Liberal Studies 101 Assignment and worksheet

Use the Library at home: All Library databases can be searched at home by CSUF students
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What to do if library does not own what you need:
       
        Your TitanCard is valid at all CSU libraries, local community colleges and some private.  
         Interlibrary Loan...Books and Articles from other libraries, 5-10 day turnaround,

Locate BOOKS... Library Catalog http://opac.fullerton.edu
         
            Online database of books, journals, newspapers, recordings, atlases and more
            sample search: Keyword: Appalachian and poverty
                                   Subject: Southern States - Social conditions OR
                                   Subject: Appalachian Region
                                   Subject: South Carolina OR Subject: Child Abuse
                                   Subject: Southern States - Civilization - 20th century
                                   Title: Rural community in the Appalachian South
                                   Title: Caste and Class in a Southern Town, 1957

Locate Quick background information on your topics:   
    note:  These books are not to be used as your four academic sources to be turned in.    
                          
Title Encyclopedia of Southern Culture  Reference F209 .N47 2006  v. 1-13, example: v13:Gender
Title Encyclopedia of Appalachia Reference F 106 E53 2006
Online database:
Gale Virtual Reference Library (database of 1,250+ volumes of encyclopedias)
           sample search: Appalachia and poverty

What is a Scholarly Journal and How to Recognize  
   
Sample scholarly journal article

Sample citation:
Tobias, Saul,  Foucault on Freedom and Capabilities, Theory, Culture & Society; August 2005, Vol. 22 Issue 4, p65-85, 21p

         Start at the library home page => Click on Find Journals => Type in the title of your journal

How to locate articles:
Sociological Abstracts	limit you research to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals Search locations: Southern States or Carolina or Appalachia or Appalachian or Rural South or Greenville Social Stratification or *Social Structure or Social Factors or Social class or Social classes sample article title: Adolescent Socialization in Rural Appalachia
Academic Search Premier	Limit your search to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals sample search: Southern States or Carolina or Appalachia or Appalachian or Rural South or Greenville (GE Geographic Terms) rape or sexual abuse sample article title: Physical and Sexual Violence Among North Carolina Women
PsycINFO	Limit your search to Peer Reviewed Search locations (such as Carolina) as a keyword sexual abuse (de) and stepparents (subject) limit your search to peer reviewed journals Note: this database does not have formal way to limit by geography sample article title Stability of status orientations among young, White, rural women from three Southern states.

Student Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism   The Campus statement on the avoidance of plagiarism
How do I Cite Sources  All sources of information must be cited for any work you turn in on campus. 

original citation as found in a database:
Tobias, Saul,  Foucault on Freedom and Capabilities, Theory, Culture & Society; Aug2005, Vol. 22 Issue 4, p65-85, 21p

Proper APA citation format (paper version of the article)
Tobias, S., (2005) Foucault on freedom and capabilities, Theory, Culture & Society; 22 (4),
        65-85.

Proper APA citation format (online version of the article with DOI)
Tobias, S., (2005) Foucault on freedom and capabilities, Theory, Culture & Society; 22 (4),
        65-85. doi: 10.1177/0263276405053721

Proper APA citation format (when no DOI is provided)
Tobias, S., (2005) Foucault on freedom and capabilities, Theory, Culture & Society; 22 (4),
        65-85. Retrieved from http://tcs.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/22/4/65

Sample APA paper as presented by Diana Hacker in Research and Documentation Online
    
Pollak Library Quick Guide to the APA Citation Style
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. (2001)     
     a copy of this book is kept at the Reference Desk    

Bastard out of Carolina:
possible themes: Rural south, Greenville, South Carolina or Appalachia or Appalachian
            child abuse, Social class, family, " white trash," illegitimate, poverty or poor