Thesis, Dissertation, and Supervision Handbooks

 

Thesis Guides

• Succeeding with your master's dissertation: a step-by-step handbook by John Biggam.  Available in the UI&U Library
•  How to write a thesis by R. Murray.  Available in the UI&U Library
• Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation: A Handbook for Students and Faculty by Mauch & Birch  Available in the UI&U Library
• Theses and dissertations: a guide to planning, research, and writing  by R. M. Thomas and D. L. Brubaker.  Available in the UI&U Library                            
• Avoiding thesis and dissertation pitfalls: 61 cases of problems and solutions by R. Murray Thomas and Dale L. Brubaker.  Available in the UI&U Library

Dissertation Guides

• Writing the Qualitative Dissertation: Understanding by Doing by Meloy  Available in the UI&U Library
• Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation: A Handbook for Students and Faculty by Mauch & Birch  Available in the UI&U Library 
• Revising your Dissertation: Advice from Leading Editors edited by Luey  Available online from the UI&U Library
• The Dissertation Desk Reference: The Doctoral Student's Manual to Writing the Dissertation by Calabrese  Available in the UI&U Library 
• Stepping stones to achieving your doctorate: Focusing on your viva from the start by Trafford & Leshem  Available in the UI&U Library
• The unwritten rules of PhD research by Petre & Rugg  Available in the UI&U Library         
• Writing your doctoral dissertation: Invisible rules for success by Brause  Available in the UI&U Library
• Demystifying dissertation writing by P.B. Single  Available in the UI&U Library                
• Dissertation writing in practice: Turning ideas into text by Linda Cooley & Jo Lewkowicz.  Available in the UI&U Library
• Avoiding thesis and dissertation pitfalls: 61 cases of problems and solutions by R. Murray Thomas and Dale L. Brubaker.  Available in the UI&U Library 
• Doing your social science dissertation by J. Burnett.  Available in the UI&U Library
• Making supervision work for you: A student's guide by J. Wellington.  Available in the UI&U Library 
• The qualitative dissertation: A guide for students and faculty by Maria Piantanida and Noreen B. Garman  Available in the UI&U Library
• Secrets for a successful dissertation by Jacqueline Fitzpatrick, Jan Secrist, Debra J. Wright.  Available in the UI&U Library 
• Developing quality dissertations in the humanities: A graduate student's guide to achieving excellence by Barbara E. Lovitts and Ellen L. Wert.  Available in the UI&U Library
• Developing quality dissertations in the social sciences: A graduate student's guide to achieving excellence by Barbara E. Lovitts and Ellen L. Wert.  Available in the UI&U Library
• Making supervision work for you: a student's guide by Jerry Wellington.  Available in the UI&U Library
• Excellent Dissertations  Available in the UI&U Library

Supervision Guides

• Obsessed with the Doctoral Theses: What is the Supervision and Support the Doctorates Tell to Need in the Phases of Dissertation Process?   Available in the UI&U Library
• Effective postgraduate supervision: improving the student-supervisor relationship by Adrian R. Eley and Roy Jennings.  Available in the UI&U Library
• Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation: A Handbook for Students and Faculty by Mauch & Birch  Available in the UI&U Library 
• How to be an effective supervisor: best practice in research student supervision by Adrian Eley and Rowena Murray.  Available in the UI&U Library 
• Understanding supervision and the PhD by M. Peelo.  Available in the UI&U Library 
• Teaching and supervision by Debbie Epstein, Rebecca Boden, and Jane Kenway.  Available in the UI&U Library

Get Published

You've finished the work, and you're proud of it (as you should be!).  But then you begin to wonder: now how do I get this thing published?

Whether you're looking to sharpen your work through revision, focus on the craft of writing, learn the ins and outs of academic publishing, or focus on online writing, the UI&U Library has you covered.  Below is a sample selection of titles to help you polish--and perhaps even publish--your work.  For further assistance in accessing similar titles, please feel free to contact us.

