of the search box and "safety" on line 2. Next, Enrico should look for the articles that have the yellow full-text icon (not the black and yellow icon, that is the next phase of research).

Project Muse has more than 400 full-text articles for Meagan Como on plastic surgery from an aesthetic, feminist, and social perspective.

EBSCO Access to the ERIC database has 31 full-text articles on guns and schools for Jeremy Hoover. Jeremy should type "school violence" on line 1 of the search box and "guns" on line 2. He should be sure to mark the "full-text" box. Http://www.justice.gov has lots of full text studies and reports to be found using the term "school violence".

Science.gov has more than a thousand articles on fringe science (junk science) for Chris Grantham. http://www.snopes.com helps readers sift fact from fiction. The Snopes investigate fringe science claims as well as urban myths


SportDiscus has 32 articles on BCS playoffs for David Crawford. He should construct his search by typing "BCS" on line 1 of the search and "playoffs" on line 2.


Science Accelerator has 265 articles on agriculture and biotechnology for Jennifer Kilton. She should enter the search as "agriculture and biotechnology". "Genetic engineering" is a related term that can be combined with agriculture and the word and (spelled out) to create a search.

Web of Science has too many fine articles on space travel for Alex Gomez. Perhaps he could narrow his search to something like "commercial space travel". Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals has 54 articles on space travel. The Google-type format makes this database easy to use. Http://www.nasa.gov also has a wealth of information.


EBSCO Access to the ERIC database will have 165 full-text articles comparing private vs public schools for Stacy Bradley. She should type "private schools" on line one of the search, "public schools" on line 2, and "comparative analysis" on line 3.


ACM Digital Library will have too many good articles on open source software for Craig Gallagher. He will need to refine his search. For example "open source software and evaluation", "open source software and development", etc

Greg will find 500 full-text articles on music education in Project Muse. He should enter the search like this: "music and programs and schools and funding".

Agricola has 115 full-text articles on the disappearance of bees for Lori. She should enter "bees" on line one of the search box and "population" on line 2. She should also remember to mark the full-text box option.


Jessalyn will find articles and information on her topic of Hitler Youth. Holocaust Encyclopedia has much information as well as multimedia sources on the Nazi era. Historical Abstracts has 11 full-text articles and Sociological Abstracts has some too. Jessalyn should use "Hitler Youth" as a subject phrase all on one search line.


MLA International Bibliography has 11 articles on Gore Vidal and homosexuality for Jessica Avalos de Guerra. Type "Vidal, Gore" on line 1 of the search box and "homosexuality" on line 2. Here is a little tutorial to help you find the full text


Codi Gribble will find 189 full articles using the search "wildlife and urban development" in Points of View Reference Center . National Wildlife Federation has many good factual articles as does U.S. Department of the Interior . Codi should type the same search into these two databases.


Homeland Security Digital Library has thousands of full text articles on the war on drugs for Antonio Sampson. He might want to narrow his search. For example, "war on drugs and Mexico".


BioMed Central will have lots of articles on stem cell research and ethics for Kristen Evans, Lane Weatherson, Dilys McDole and Andrew Doolen. They should Type "stem cell research and ethics" on the "quick search" line. POPLINE will also have thoughtful articles onthe ethics of stem cell research. In this database simply type the words "stem cell research" in the subject box. Philosopher's Index will have more than a hundred articles. Mark the full text box and type "stem cell research" on line one of the search box and "ethics" on line 2.


Communication and Mass Media Complete has 88 full text articles for Ana Galvan on mass media influence in politics. She should remember to mark the full text box and type "press & politics" on line one of the search box. PAIS International has 400 articles. Many, though not all, will be available in full text. Ana should type "mass media political uses" on line one of the search box.


GEOBASE will have too many articles on green technology for Miriam Ramirez. She may want to look through some of the articles and then focus her search. "Green architecture", "residential solar", or "biofuels" are just a few searches she could perform. Miriam should contact me again when she has narrowed her topic since there weill surely be more databases for her.



PubMed Central has 60 full text articles on the negative effects of Prozac for Jeff Balogh. He should type "Prozac and contraindicat*" on the search line. By using the asterisk (*) to truncate the word, the search engine will catch the word "contraindicated" as well as "contraindications" or "contraindication".

Philosopher's Index has 26 full text articles on the ethical basis of vegetarianism for Genna Tolmatsky. She should remember to mark the full text box. Health Reference Center Academic has 84 articles on the health effects of a vegetarian diet. Once again, she should remember to mark the full text box.


PsycINFO will have 49 articles on humor and compatability for Keeley Quinn. She should type "human mate selection" on line one of the search box and "humor" on line 2. If the articles she wants to read do not have the link to "full text", she should click on "find full text" link. With a few extra keystrokes, she may still get her full text article. If that does not bring up a link, she can always click on the "interlibrary loan" link and get the article.


