Scrawled Shortcuts through the Research Maze
Of all the libraries, in all the world, you have to browse into ours:
Encyclopedia Britannica online
The second-biggest encyclopedia on the Internet. Considered more accurate & definitely more prof-pleasing than Wikipedia, but just as easy to use.
Research Resources page, http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-subject.aspx
Oxford English Dictionary online
Humphrey Bogart gave his name to what behavior? Look it up here, in the definitive source for definitions and derivations in the English Language.
On the Research Resources page, http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-subject.aspx
Quotations sources
Was it really “Play it again, Sam?” Check out the quotations books in Credo Reference (under Resources by Subject) or in Reference 808.88
Foreign Language Dictionaries
“A citizen of the world”? Pick up dictionaries in the Reference section (Level C) under these call numbers:
German: 433
Spanish: 463
Italian: 453
French: 443
English: 423
Find an Article:
“Where were you, say, ten years ago?”Check out these general article sources, with lots of full text online. Choose them from our Research Resources list:: http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-title.aspx
- Academic Search Premier & Proquest:
Academic & general articles; some full text. [Can limit to academic sources] - Lexis-Nexis Academic:
Primarily newspaper and press feed articles, full text.
More References?
Find “twice the usual number of suspects” in Electronic Reference Books: www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-subject.aspx?category=E-Reference%20Books