Academic Publishing

• The Academic Writer's Toolkit: A User's Manual by A.A. Berger Available online in the UI&U Library

• Becoming an Author: Advice for Academics and Other Professionals by D. Canter and G. Fairbairn Available online in the UI&U Library

• Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious About Serious Books by W.P. Germano Available online in the UI&U Library

• Research: The Journey from Pondering to Publishing edited by Serwan M.J. Baban Available online in the UI&U Library

• Writing for Academic Journals by R. Murray Available online in the UI&U Library

• Write to the Top! How to be a Prolific Academic by W. Brad Johnson and C.A. Mullen Available online in the UI&U Library

• Book Publishing Encyclopedia: Tips & Resources for Authors and Publishers by D. Poynter Available online in the UI&U Library

• Communicating Knowledge: Publishing in the 21st Century by J. Feather Available online in the UI&U Library

• Indie Design: How to Design and Produce Your Own Book edited by E. Lupton Available online in the UI&U Library

• The Making of a Bestseller: Success Stories from Authors and the Editors, Agents, and Booksellers Behind Them by B. Hill and D. Power Available online in the UI&U Library

• Publishing Confidential: The Insider's Guide to What it Really Takes to Land a Nonfiction Book Deal by P.B. Brown Available online in the UI&U Library

To access similar titles, try a subject search in the online catalog using the terms "academic writing," "academic writing--handbooks, manuals, etc." or  "scholarly publishing."

Mainstream Publishing

To access similar titles, try a subject search in the online catalog using the terms "authorship" or "publishers and publishing"

Unintentional Plagiarism

It's common knowledge that if you crib part or all of your paper from someone else, whether a fellow student, a web site or a published article or book, it's plagiarism. It's a serious violation of academic integrity and carries major penalties. Many students don’t realize that Union Institute & University subscribes to plagiarism-detecting software and most faculty members are experts at spotting plagiarized papers.  Fortunately, it's very easy to avoid those penalties: don't cheat and you'll be fine!

However it's also possible to commit plagiarism unintentionally, and that can get you in trouble too. Unintentional plagiarism means that you didn't mean to cheat, but you still committed a violation of academic integrity by failing to acknowledge the sources of your ideas, or by being too dependent on someone else's ideas.

• Forgetting to cite, citing incompletely, or citing the wrong source.
• Paraphrasing without a citation. It's often said that if you put the other person's ideas into your own words, you don't need to cite. That's not true!!! You must cite, even if you didn't quote them word for word.
• Relying too much on your source material, especially paraphrasing too much (even with citations.) Being overly dependent on another person's ideas means that your paper isn't original enough to satisfy the requirements of an academic assignment. This usually happens for one of two reasons, or a little of each: either you didn't have enough different sources, or you didn't include enough of your own analysis and interpretation.

If you are struggling with research and writing, there are a number of places to turn:

• Ask a Librarian - a librarian can help you if you are having trouble finding resources and research materials on your topic. Librarians can also help you cite sources and show you tools that will automatically format your APA or MLA citations!
• Disability Services - if you know or suspect you might have a disability that is affecting your writing.
• Writing Resource Center - sample papers, explanations, exercises, and help for every stage of the writing process.
• your instructor - if you don't understand the assignment, need help choosing a topic, or want to know if you're on the right track.

@ 2011 Empire State College.  Partially modified and used with permission.

Get Help from a Librarian

The UI&U Library contains millions and millions of scholarly resources, and we know it can sometimes seem overwhelming to navigate through them. Luckily, library staff members are here to assist you by phone, chat, email, or in-person whenever you have questions or need assistance.

• Phone: 800-871-8165 x8747
• E-mail: library@myunion.edu
• Live Chat: Ask a Librarian
• Research Appointment: Schedule an online research appointment to get help with an assignment or assistance finding resources.  

You can also find our contact information in the website footer or by clicking the “need help” button in the top, right-hand corner of each page.

New e-books: Health Education and More!

The Union Institute & University Library grows again! We've added lots of books to our resources on health education, or check out some books on Abraham Lincoln or creativity. To read any of these books, use the catalog browse search and search my main title (video tutorial).  If you need help or have any questions, please contact a librarian. 