Gallup Poll News Service will have too many articles and opinion pieces for Paul Henderson on income tax. He should use a more specific term like "flat tax", etc .


SportDiscus has 111 articles on MMA and UFC fighting for Samantha Yacovetta. She should perform 2 separate searches. In one search, she should enter "MMA" on line one of the search box and "fighting" on line 2. In her second search, she should substitute "UFC" for MMA.


GEOBASE will have articles on global warming for Kim Nguyen, James Pierson, Veronika Kovtun, Robel Yohannes, Carlos Rea and Meagan Raley. The topic brings up over 8,000 articles so they will want to focus the search. Perhaps global warming (and) fossil fuels, global warming (and) wildlife, global warming (and) agriculture, etc


Engineering Village has too many articles on hydrogen fuel cells for Tony Lehtola. He will want to narrow his topic by adding a second term on line 2 of the search box. For example, "hydrogen fuel cells and automobiles", "hydrogen fuel cells and residential", etc.


Paige Porter and Paul Henderson will find 187 articles on flat tax in Library of Economics and Liberty . Use the simple search box in the upper right corner of that database.

Computer Database has articles for Micah Morris ,Bill Hall and Rick Walker on simulations, reality, virtual worlds, and video game additction. Rick should type "simulations" on line one of the advanced search box and "reality" on line 2. Bill do the same using the terms "virtual reality" and "games". PsycINFO has 68 articles on video game addiction. Bill could enter "dopamine" on line one of the search box and "video games" on line 2. The same database has 47 articles for Rick using the following search strategy--"simulations" on line 1, "reality" on line 2, and "video games" on line 3.

Consuer Health Complete will have 232 articles on medical marijuana for Zach Kemp. He should type "medical and marijuana" on the search line. CancerNet will also have articles on medical marijuana. PAIS International index will have 12 articles on police corruption for Elena Dindinger. She should type "police corruption" on line 1 of the search box and "United States" on line 2. Criminal Justice Abstracts will have 19 articles. She should use the term police corruption but also do a second, independent search using the term "police misconduct". Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) will have 16 full text articles for Andrew Downing. He should use the term "goth subculture". Psychology Full-Text Collection has 61 articles using the same terminology.

Philosopher's Index has articles on Doomsday prophecies for Ron Watson. He should simply use the word Doomsday. Internet Sacred Text Archive also has readings to be found by searching the term "Doomsday prophecies".

Academic Search Premier has 16 articles on the "CSI Effect" for Ben Bender. Communication Studies Full-Text Collection also has articles. Ben should Put "CSI Effect" in quotation marks.

Communication and Mass Media Complete has 42 articles for Holly Schellpfeffer on the media's sexualization of girls. She should enter "girls" on line 1 of the search box and "sexuality" on line 2.

Engineering Village has many, many articles for Pablo Cruz and Jonathan Waters. Jonathan could look at the many articles on alternative fuels to see where he would like to specialize and Pablo could enter "oil crisis" on the first search line. Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management will also have articles on both topics.

Computer Database has articles for Micah Morris ,Bill Hall and Rick Walker on simulations, reality, virtual worlds, and video game additction. Rick should type "simulations" on line one of the advanced search box and "reality" on line 2. Bill do the same using the terms "virtual reality" and "games". PsycINFO has 68 articles on video game addiction. Bill could enter "dopamine" on line one of the search box and "video games" on line 2. The same database has 47 articles for Rick using the following search strategy--"simulations" on line 1, "reality" on line 2, and "video games" on line 3.

Mary Mattson and Bernadette Dew will find hundreds of articles in PsycINFO on video games. Many. though not all, of the articles are available in full text. Mary should enter video games on line one of the search box and children on line 2. Game Over Gender Race And Violence In Video Games is an excellent video available for viewing at the Auraria Library.

Film and Television Literature Index has more than 800 articles for Gabby Vinnola and Maria Silva on childrens' television. They should mark the full text box and enter the subject phrase "television programs for children" on line one of the search box. Since there are so many they will want to focus the search by adding another term to line 2 of the search box. For example, "academic achievement","advertising" or "violence".

Music Index has 32 articles on Kurt Cobain and other mysterious rock deaths for Katherine Newby. She should enter "Cobain, Kurt" on line one of the search and "death" on line 2. She should perform a second search using the terms "rock stars" and "death" on lines 1 and 2 respectively.

