Places to get Information
Cal State University Fullerton (Pollak Library)
Has a a large selection of databases and an extensive collection of books for research.
Cal State University Fullerton YouTube Channel
Has videos about evaluating sources and writing topics
Cal State University Fullerton Libguides
Lists of resources compiled by CSUF librarians and broken down by subject.
Footage of C-Span dating all the way back to 1993. Items include bill signings, briefings, and hearings. Also has a small collection of British Parliament sessions.
Diamond Bar High School Library
Has access to Proquest database along with a variety of books in a number of different subject matters.
Diamond Bar Public Library (LA County Libraries)
Provides access to 93 databases as well as books from all over LA County. They also provide online research help with a librarian.
Provides an internet search of scholarly sources.
Largest library in the world and is the main research facility for Congress. It is also home to the US Patent Office. Some of the documents they
house include photographs, recordings, maps, and manuscripts.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Access to free articles and reports in science related fields. Also features access to congressional reports and informational pamphlets.
Online record of all US Federal government documents. This includes artwork, statistics, survey data, manuscripts, and much more.
Database of science related articles, mainly biomedical research.
University of California Science Today
Audio programs produced by University of California on topics that relate to science.
University of Southern California Libguides
Lists of resources compiled by USC librarians and broken down by subject
Topics can range from interviews with professionals, public health, medicine, agriculture, and the environment.
Classification Systems
Library of Congress (academic libraries)
Dewey Decimal System (school and public libraries)
Citation Guides
APA (Science & Psychology)
APA Publication Manual 6th Ed.
Chicago/Turabian (History)
MLA (English & Foreign Language)
Ways to stay organized
Organizes online information. Has free and subscription options.
Citation generator.
Ideas
Gives tips on writing a paper.
Series of short videos on hundreds of different topics created by educators and illustrated by artists.
Searching Tips
Explains how Boolean Operators work.
Google help page that explains the various symbols one can use in Google to search with.
Writing Tips
University of Illinois Writing Center
The writing center provides writing and grammar tips including how to construct different parts of a paper such as abstracts and lab reports. They also have links to different citation guides.
Gives an overview along with examples of how to create an annotated bibliography.
Evaluating Sources
Owl Purdue: Evaluating Sources
Provides tips on how to determine if a source is credible and how to get the most out of the information.
Gives guidelines in evaluating web sources for credibility.
A video to explain why plagiarism is bad. In case you didn't already know that.