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Adjunct Advocate Magazine

Aging Research Guide

All Music Guide - guide to all forms of music and musicians.

American Fact Finder - facts, popular tables, and maps for the U.S., states, counties, towns, and American Indian Reservations.


APA style of citing electronic sources

 

APA style of citing paper/print sources

 

Applied Science and Technology Index (FIRSTSEARCH) - index to articles about science and technology.


Art Index - paper index to fine arts periodicals and museum bulletins. This source is located on the index table next to the Reference Desk.

Art 151 and 152 Research Guide

 

Art 255 Research Guide

 

ArticleFirst  (FIRSTSEARCH) - index to articles based on the content pages of journals.

ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers 


Assessments - designing effective library assessments.


Assignments - examples of good library assignments.


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Bankrate - Info on mortgages, bank rates, credit cards, new and used auto loans, CD’s, etc.

Bartlett's Quotations website

Bay City Times Index - paper index to articles in the Bay City Times. This source is located on the index table next to the Reference Desk.

Bay City Times Index - online "selective" index maintained by volunteers.  This source can be helpful but the original intent of this index was to support genealogy.

 

Bay County Library System 


Ben Carson Research Guide

 

Biography Index (FIRSTSEARCH) - index to a wide range of biographical material.


Book Review Digest (FIRSTSEARCH) - reviews of current English-language fiction and nonfiction books.

Books - list of sources for finding books, including ValCat, the online catalog.


Books on Colonial American Times Research Guide

 

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Business Research Guide

 

Business Periodicals Index - paper index to articles in business periodicals. This source is located on the index table next to the Reference Desk.

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Careers and Occupations Research Guide

 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance website - accesses information of all Federal programs (grants) available to various organizations and the public.


Catalog of U.S. Government Publications website - indexes print and electronic Government information created by Federal agencies.


Census (U.S) website


Census DVD - provides information about the results of the census. Located at the Government Document Workstation near the Reference Desk.

Census (Michigan) website

 

Chemistry/Science Technology Research Guide

 

ChiltonLibrary  INFOTRAC

 

Choosing a Topic - gives a list of possible topics for research as well as exploring topics and formulating keywords.


Chronicle of Higher Education - The Chronicle of Higher Education subscription is available only through Delta College computers located on-campus and through the Delta College sites. This is one of the requirements of the Chronicle's contract.


CINAHL Basic - index to nursing and allied health journal and magazine articles.


Citing Your Sources - shows how to cite using various styles, including MLA and APA. This link takes you to the Research Tips page. Once there, scroll down that web page.

Class Schedule

 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) website

Collegiate

 

Computer Database (INFOTRAC) - index to computer-related articles.
 

Congressional Directory website - provides information on members of Congress.

Congressional Hearings in Mirlyn (Library of Michigan)

 

Congressional Record (daily) website

 

Constitution of the United States: Analysis and Interpretation website

 

Country Studies/Area Handbooks - provides in-depth information for many countries.

Course Catalog

 

Currency Exchange Rates websites - includes historical currency values. Here are two sites:

www.eh.net/hmit

www.xe.com/ucc

 

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Dental Journals and Magazines Research Guide

Dentistry Research Guide

 

Detroit Free Press - this link takes you to the Newspaper web page.

Detroit News - this link takes you to the Newspaper web page.

Detroit News Index - paper index to articles from the Detroit News. This is not a complete index but this source is located on the index table next to the Reference Desk.

Dictionary of Occupational Titles website

 

Dissertations and Theses (FirstSearch)

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ECO - An OCLC index to scholarly journals (FIRSTSEARCH)

 

Economic Indicators website provides information on Gross Domestic Product, National Income, and much more.


EDGAR SEC Filings and Forms website - provides financial information about public companies.


Education Abstracts - index to leading publications in the field of education.


Electric Eclectic website - directory of sources for writers, lovers of words & language plus various other interesting sources.

Endocrine Disorders Research Guide

 

Engineering Research Guide

 

Essay and General Literature Index (FIRSTSEARCH)  - index to essays, articles, collections of miscellaneous works.

Essential Books on Michigan History Research Guide

 

Exams (Online tests such as Civil Service, GED, and more)


Expanded Academic ASAP (INFOTRAC) - index to full-text scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers. Coverage is similar to General Reference Center Gold.

 

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Federal Registry (daily) website

 

FedStats - one-stop access to publicly available statistics from over 70 U.S. government agencies.

Fifty States and Capitals - provides information for each state including: geographic, demographic, political, historical, and economic.

Financial Aid (Delta College) including forms for FAFSA.
Usually, Delta's Financial Aid Code can be found on this site.
See also "Scholarships" on this list as well as "Grants and Financial Aid."