The Veteran's History Project of the Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/vets/ has many first-hand accounts of women soldiers for Courtney Bennett. PAIS International has articles on the topic. Courtney should enter "service women" on line 1 of the search box and "United States" on line 2. Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals has several complete bibliographies on "women warriors" like this one http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/wmcbtots.htm#int

Madison Kauffman should start with Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) which includes full text entries from books on cults and religions so she will know the difference between the two. Adherents.com has information on 4,100 religious groups, some mainstream, some cults. Near the bottom of their home page is an alphabetical listing. Sociological Abstracts has too many articles. Madison may want to type cults on line 1 of the search box and United States on line 2.

Agricola will have 20 articles on pit bulls for Micah Sutton. These will include, but are not limited to, the breed's agressive tendencies. The "Colorado Newspapers" feature of America's Newspapers will have many articles on pit bulls. Since dogs are banned by local ordinances, not state or federal law, these local full text papers will be one of the best sources of coverage for local ordinances.

Yelena Zubareva will find articles in BioOne (Amigos)

using the term genetically modified food . In Agricola There are more than 800 articles on genetically modified food, so Yelena will need to focus her topic. For example, "genetically modified food" (and) "health". She should remember not to stuff both key terms on one line. Food Science Central and Ecolex are other resources.

Criminology Full-Text Collection has hundreds of articles for Kip Sixbery on juvenile incarceration. Kip should just ignore the user name and password and go straight to "advanced search." He should enter "juvenile" on line 1 of the search and "incarceration" on line 2. The search could be further limited by entering a third word, for example "girls".

Health Reference Center Academic will have 774 full text articles for Erin De La Rosa on ADHD. She may want to focus her search by putting a second term on line two of the search box. For example, "ADHD" [AND] "college students".

Philosopher's Index has 26 full text articles for Helen Polatsek on vegetarianism. USDA.gov has 151 informative publications and links to reputable websites. Alt HealthWatch has more than 1,000 articles. Helen should remember to mark the full text box and the scholarly box. She may want to narrow her topic in this database by using a second line of the search box. For example, vegetarianism (and) environment.

Courtney Tomlin, Jennifer Smith and Aubrey Martin may want to watch some very powerful videos on women and media. These are available at the Auraria Library. They cannot take them home but they speak eloquently to all American women.

Killing Us Softly 3 Advertising's Image Of Women Killing Us Softly Iii Bell Hooks Cultural Criticism & Transformation The Date Rape Backlash The Media And The Denial Of Rape Dreamworlds 2 Desire/Sex/Power In Music Video Playing Unfair The Media Image Of The Female Athlete Slim Hopes Advertising And The Obsession With Thinness Killing Us Softly Advertisings Image Of Women

Communication Studies Full-Text Collection will have many articles on the topic of media and women.

Threatened and Endangered Species System (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) will have information on Colorado wildlife for A. Donahue. Go to the section of "reports by state". Colorado State Publications will have information too. Type "wildlife" in the search box. Animal Behavior Abstracts will have 117 articles. Type "Colorado" on line one of the search box and "wildlife" on line 2. A. Donahue could select "Colorado Newspapers" from America's Newspapers to read many articles. "urban wildlife" is another search term A. Donahue may want to try.

Business Source Premier has 22 full text articles on brides who want big weddings. for Karissa Umphrey. She should enter weddings on line 1 of the search box and consumption on line 2.

Encyclopedia of life sciences (Wiley Interscience) will have many high quality articles on physicians' assistants for Jennifer Torres. She should go to the blank line labeled "search Wiley Interscience" and type physicians assistant.

CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) and Cochrane Library have articles on PMS for Ginger Martinez. She should type only PMS with no spaces or puctuation. No other words are needed.

ERIC will have 50 full text articles for Gloria Carrillo. She should mark the "full text" box and type "bilingual education" on line one of the search box and "student rights" on line 2.

Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI) has 65 articles on ecofeminism for Elizabeth Rueda and Matisse Grigoryan although the topic cannot be narrowed to articles concerning landfills (Matisse's request). Biological Abstracts also has some articles WorldWideScience.org has 85 articles on ecofeminism.

Health Topics has some excellent articles on drinking and driving for Saeed Sawaged. He should simply enter "DUI" on the search line at the upper left of the Health Topics home page. Bureau of Transportation Statistics has a fantastic number of statistical tables on DUI (spell it with no spaces or puctuation).

Campus Research will have lots of articles for Lauren Miller on GPS technology and privacy. She should click on the "Law" tab, then enter "GPS" on line 1 of the search box, and "privacy" on line 2. She should use the drop-down menu to select "Journals and Law Reviews" and select "all journals".

ERIC will have more articles on educating disabled children than Desiree Romero could possibly read. She will need to focus her search. For example, she could focus her search on a particular type of disability "autism", "deafness", etc. Alternately, she could focus on a grade level "preschool", "higher education", "high school", etc. She should remember to break out her key terms onto separate lines of the search box. She should also mark the "full text" box.

