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This guide is intended to help you do research for your English 102 class. It includes access to: Books (library online catalog) and articles in periodicals (through databases). Please contact a Reference librarian via chat, phone, or email, if you need further assistance.

Films on Demand Video - What is the Value of College?

“Job Search Help for Young Workers.” Films On Demand, Films Media Group, 2012, fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=103198&xtid=54365. Accessed 13 Jan. 2021.

Additional Help

Search the Library Catalog

Maxwell Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System. To locate your book in the General Collection look at the first letter of the call number. If it begins with the letter A-L, it will be on the second floor. If it starts with the letters M-Z, it will be on the third floor. Reference Books and periodicals are located on the first floor and may not be checked out.

Online Databases

These databases require a BSU login.

Academic Search Premier
Full text for more than 8,500 journals, including full text for more than 4,600 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
Business Source Premier
Full text for nearly 1,200 journals and magazines, including nearly 700 peer-reviewed journals, covering a variety of business disciplines.
ERIC (via EBSCO)
Abstracts to journal articles as well as "grey literature" (pamphlets, conference proceedings, privately published papers) in the field of education. Via E*Subscribe, the full text of selected ERIC documents may be retrieved.
Dates of coverage: 1966-
Nexis Uni (formerly: LexisNexis Academic)
* Nexis Uni will replace LexisNexis Academic on January 1, 2019.*

Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.
News & Newspapers
Searchable full text for The Boston Globe 1980-present, New York Daily Times 1851-1857, New York Times 1857-present, and Wall Street Journal 1984-present.

List of A-Z Databases

Opposing Viewpoints In Context
Covers today's hottest social issues, offering differing views to help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions. Includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, infographics, and more.

Sample Articles - General

Credo College Tuition and Student Debt.
College tuition and student debt: Primary documents. (2013). In R. Chapman, & J. Ciment (Eds.), Culture wars in America: An encyclopedia of issues, viewpoints, and voices (2nd ed.). Routledge
The Effect of Level of College Entry on Midcareer Occupational Attainments
Levey, Tania. “The Effect of Level of College Entry on Midcareer Occupational Attainments.” Community College Review, vol. 38, no. 1, July 2010, pp. 3–30.
Is College Worth It? Yes, But Return on Investment Varies, Study Finds
Weissman, Sara. “Is College Worth It? Yes, But Return on Investment Varies, Study Finds.” Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, vol. 36, no. 22, Dec. 2019, p. 7.
Most students get a big pay-off from going to university, but some would be better off financially if they had not undertaken a degree.
“Most Students Get a Big Pay-off from Going to University, but Some Would Be Better off Financially If They Had Not Undertaken a Degree.” Education Journal, no. 404, Mar. 2020, pp. 27–28.
‘It’s just not worth a damn!’ Investigating perceptions of the value in attending university"
Cook, Steve, et al. “‘It’s Just Not Worth a Damn!’ Investigating Perceptions of the Value in Attending University.” Studies in Higher Education, vol. 44, no. 7, Jan. 2019, pp. 1256–1267.