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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.

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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.

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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 Complete This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary full-text database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Indexes and abstracts more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete covers business, management, finance, accounting, international business, and economics topics with premium full-text content and peer-reviewed business journals.
ERIC (via EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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) This link opens in a new window
* 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 This link opens in a new window
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

Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles for academic libraries from the world's leading journals, this comprehensive resource covers the physical and social sciences, medicine, engineering, the arts, technology, literature, and many other subjects. With millions of articles in both PDF and HTML full-text format and simultaneous, unlimited usage, researchers are able to find accurate, timely information quickly. Gale's InterLink technology intelligently connects contextually-relevant results from your library's eBook collection on GVRL within articles in a user's search results. The Topic Finder tool adds power and depth to searches, allowing students to mine their search results and develop their research focus in ways never before available.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context This link opens in a new window
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.