Health Sciences Full-Text Collection (Sage) will have 900 articles on autism for James Campbell.

Public Administration/Affairs will have 38 articles for Elena Nolan. She should enter "immigrants" on line 1 of the search box, "United States" on line 2, and "aid" on line 3. Ethnic NewsWatch will also have articles.

Music Index , Project Muse and PsycINFO will have articles on aspects of music and psychology for Janell Cliff. She might want to limit her search to "music therapy" or another aspect of the topic.

Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse will have 8 thoughtful articles for Marra Lozano and Meghan Greene and Isela Brown on immigrants and civil rights. They should click on "search", then click on "article", next type the word immigration on the title line, and hit the "conduct search" button. Business Source Premier will find 33 full text articles using the search "immigrants" on line 1 of the search box and "economic impact" on line 2. They will find 349 articles on immigrants and their contributions in Ethnic NewsWatch. Put "immigrants" on line one, "contributions" on line two, and "United States" on line 3. If They want to focus the topic to a particular field, such as contributions to medicine or the arts, that would be possible too. In this case, they would use some of the subject databases for the field.

Sociological Abstracts has 391 articles on social networking for Amanda Nehemia. She should type "social networks" on line one of the search and "internet" on line 2. She could focus her search by adding a third term on line 3. For example "politics" , "college students", or "Face Book".

Computer Database has 17 articles for Jessi Ceballos on internet identity theft. Criminal Justice Abstracts has 46 articles. Jessi should type "computer crimes" on line 1 of the search box and "internet" on line 2.

PsycINFO has too many articles on eating disorders for Maggie Martin. She will need to focus her topic. She could pick a specific eating disorder such as "obesity" or "bulimia". Alternately, she could add a second term to line 2 of the search box. For example, "mass media" or "children".

UNICEF Country Statistics has 3,000 full text articles on child abuse from a global perspective for Erin Donovan. Education Development Center has many articles about best practices and best programs to prevent child abuse.

Alt HealthWatch has more than 2,000 full text articles on aromatherapy for Jerrell Wills. Jerrell will want to focus the topic by adding a second term to line 2 of the search box. For example, aromatherapy (and) depression, aromatherapy (and) cancer, etc. Don't forget to mark the "full text" box.

Science Accelerator has the latest research and development projects on batteries for Alyssa De Fiore. Check out the "Eureka Alert" for the latest discoveries. There are over 200 entries and there are a number of battery categories she can choose from. She should note that not all are full text but many will be. Science.gov also has many pages.

Health Reference Center Academic has 152 articles on involuntary treatment for Janice Colvin.

Business Source Premier has 83 articles on the popularity of boxing for Zack Rudko. He should enter boxing on line one of the search box and consumers on line 2.

Arts and Humanities Search has some articles on grafitti as art for Sharon Garcia . Art and Design ES also has a few.Art Full Text has some as well. Sharon should use only the word grafitti. Street art brings up more results, though not all street art is grafitti.

Criminology Full-Text Collection has 99 articles on illegal abortions for Kevin Griffith. PubMed Central has more than 200 articles on the topic.

DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index has some articles on eco-friendly clothing for Jaclyn King. She should type eco-friendly on line one of the search box and clothing on line 2. Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management also has articles. Type ecology on line one and textile industry on line 2. Some of the articles are rather technical but there are also some good basic articles.

Arts and Humanities Search has 14 articles on rap and violence for Loren Trujillo. She should enter rap on line one of the search box and violence on line 2. Music Index has 67 articles on the topic.

Science.gov has many full text articles for Shanon Yeung on the development of space using the term space colony.

Joey Daddario, Sheila Pagdanganan,Hannah Banowetz, Hannah Reed, Leann Immele, Amanda Perkins, Sarah Solano, and Spencer Nottingham will find 208 articles in PubMed Central on regulation of controlled substances. They should type "controlled substances and regulating agencies". FDA.gov will have a wealth of information on controlled substances. Left Index may take different view as to whether substances should even be contolled. Other regulating bodies insure our food supply. Food Science Central and Ecolex will have many articles on regulation of food. Use the terms "food" and "law".

ERIC has more than 800 articles for Edmon Sebio on drug abuse education. He should enter drug abuse on line one of the search box, prevention on line 2, and programs on line 3. He should be sure to mark the full text box.

Sociology Full-Text Collection (Sage) has some articles for Kimmie Maupin on adoption. She should type "child adoption and fees". "Transnational adoption" produces a set of results as well. UNICEF Country Statistics also has many articles on the topic.