Health Education:

• Disasters and public health:  planning and response
• 101 careers in public health
• Body language
• Understanding the global dimensions of health
• Handbook of preventive interventions for adults
• Dictionary of public health promotion and education
• Advancing health literacy
• Creating healthy organizations
• Well-being:  productivity and happiness at work
• Experiencing spontaneity

Psychotherapy:

• What works for whom? 
• Distributed artificial intelligence, volume 1
• Psychoanalysis and ecology on the edge of chaos

History:

• Emancipation proclamation:  three views
• Lincoln's hundred days

…and More:

• Art and fear
• Cambridge handbook of creativity
• Political and civil leadership:  a reference handbook
• Librarian's guide to online searching

Spotlight: Google Scholar@UI&U

Google Scholar@UI&U is a great tool for kick-starting your research.  It allows you to simultaneously search many of the UI&U Library’s article databases as well as web-based scholarly resources such as legal opinions, online repositories, and other university websites.

Many students love Google Scholar@UI&U because it combines the search functionality and familiar interface of Google with the high quality, scholarly resources within the UI&U Library.  Google Scholar@UI&U also has many helpful tools for researchers, including cited by links, date limiters, Zotero integration, my citations, email alerts, author profiles, and other search features. 

To access Google Scholar@UI&U, go to the UI&U Library homepage and click the "Articles & Databases" tab.

News Feed Malfunctioning

The UI&U Library’s news feed is malfunctioning. The university web developer and the communications department have been working on the problem for the last several months. Within the next two weeks, we will be changing hosting services and returning to Blogger (a blog hosting service from Google). We hope this will provide a permanent solution. Please excuse any outdated or incorrect information; new announcements will be posted as soon as possible.

New: Cincinnati Enquirer

You can now access the Cincinnati Enquirer through the UI&U library!



Get Cincinnati news, weather, and sports at news.cincinnati.com. Ask a librarian to find out how to log in!

People at the Cincinnati Center can find a print copy of the newspaper in the Computer lab.

Extra, Extra! Read all about it!

We've highlighted a couple newspaper resources over the past few months, but that really just scratches the surface of our newspaper collections. If you find yourself hitting a paywall of your favorite current news source or are wondering how lots of news outlets are handling a particular topic check out the following resources.

National Newspapers Premier provides full-text articles to many of the nation's leading news sources--such as the Boston Globe, the New York Times, and the Chicago Tribune.

Newspaper Source provides access to many local and international newspapers--Minneapolis Star Tribune and Al Jazeera, together at last!--and transcripts to a variety of television and radio news networks including CNN, FOX, NPR, and CBS. You can also set up email alerts for your favorite news sources or subscribe to an RSS feed. (You must have a free ESBCOhost account to use this feature. See the picture below for more information.)

Finally, maybe you're missing your favorite magazine. Popular Magazines may fill the void with access to The New Yorker, Popular Mechanics, Vogue, Newsweek and much more. One helpful feature of this database is that you can have it read the article to you or download the MP3.

We've just highlighted a few of our newspaper and current media sources. To find more check out our Primary Sources/Newspapers database list or search for your desired publication from the Journals tab on the library homepage. Any questions? Ask a librarian!

APA & MLA Made Easy

Do you struggle with the APA, Chicago, or MLA styles?  The UI&U Library provides resources to help you to create, format, and manage bibliographies.  One of our newest resources is the Google Scholar@UI&U Citation Tool.  If you enter the title of a book or article you want to cite, Google Scholar will format it into an APA, Chicago, or MLA citation that you can copy and paste into your paper’s bibliography.  Please watch the short video below for a demonstration on how this exciting new tool works.

Resources for Fact-checking

We are constantly being bombarded with information - on the web, on TV, in books, and in conversation. Unfortunately, a lot of it is misinformation. It's not that most people intend to deceive us, but once they've picked up an error, they pass it along.

Fortunately the web makes it possible to fact-check on the fly.  Here are some resources.