 

Financial Aid Codes 

 

FindLaw website - provides information about laws, cases on state and federal level.

Finding Fiction: Short Stories and Essays Reseach Guide

 

FirstSearch - allows access to databases/indexes that will provide citations, abstracts, and full-text for articles covering a variety of subjects.

Foreign Government Resources on the Web 

Forms - interlibrary loan form, reserve form, and materials request form for purchasing an item for the Library.

 

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Gallup Brain / Gallup Poll - features answers to more that 125,000 questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by the Gallup Poll since 1935.

Genealogy Reference Resource: Core Titles   Research Guide
ALSO, please scroll down this list to HeritageQuest Online

General Business File ASAP (INFOTRAC) - index to full-text business and company information.

 

General Science Abstracts (FIRSTSEARCH) - index to general science magazines and journals.

 

General Reference Center Gold (INFOTRAC) - index to full-text articles from a variety of sources on many different topics.

 

Government Documents website - a list of links to government information.

 

GPO (Government Printing Office) (FIRSTSEARCH) - index to U.S. government publications.

 

GPO Access website provides free electronic access to information published by the Federal Government.

 

Grants and Financial Aid Research Guide (PDF)

 

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Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module (INFOTRAC) - index to magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on a very wide range of health topics.

 

HeritageQuest Online - includes all of the images, and extensive indexing, from the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses and much more.

 

Historical Statistics of the United States website - provides statistics from 1790 to 1990.

 

Hoover's Online website - will provide some free company, industry, and market information.

 

Hours of Operation for Library and LLIC

 

Humanities Abstracts (FIRSTSEARCH) - index to articles that cover diverse subject areas of the humanities.

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Information Literacy website - a list of links to information about "information literacy" such as "Doing the Research", Evaluating the Information", and "Information Literacy Objectives, Outcomes, and Assessment".

 

Information Please website - one-stop source for ready reference from a large reference collection.

InfoTrac - allows access to databases/indexes that will provide citations, abstracts, and full-text for articles covering a variety of subjects.

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers  (INFOTRAC) - index to full-text articles. This database is one of the many databases within INFOTRAC.

InfoTrac OneFile - "one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics."

Interlibrary Loan a Book Form - a form to request a book from another library.

 

Interlibrary Loan a Periodical Form - a form to request a magazine or journal article from another library.

Internet Movie Database - a highly comprehensive and easy to use movie reference tool.

Internet Public Library 

 

Issues and Controversies - gives the pros and cons of many issues. The link to this online source is listed on the BOOKS web page.

 

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Journal Articles  - indexes (databases) that lead to journal articles can be found on the Journals and Magazines web page.

 

Journal of Chemical Education

 

Journals from the Institute of Physics - includes some free full-text articles.

 

JSTOR

 

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Kelley Blue Book - provides new and used car pricing; values on used motorcycles, ATVs, etc.

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Learn-A-Test (Online tests such as Civil Service and GED).

 

Legal Periodicals (FIRSTSEARCH) - index to international legal information covering a variety of legal topics. 

 

LegalTrac (INFOTRAC) - index articles from law publications.

 

Librarians' Internet Index: websites that you can trust.

 

Library Departments and Staff

 

Library Handouts

 

Library Instruction Guidelines

 

Library Literature (FIRSTSEARCH) - index to articles covering the library profession.

 

Library Mission Statement

 

Library of Congress Classification Numbers

 

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Materials Request Form - a form to request that a specific item be purchased for the Library collection.

 

Medical Periodicals Research Guide - a list of medical magazines and journals available at Delta or online.

 

Medline (FIRSTSEARCH) - index to medical journal articles and other health information.

Merck Manual website - health information written by leading medical experts.

Michigan Compiled Laws 

Michigan Courts 

 

Michigan Fiction, Biography, and History Research Guide

 

Michigan Government 

 

Michigan History Research Guide

 

Michigan Law & Legal Resources

 

Michigan Newspapers through NewsBank - scroll down the Newspaper web page to click on NewsBank.

 

Michigan Statistics

 

Michigan eLibrary (MeL) - "is an anywhere, anytime information gateway to hundreds of full-text magazines and newspapers and more than 10,000 electronic books." Please take a look at "Best of the Internet" selected by Librarians, especially the "Reference Desk."

 

Michigan Teacher Network

Mid-Michigan Remembers: Stories About Us

 

Middle Eastern Media Research Institute - translates Arabic and Hebrew media to English.

 

MLA style of citing electronic sources

 

MLA style of citing paper/print sources

 

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National Geographic Index - index of National Geographic articles.

NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) - indexes more than 150,000 publications on criminal justice.

National Library of Medicine (PubMed)

NetLibrary - offers access to full-text reference, scholarly and professional books.

 

New York Times Index - paper (print) index to articles from the New York Times Newspaper. Located on the index table near the Reference Desk.

New York Times on the Web - provides an "archive" that will act as an index to articles from the last five or six years.

 

NewsFlash - Delta College Library News.

 

Newspapers

 

Nursing Research Guide

 

Nursing Periodicals Research Guide - a list of nursing magazines and journals that are available in print or online.

 

 

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OAH: Organization of American Historians 

Occupational Outlook Handbook - describes about 250 occupations in detail.

OSHA (Occupation Safety and Health Administration) - contains full text of all OSHA regulations, selected documents, and technical information from the OSHA Computerized Information System.

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Philosophy and Ethics Research Guide

 

Physical Therapy Research Guide

 

Physical Therapy, Jamie Duley's Class Assignment

 

Physical Therapy Periodicals Research Guide - a list of physical therapy magazines and journals.

 

Plagiarism - list of plagiarism awareness, detection, and prevention websites. (Under the heading of Teacher's Aids)

 

Politics and Presidential Elections Research Guide

 

Price Indexes including "What is a dollar worth calculator."

 

Public Papers of the President website

 

PubMed - index to over 14 million citations for biomedical articles. Citations are from MEDLINE and other resources.

 

PubMed - the difference between MEDLINE and PubMed?

 

Psychology Research Guide

 

Psychology Periodicals Research Guide - a list of psychology magazine and journals.

 

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Race and Culture Research Guide

 

Radiography Research Guide

 

Readers Guide Abstracts  (FIRSTSEARCH) - electronic equivalent to the paper index "Readers Guide to Periodical Literature."

 

Readers Guide to Periodical Literature - an author and subject paper index to periodical (magazine)  articles. This paper source is located on the index table next to the Reference Desk.

Research Tips - covers "Choosing a Topic", "Doing the Research", "Evaluating the Information", and how to cite your sources by using APA, MLA, or other formats.

 

Reserve Form - a form to request that an item be placed on Reserve at the Reserve Desk.

 

RxList: The Internet Drug Index

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Saginaw News  (Within NEWSBANK) - Online index to full-text articles since 1998. Scroll down the Newspaper web page in order to click on NewsBank.

 

Saginaw Valley State University Library website 

 

Saginaw's "Public Libraries of Saginaw" website

 

Scholarships (local)

 

Scientific Journals from the Institute of Physics - includes some free full-text articles.

 

Slip Laws (Public) website

 

Social Science Abstracts (FIRSTSEARCH)  - index to articles in many scholarly journals covering the social sciences.

 

Social Security Handbook website

 

Sociology Periodicals Research Guide - a list of sociological magazines and journals.

 

Sonography Research Guide

 

STAT-USA - free to users at U.S. Federal depository libraries (SEE YOUR LIBRARIAN FOR ACCESS INFORMATION). 

Site provides access to approximately 3,000 statistical publications including economic and trade related records.

 

Statistical Abstract of the United States 

 

Suggested Library Websites - links to a variety of libraries that have helpful information.

 

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Tax Forms

 

Tests (Online exams such as ACT, Civil Service, GED...)

 

360 Main Street.com provides information for local tri-county arts, entertainment, fun, and recreation.

Thomas : Legislative Information website 

Travlang website - translation dictionaries

Tutorials - to help use InfoTrac, FirstSearch, and ValCat and more.

 

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United States Code - contains the general and permanent laws of the United States.

United States Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics 

United States Government Manual website - provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial and executive branches.

 

United States Reports (Supreme Court) website

 

USA Counties website provides data about counties within the United States.

 

Useful Internet Sites for Genealogists Research Guide

 

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ValCat - the online catalog for books, government documents, videocassettes and more.

 

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Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents website

 

What Do I Read Next? (INFOTRAC)  - "includes over 100,000 recommended titles, more than 60,000 plot summaries, and awards information from 562 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures."

 

The White House website - home page of the White House for finding news, press briefings, proclamations, executive orders, speeches, and much more.

 

WilsonBusiness (FIRSTSEARCH) - index to English-language business magazine and journal articles.

 

WilsonSelectPlus (FIRSTSEARCH) - provides full-text articles in science, humanities, education, and business. 

 

World Almanac (FIRSTSEARCH) 

 

World FactBook - provides information about countries.

 

World War II and The Hiding Place Research Guide

 

WorldCat (FIRSTSEARCH) - catalog of books and other materials in libraries WORLDWIDE.

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