Health Source: Consumer Edition has 45 full text articles for Trevor Lawson on universal health care. Trevor should be sure to mark the full text box and then enter universal health care on line one of the search box and United States on line 2. Public Administration/Affairs will have 37 articles on universal health care and

EconLit with Full Text has 10 full text articles.

Allyssa Romo, Ryan Martinez, Sydney Snow, Hannah Saliman, Tracy Bliss and Donna Butts will find 173 full text articles on confront sexual differences in LGBT Life . They should enter "sexual orientation" on line one of the search box and "acceptance" on line 2.

Sociological Abstracts will have 75 articles on heroes for Jared Dinsmore. He should type heroes on line one of the search, popular culture on line 2 and united states on line 3. Substituting "role models" for "heroes" will bring up additional results.

Engineering Village has 215 articles for Canaan Lee on robotics and ethics. Canaan should type robotics on line one of the search box and ethics on line 2.

Agricola database has 46 full-text articles for Malinda Peasley on organic farming. USDA.gov has tons of full-text articles.

Project Muse will have 6,000 full-text articles on Bible Studies for Bryan Doyle. He will want to focus and hone his topic after he has had a chance to look at the literature.

Merlot database will have 2 excellent studies on binge drinking for Aneke Claussen. She should ignore the log in box and just use the blank search line at the top of the page. She should type binge drinking.

PubMed Central will have 900 excellent, full text articles on the topic.

Michael Grigg will find more than 100 articles on date rape in NLM (National Library of Medicine) Gateway . Spin the Bottle Permanent Link for this Skyline record is a video on young adult drinking and the unequal consequences for young men and young women. This video is available for viewing at the Auraria Library

Homeland Security Digital Library will have 1,000 reading selections for Ana J. Perez on the drug wars in Mexico. She should type "drug wars Mexico" on the search line. Ethnic NewsWatch in both English and Spanish will also cover the topic extensively.

DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index will have 168 articles on Microsoft for Ric Clark.

Electronic Frontier Foundation will have a number of documents on music censorship for Jessica Johnson. She should type "music and censorhip" on the search line. For the type of material to be searched, she should select "documents". Recording Industry Association of America has many articles on the topic. These fall into the category of news and newspapers. Hint: the search box is pretty tiny--it is in the upper right corner of their home page. For scholarly journals Project Muse will have 1,000 full text articles on the topic.

Project Muse has 106 full text articles on the Three Stooges for Jonathan Klein. Anh Nguyen and Christopher Michler are also researching early comedians and can use this same database. For example, entering comedians on line one of the search box and vaudeville on line 2 brings up 84 articles. They could also try such searches as Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, etc.

Biome will have 220 articles for Heather Curry. She should enter the term HIV rather than AIDS.

Jessie Wood will find articles on gay marriage in LGBT Life GenderWatch and Sociological Abstracts .

Laura Rogers Chelsie Frisby and William Whiting will find 358 thoughtful and well written articles on the legal concept of privacy in SCRIPT-ed . Many of these articles will address the issue of privacy in a technological age. What does privacy mean when everyone is on Facebook, cell phones are tracking beacons, etc?

PAIS International has 15 articles on conflict diamonds for Shannon Hampton. Homeland Security Digital Library has 764 publications on the topic of conflict diamonds. Diplomacy Monitor has 17 articles on the sanctioning of diamonds. In this database Shannon should simply enter the word diamonds.

Bryan Grosbach, Sean Hoppe, Riley Williamson, Kasey Howard, Derrick Smith, Natalie Leffler, Christina Taylor, Roland Frague and Jacob Tirrell will find many articles on science and ethics. So many, in fact, that they will want to specialize. BioMed Central will have more than 300 full text articles on the topic of bioethics. Even that field can be made more specific. For example, "reproductive ethics". One could use the term "nano* and bioethics". The asterisk (*) catches all variations of words that begin with nano--. Human cloning or euthanasia are other possibilities... ScienceDirect has many, many articles on physics and ethics. PsycINFO has articles on human subject research (this is a subject phrase so enter all three words on one line). Experimental ethics is another term.

Terry Botts may like Energy Bridge for his topic of solar energy. There are hundreds of full text articles so he may want to focus his search a bit more.

Jody S. will find over 8,000 articles on warrantless wiretapping in Campus Research (Westlaw). Jody should click on the tab for "law", enter the term warrantless wiretapping on the search line, select "Journals and Law Reviews" from the menu, and use the drop-down menu to select "All Journals". The library's book search brings up several congressional hearings. Hearings are a good source of information because expert witnesses are called from both sides of an issue. Sometimes three, four, or five points of view are represented.

Hanna Molla will find over 700 articles on Hip Hop and women in Project Muse . She shouls type hip hop on line one of the search box and women on line 2.