• Consumer Reports - objective product information and reviews
• DeviceWatch - debunks phony products and gadgets
• FactCheck.org - fact-checking for the news from the Annenberg Public Policy Center
• MythBusters.com - from the Discovery Channel TV show that debunks urban legends, old wives' tales, and movie physics, among other things
• NewsTrust.net - crowd-sourced fact-checking of the news media
• PolitiFact.com - the least partisan fact-checking source for politics and what politicians say
• Snopes.com - debunks virus warnings, chain letters, hoaxes, scams, urban legends  
• SourceWatch - crowd-sourced tracing of information to its original intellectual and financial sources, from the Center for Media and Democracy  

@ 2011 Empire State College.  Used with permission.

© 2011 Premier

Important Notice Regarding Interlibrary Loan

The UI&U Library staff will be relocating to Brattleboro, Vermont in June. While access to all of our own online library’s resources and most related services will continue without interruption throughout the transition to a new location, one specific library service will need to be halted temporarily.

Interlibrary Loan: In order to ensure that no materials needing to be returned to other lending libraries will be lost in the mail during our transition period, the lending of all physical interlibrary loan items (including books, videos, and dvds) will be temporarily halted beginning April 1, 2013. This service will resume on July 1st or as soon as library staff members have been relocated to Brattleboro.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Even though circulating items via our interlibrary loan services will be unavailable between April 1 and July 1, we will continue to provide copies of brief documents like journal articles and scanned chapters of books through our interlibrary loan services as usual without interruption throughout this time period.

Please note that our email address library@myunion.edu and phone 800-871-8165 x8747 will remain the same.

Daily Mail Official War Photograph, Series 22, No. 175 from the United Kingdom Government

Counseling & Therapy in Video Trial

The Gary Library is considering a subscription to Counseling and Therapy in Video. Please try this resource and let us know if it will be useful for your research.

Counseling and Therapy in Video
"Counseling and Therapy in Video provides the largest and richest online collection of streaming video available for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling—400 hours and more than 330 videos on completion. The collection's wealth of video and multiplicity of perspectives allow students and scholars to see, experience, and study counseling in ways never before possible. The videos are designed for training and continuing education, providing an invaluable firsthand look at the realities of working with clients and the challenges associated with putting theoretical concepts into practice. Users can create and share their own personalized clips and playlists. This current release includes 284 videos totaling roughly 314 hours." -Excerpt from the Alexander Street Press promotional site.

Trial period ends April 25, 2010.

Using Images Responsibly

Adding pictures to your PowerPoint, Prezi, or Keynote can help make your presentation come alive, but did you know that just like you need to cite ideas or quotes that you use in your project, you should cite these images as well? And unlike text sources where you can use a few sentences or ideas under the terms of fair use, you always use the whole image which is not allowable by fair use standards--so you need to find images whose creators allow use by the public. These images are gathered under the term "creative commons."

FairyFindings 2010

While searching Google Images is so easy, there's a website that makes finding Creative Commons Images just as easy. It's called CC Search at search.creativecommons.org. This service collects images which the creators have chosen to make available for the public's use.

How do you search CC Search and cite your findings?

Step 1: Go to CC Search. In most cases, you'll want to uncheck the two options under the search box (unless you plan to sell your work or you want to change the images you find). Choose your search engine. Do your image search as you would normally.

Step 2: Select an image you'd like to use. In the big black box, look for "Visit Page" and click that box. You want to check the terms of use to make sure it's actually a creative commons image. This takes you to the original image's page--any additional information on the terms of use for the image. In Wikimedia it's under "Licensing"; DeviantArt puts it under the "Details" tab; Flicker puts it in the right sidebar under "Additional Information."

Step 3: Once you've verified that you can use the image, right-click to copy it to your document or to save it and insert it later (Saving is good in case you accidentally delete it.) Also make note of the URL from the address bar.

Step 4: Go to your document. If you've copied the image, right-click to paste the image where you'd like it. If you've saved it, use your insert function to add a picture.

Step 5: Now, you need to cite it. The standard practice is to include the author and year if you can find it and create a hyperlink with that text which links back to the original website.

David Tedrow 2010

Repeat these steps as needed for each of your images. It is a few more steps than just copying from Google Images, but you're now crediting the creator of the images, providing a way to find the image again, and meeting all the standards for using images responsibly.