James Rybolt and Kelsey Trotter will find resources on media snd culture here http://library.auraria.edu/guides/subject/social/popularculture.html

Paul Renfrow will want to look at Music Index History and Culture ES and America: History and Life for Elvis Presley. History of Rock is another source of information.

Ana Estrada will find plenty of articles on celebrities and role models in Professional Development Collection. Mark the full text box and enter "celebrities" on line one of the search box and "United States" on line two. Do the same search again, substituting "role models" for celebrities. Sociological Abstracts also has many articles using the same terms. If the full text icon does not appear, click on the "Find Full Text" button. With a few extra keystrokes you may still get the full text.

John Layman, Isaac Swann, Laura Martin and Jonathan Lussier will find 75 articles on mass media and violence in Communication and Mass Media Complete . Use the phrases "violence in mass media" or "violence on television" (not both at once). Sociological Abstracts has 218 articles to be found using the terms "mass media" on line one of the search box and "violence" on line 2. Many, though not all, will be available in full text. AlterNet , which covers alternative press publications, may give these ladies a different perspective on the topic.

Andrea Browne will find articles on green development in Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management . There are many additional articles GeoRef GreenFILE and NOAA databases. She could also specify a particular technology--solar energy, for example.

Mark Harris will find124 articles in Engineering Village He should enter HTML on line one of the search box and W3C on line 2. Many, though not all, will be immediately available in full text.

Cortney Brown will find information on animal cruelty inVeterinary Medicine Websites (Librarians' Internet Index). She can enter "animal cruelty" on the search line. All of these websites have been vetted by librarians and are approriate for academic research.

Hassan Taha will find information on wahabism in Oxford Journals . He should type "Wahabi" on the blank search line.There are 10 full-text articles. Adherents.com also has information. He should click on the letter "w" and scroll to "Wahhabi Sunni". This will give him exerpts from books. If he wants to read an entire book, he will have the information he needs to look it up in the library's catalog.

Brissa Chavez will find a lot on the DREAM Act. Ethnic NewsWatch has over 500 articles. Brissa should click on "continue" and type "Dream Act" on the search line.LexisNexis Academic has 5 documents. Brissa should click on the tab labeled "congressional" and type "Dream Act on the "Basic Search" blank line.

Patrick Walser will find 20 full-text articles on music therapy in Music Index . Entrez is a combined database search which indexes Pub Med and other medical databases. Patrick will find many articles if he types "bineural and music therapy"

Miriam Macho will find 30 newspaper articles on corruption in Juarez in Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest). This database is searchable in English or Spanish. At the Ethnic Newswatch home page she should click on "continue" to get the search box. She should enter "corruption" on one line and "Juarez" on the next line.

Guadalupe Mendoza will find articles on Pro-Life issues in Points of View Reference Center .Points of View Reference Center contains commentary representing many viewpoints on a wide range of topics.

Tony Yeung will find more than 300 articles in PsycINFO on video games and violence. Tony should enter "video games" on line one of the search box and "violence" on line 2. Many. though not all, the articles are available in full text. Game Over Gender Race And Violence In Video Games is an excellent video available for viewing at the Auraria Library.

Izeal Hill will find lots of information on the death penalty using the term capital punishment. For example, in a database called eHRAF World Cultures there are 124 full-text entries for capital punishment from countries and cultures all around the world. In America: History and Life database there are 124 full-text articles on the history of capital punishment in America. Be sure to mark the "full-text" box before you start your search! Izeal will find many, many articles on capital punishment in Criminal Justice Abstracts . He may want to focus his search-- for example, capital punishment and civil rights or capital punishment and ethics, etc.

Scarlett Siebert will find 47 articles on the physiology of liars in PsycINFO . Many, though not all, will be instantly available in full text. Scarlett should enter "liars" on line 1 of the search box and "Physiology" on line 2.

Micah Klaver may want to look at Project Muse (Project Muse) for his topic of children and nature. There are many, many, many very interesting full-text articles to help Micah focus his topic. Micah should remember to break out his 2 key terms on separate lines.

Amy Danek will find articles on No Child Left Behind Act in EBSCO Access to the ERIC database. This brings up over 3,000 articles so she will need to focus her topic. For example, she could type "No Child Left Behind Act" on line one of the search box and "Colorado" on line 2. This will give her 30 articles. Education Full Text (WilsonWeb) and Education Full-Text Collection (Sage) also have lots of good full-text articles.

Maria Barrio will find 43 full text articles in EBSCO Access to the ERIC database. She should be sure to mark the full-text box and use the search term "school uniform".

Paige Porter will find 187 articles on flat tax in Library of Economics and Liberty . Use the simple search box in the upper right corner of that database.

Khulan will find good information on the countries of China and Tibet in Country Studies / Area Handbooks . Nation Master also has a lot of data. Tibet has 7,000 entries but these can be narrowed down using a pull-down category menu.

David S. Adams will find 25 articles on infill development in Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Online . Many, though not all, will be linked to full text. Interlibrary Loan Service is available for the others. It is easy and requires a short wait.

Dudley and Ian will find 235 paragraphs representing 47 world cultures for their topic of tattooing in eHRAF World Cultures . Abstracts in Anthropology has 14 articles and Sociological Abstracts has 113. Many, though not all, are available in full text. Criminal Justice Abstracts

has 36 articles.

Micah will find 86 articles on Kool-Aid in Business Source Premier. MLA International Bibliography has 12 articles on the iconic American drink as it appears in literature. American Folklife Center has 131 entries. Micah should click on "Select All Library of Congress Pages" and enter Kool-aid on the search line.

Robert Bellamy and Matthew Hawk will find 25 full text articles on alcoholism and genetics in Wiley Interscience . They should ignore the "login - password" box and go to the blank search line and type "alcoholism and genetics". Matthew indicated that his topic was alcoholism. There are 10,000 articles in

Health and Wellness Resource Center so Matthew will need to focus and narrow his topic.

Duy Phung will find 77 articles on aircraft accidents is ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Journals

Karlyn Jenkins will find articles on sex education in EBSCO Access to the ERIC. Since there are 756 articles, she will need to focus her topic. For example, she could put "abstinence" in line 2 of the search box. I was interested to see if the media image of Bristol Palin on TV had influenced parents and teens on the subject of sex education. It may be too soon and I did not find any articles.

Brittany Butler will find articles on sports injuries in SportDiscus . There are 935 articles so she will need to focus her topic. For example, she could enter terms such as "football injuries" or "ACL injuries".

Mike Katana will find articles on quantum physics in INSPEC . There are 37,000 articles so he will need to focus his research. He could narrow his topic to "electron states", "chromodynamics", etc.

Aaron Waldren will find full text articles on new construction materials in Materials Science Full-Text Collection . He should click on "search all journals" and enter "construction" on line one of the search box, "materials" on line 2, and "new" on line 3.

Beau will find 295 articles on Adderall in Health and Wellness Resource Center . He should type "Adderall" in the search box, hit "enter" and then click on "journals and magazines".

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Reeke will find information on Barack Obama and the upcoming election in 2008 Elections . She will find his speeches in American Rhetoric

Robert Ficaloro will find 277 articles on animation in Bibliography of the History of Art . He should select "language English". Many, though not all, of the articles are full text.

Wes Panther will find 15 articles in MLA International Bibliography using the term hipster. Left Index has 69 articles and Sociological Abstracts has 4 articles.

Cassie Jackson will find 300 articles on stop-loss in Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals She should select "search catalog" and select "full text" from the pull-down menu. She should enter "stop-loss" on the search line.

Brad Anderson will find articles on underground dwellings in Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Online . He should enter "construction, underground" all on one line of the search box. Not all of the articles will be in English and not all will be full text. Clicking on the "interlibrary loan" link attached to the article is an easy process and will result in Brad getting his articles no matter what. Engineering Village has 105 articles. Brad should enter "underground" on line one of the search box and "dwellings" on line 2.

Aaron Venturin will find 312 articles on Human Growth Hormone in BIOSIS

Blanca is researching gangsta rap http://www.pbs.org/newshour/infocus/fashion/hiphop.html Here are some full text articles on Hip Hop Music

Eireann and Nicole Walker are researching fashion http://www.pbs.org/newshour/infocus/fashion/ has stuff for them. Art and Design ES also has articles on fashion as does DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index

Mike Keegan is researching blue jeans. He should try the links above listed for Eireann and Nicole. In addition, Hoover's Online will have information about Levi Strauss & Co. American Decades Primary Sources has entries as does American Memory

Chad Haling will find more than 1,000 full text articles on boxing in SportDiscus . Why Files Boxing Article on why we like boxing is very interesting.

Yeng Vang will find 23 articles on IPODS in Science and Technology ES . He will find 25 full text articles in EBSCO ERIC INDEX.

Patti JO is researching bras as a popular culture phenomenon. She will find 91 advertisements for the evolution of the bra 1900-1940 in American Periodical Series Online . I randomly picked this date range but Patti Jo can change that. She will find 23 entries in History and Culture ES . These include materials from exhibitions of fabric art and women's history. Of course, Patti Jo will also want to look at our many women's studies and history databases.

Janessa Barber will want to look at Points of View Reference Center for TWA Flight 800.

Points of View Reference Center contains commentary representing many viewpoints on a wide range of topics. This full-text collection contains opposing viewpoint essays, articles from leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspaper pieces, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents, reference books, and links to guides that give pointers on developing arguments and writing position papers. Janessa should type "TWA Flight 800 Crash 1996" on the search line.