Published 8/20/2013

245 New Videos in Films on Demand

Several weeks ago, the UI&U Library added a new video database called Films on Demand.  This database includes 11,200 videos that can be used in personal research and CampusWeb courses. To this extensive collection, 245 new videos have been added.  We have highlighted some of the best new videos.  To view the entire collection, please visit the Films on Demand database.

Subject Categories

Business & Economics
Career
Criminal Justice & Emergency Management
Education
Health, Medicine & Public Health
History, Anthropology, & Archival Films
Philosophy & Religion
Political Science
Psychology
Management & Leadership
Sciences
Technology

Business & Economics

In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Burst
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In this classic program, produced two years before the financial collapse of 2008, investigative journalist Danny Schechter predicts a 1929-like stock market crash due to the large amount of ...

Toxic Labels: The Dark Side of Outsourcing
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Western consumers are accustomed to buying low-cost garments, but in global terms there is a larger price to be paid-a price in human health, security, and dignity. It seems that many manufacturers st ...

Money Mistakes Many of Us Make
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Understanding how and why we all make financial mistakes is the best way to keep them from happening. This ABC News report reviews the top five financial mistakes people make. Farnoosh Torabi...

How to Use Social Networks for Businesses
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According to Percolate’s James Gross, social media is now an integral part of doing business today. This ABC News report discusses how businesses need to constantly create new content to feed...

Top 5 Marketing Tips to Increase Sales
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Tierra Destiny Reid reveals how marketing can boost business income. This ABC News report includes the top five marketing tips for any business. From targeted marketing and the use of social media...

Career

Social Media May Help Your Job Hunt: Job Club
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Skills demonstrated while social gaming can be carried over to certain jobs, according to Vistaprint CEO Austin Cook. This ABC News report looks at how the process works, including some games made by ...

Job Search Help for Young Workers
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In the current job market, opportunities for young workers are scarce. This ABC News report examines why workers between the ages of 16 and 24 have such a hard time finding jobs. Susan Solovic offers ...

Think b4 u Post: Your Reputation and Privacy on Social Networking Sites
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A person normally wouldn’t shout out the details of a secret hookup or give a credit card to a total stranger and say “Max it out for me.” Yet as this video playfully points out, in effect that’s what ...

Criminal Justice & Emergency Management

Busting Organized Retail Crime Rings
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Most people think of shoplifting as a petty crime, but organized rings sell the stolen items and make as much as $30 billion a year. This ABC News report examines how retailers...

Crime and Combat: How Does That Work?
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Modern technology has given law enforcement new, non-lethal options when subduing an individual or controlling a crowd. There have also been advances made in body identification autopsies. This film...

How Glock Became America's Gun
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The Glock is America’s favorite "super gun." This ABC News report examines the popularity of this European-made firearm. Made of composite material, the gun is lightweight. With an easy trigger pull a ...

The Christchurch Earthquake: A Case Study
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The 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand was devastating for the city's residents and the surrounding landscape. This program presents an in-depth case study of the event, focusing on both the ...

Gangster Refugees: A Case Study in Immigration and Assimilation
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When thousands of war refugees poured into the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta in 1979, the first Vietnamese community in Australia was born. But it didn’t take long for problems stemming from language ba ...

Education

The Effective Teacher Series
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In this classic presentation, award-winning educator, author, and lecturer Harry K. Wong defines what it means to be an efficient and effective teacher. Segments include: cooperative learning and culture, discipline and procedures, procedures and routines, the professional educator, first days of school, and lesson mastery.  As Dr. Wong discusses, there are four stages of ...

Never Cease to Learn
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Become the educator you were meant to be! In this inspirational video, acclaimed educator, author, and lecturer Harry K. Wong shares practical advice for teachers at any stage in their career: never c ...

Health, Medicine, & Public Health

Sugar Overload: Corporate Profits vs. Public Health
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With the average American consuming about 22 teaspoons of sugar every day, it’s no wonder obesity and other health problems are on the rise. But here’s what’s really frightening: eighty percent of the ...

Breaking the Wall of Child Mortality: How Immunization and Malaria Control Are Saving Senegal's New Generations (2012)
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According to The Economist, child mortality in Senegal dropped 40 percent in just five years, from 2005 to 2010—one of the fastest global reductions ever witnessed. The country had falls of more than ...

Henrietta Lacks Was Never Compensated for Cell
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This ABC News report looks at the amazing scientific contribution of Henrietta Lacks. While being treated for cervical cancer in 1951 at Johns Hopkins Hospital, doctors removed some of her tumor cells ...

Stressed Monkeys Eat More
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Researchers in Atlanta studied a group of dominant monkeys and a group of subordinate monkeys to track their eating habits. The subordinate monkeys ate more of the food that was full of fats and sugar ...

First Aid Emergencies: In the Community
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Whether it's on the street, inside a shopping mall, or even at a quiet park, accidents and injuries can occur without warning. This program looks at the types of injuries that often happen in a commun ...

Health and Human Rights: Rights & Wrongs—Human Rights Television
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This episode discusses the connection between health and human rights. A profile of Jonathan Mann details his founding of the World Health Organization’s Global Program on AIDS and advocating for non- ...

History, Anthropology, and Archival Films

Women's Rights as Human Rights: Rights & Wrongs—Human Rights Television
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More than half a million women die each year from pregnancy and childbirth. Gender-based violence kills and disables as many women between the ages of 15 and 45 as cancer does. Women are twice a likel ...

Ancient Ships: Ancient Discoveries
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Some ancient shipbuilding techniques are still used today. This film uncovers the revolutionary work of ancient shipbuilders whose vessels rival modern cruise liners in their scale...

A Fair Deal for a Dark Race: Southeastern Australia, 1937 to 1967—First Australians
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Across the continent, the First Australians were ruled by “protective legislation” that restricted their wages, their ability to travel freely, and their right to marry the partner of their choice. Yo ...

Maori Land Protests: Hikoi and Bastion Point
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The 1970s was a period of great social and political upheaval around the world, including the push for indigenous equality and land rights. The protest movement launched by the Maori peoples of New Ze ...

Legend and Reality: The Celts
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Beginning in the 8th century, the Celts faced repeated invasions: first by the Vikings and then by the Normans. Weakened by these conflicts, and the ever-changing geopolitical landscape of the contine ...

Management & Leadership

CNBC Titans: Steve Jobs
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Irrepressible, irascible, and iconic, Steve Jobs reigned as the undisputed king of Silicon Valley for the better part of three decades. From his parents’ California garage he launched the personal com ...

Facts About Franchises
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Starting a franchise business or buying an existing franchise is a huge undertaking. This ABC News report looks at the questions you need to answer before buying into one. Susan Solovic helps viewers ...

Sheryl Sandberg: Women Must Learn to "Lean In"
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Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO, has some advice for women in the workplace: get over the need to be liked. This ABC News report talks to Sandberg about why women still have problems becoming as succe ...

Whole Foods: How Radical CEO Created Grocery Empire
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Whole Foods has a reputation as a liberal elite utopia of organic and fair trade food, but the CEO of the company doesn’t fit that profile. This ABC News report meets John Mackey, a portrait of contra ...

Take the Lead: Leadership Advice for Everyone
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Author Betsy Myers believes that providing motivation to others is one of the most important traits of leadership. This ABC News report provides tips on how to motivate others, and gain their respect ...

Philosophy & Religion

Faith in America
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Americans are becoming more religiously tolerant than they have been in the past. Seventy percent accept that religions other than their own can lead to eternal life and less than 25 percent believe t ...

The Role Of Altruism in a Meaningful Life: Intercultural Connections
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Although Ethiopia and the U.S. are worlds apart economically, citizens of both countries cite the same factors when asked what makes their lives meaningful. Is it possible that humanitarian ideals...

Jesus and Paul and the Word and the Witness
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In this ABC News special program, Peter Jennings tells the story of Jesus of Nazareth, Paul the Apostle, and Christianity in its first decades. When Rome ruled the world from Europe to the heart of th ...

Pope John Paul II: His Life and Legacy
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How does a poor little boy from a small town in Poland become pope? This ABC News report examines the forces, experiences, and people that shaped the man known to the world as Pope John Paul II. Born ...

Sexuality and Religion
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The three major religious traditions all have definitive positions on sexuality. In this ABC News report for Focus on Faith, Father Edward Beck explains the stance of religious communities on issues...