Megan Hensley will find 502 articles on lowering the drinking age in Chronicle of Higher Education brought to you by Factiva.

Victoria Garcia will find 29 articles in Library Literature and Information Science Full Text on her topic of high textbook prices. She should type "textbook prices" on line one of the search box.

Felicia will find 24 full text articles in Health Sciences Full-Text Collection She should select the "advanced search" and enter autism [and] vaccinations.

Michelle Johnston will find 57 articles on sexual harassment in Colorado Supreme Court Library

Sarah Barr will find several articles on child labor in UNICEF Country Statistics

T.J. will find 46 articles on off-shore drilling in Ecolex . He should select the "advanced search", mark all four categories, and type "off shore drilling" in the "words from record" box.

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Theda Bruns will find more than 200 articles on government regulation in Library of Economics and Liberty . However, she will want to focus her search. For example, government regulation of the stock market.

Nichol will find Health Reference Center Academic useful. She will need to focus her topic a bit. On the subject of over-medicated children, she could type" children and medication and behavior" , for example, for discussions of children who are medicated with ADD medicine to make them behave in school.

Paul Squier will find this article A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AMERICAN MUSIC CRITICISM: THE 'SGT. PEPPER' DEBATE OF 1967-69 in America: History and Life .. The 'Rolling Stone' 200: 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.' appears in Music Index . These articles are specifically about the Sgt. Pepper album. There are many more articles generally on the Beatles and their influence on music and on society.

Melanie Archuleta will find 836 articles on Columbus Day in Ethnic NewsWatch . This valuable source will not only give her information, but also varying perspectives on the day from a minority and/or ethnic standpoint.

Engineering Village will have 168 articles for Matthew. He should enter monorail on line one of the search and United States on line 2.

Dave Aguado will find information on the Electoral College Here . He will find even more at Elections 2008 Guide prepared by the Auraria Library.

Fedworld Databases will have many articles for Linh on counterfeit goods. She should look for the box that says "enter search here", enter her search term as shown above, and hit the key "go to NTIS.gov". The content tends to be more factual than scholarly.

Denise Lindstrom will find articles on tobacco in Consumer Health Complete . This is a very broad topic, so when Denise enters "tobacco" on the search line a drop-down menu will appear. This will allow her to pick the area of interest on which she wants to concentrate.

Alyssa Born will like Diplomacy Monitor for her topic of child soldiers in Uganda. Click on "By Nation" in the right-hand navigation bar then select Uganda. In the resulting search box, type "child soldiers". AJOL (African Journals OnLine) has 6 articles. Look for the Google-powered "Search AJOL" box and type "child soldiers and Uganda". PAIS International has an equal number of articles. Type "Uganda" on line one of the search box and "child soldiers" on line 2.

April Fritzler will find reputable and authoritative websites on ESL Here .

Alberta is researching regulatory agencies. This is a bit broad. Perhaps she could narrow the topic to stock market regulation or food and drug regulation etc? In any case, CQ Politics will have some good information.

Kery Allen will find material for her topic of CSAP at Colorado Department of Education including Year-by-year CSAP results.

Devon Alper will find sources in World Aviation Directory and Aerospace Database . IGNORE the password stuff and go to the "Quick Search" box in the upper corner. "KLM" brings up 33 articles . A second search of "Pan AM" brings up 8. A third search of "Canary Islands" brings up 21 articles. Remember, these are separate searches. If Devon tries to cram everything into one search he will get nothing.

Rebecca Redfern will find 63 articles in Diplomacy Monitor on her topic of "human trafficking".Use the blank "Search" box in the upper right corner and type "human trafficking".

Tim Jennings will find 127 full text articles on public education and the media in EBSCO ERIC DATABASE. He should mark the full text boc and enter "media" on line one and "public education on line two. The terms "mass media" and "public schools" also work.

Brandi Leon is researching women's roles. eHRAF World Cultures has entries for women's roles in 157 different world cultures including the Zulu, Bemba, Mongol, Basque, Cajun, and Hopi cultures to name a few. "Women's roles" is too vague a term and does not work. Rather, Brandi should break down aspects of women's roles. For example, she could type " women and work" on the search line. Another separate search might be "women and parenting".

Tangeree will need to find a focus for her topic of African American men. Does she want to focus on men as parents? Is she interested in African American males in politics? Oxford African American Studies Center has many articles and references. The "filter results" function allows the researcher to specify a time period in American history or a particular subject emphasis.

Ben Dixon will find a mind-boggling amount of information on Colorado water rights and water issues by clicking on this link and following the subsequent links Water Databases and Resources