Political Science

John Lewis Marches On
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In this edition of Moyers & Company, two icons of the '60s civil rights era-John Lewis and Bill Moyers-meet to share experiences and revelations related to the momentous March on Washington, which the ...

Breaking the Wall of the Polling Booth: How Electoral Psychology Enlightens Democratic Citizenship
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What do citizens think about in the polling booth? Despite the latest technological innovations in electoral methods, the voter's mind has been neglected by academia. Michael Bruter of the London Scho...

Future Peace, Next War
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At the time of Israel's golden anniversary, it was a nation torn between its political left and right. In this program, the vision of Israel's purpose and scope-and the leaders who have interpreted an ...

The Long Assault on Voting Rights
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In this edition of Moyers & Company, acclaimed historian Gary May—a specialist in American political, diplomatic, and social history—joins Bill to put the recent Supreme Court decision gutting the ...

Are Drones Destroying Our Democracy?
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In the fight against terrorism, the U.S. military’s escalating drone program has become the face of our
foreign policy in Pakistan, Yemen, and parts of Africa. And while the use of unmanned drones ind ...

Psychology

Breaking the Wall of Sensory Overload: How Primate Neuroscience Reveals the Mechanisms of Our Perception
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We know that attention disorders such AD/HD, or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, affect more than four percent of the population and are connected to other neuropsychiatric disorders. However...

Happy
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Filmed on five continents, this documentary combines powerful stories and remarkable case studies with serious brain science to lead viewers toward a deeper understanding of how they can actively purs ...

Psychometric Testing and Employment
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Psychometric testing, used to assess a candidate's psychological and cognitive suitability for a particular job, is a key stage in the recruitment process for many employers. This interview-led progra ...

Treating Addiction with Virtual Reality
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Millions of Americans struggle with addiction every day. Learning how to control cravings and resist temptation is the hardest thing for a recovering addict to deal with. This ABC News report looks at ...

Inside Out: Portraits of Children—A Film by Joanna Lipper
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In Joanna Lipper’s riveting, award-winning documentary about imagination and creativity in childhood, children between the ages of 5 and 12 tell their life stories with humor, sadness, and honesty. ...

The Healing Years: Surviving Incest and Child Sexual Abuse
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This powerful documentary—an acclaimed film in the field of child sexual abuse prevention—tells the stories of three courageous incest survivors: former Miss America Marilyn Van Derbur, an inspiration...

Sciences

Acid Threatens Ocean Life
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The effects of greenhouse gases on the atmosphere and temperatures are well documented. Their effects on the oceans and marine life continue to be discovered. This ABC News report looks at the acidifi ...

Breaking the Wall of the Dark Side of the Oceans:How Marine Sciences Discover Hidden Resources
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Although seawater covers more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface, and a large proportion of the planet's population lives along the coastlines, we know more about the dark side of the moon...

Scientists Announce a Rough Mapping of the Human Genome
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In one of the most ambitious and expensive biology projects ever, scientists from around the world have been working for years on mapping the human genome. This ABC News report examines...

Sam's Dare: Why Are Bees Vanishing?
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The honey bee has existed for 30 million years, but in 2007, colony collapse disorder caused the disappearance of up to 30 percent of the U.S. bee population. This ABC News report examines this disord ...

Regreening the Desert: One Man's Global Mission
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For more than 15 years, cameraman and ecologist John D. Liu has conducted a worldwide, one-man mission: inspire the global community to reclaim deserts and restore biodiversity. It all started in 1995 ...

Technology

Data: Ethical Use and Storage
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With the advent of the Internet, data—including sensitive personal data—has become available worldwide at the click of a button. What is the potential for misuse of this information, and can users...

Future Gadgets: How Does That Work?
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These days we all have gadgets that we take everywhere we go. Some of us see our cell phone, tablet, or iPod as a necessity, not a convenience. This program looks at the future of gadgets and how they ...

The Cleantech Future: Industries for A Healthy Planet
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Is it realistic or fanciful to look forward to a clean world? A world in which energy is 100 percent renewable, water is no longer polluted, transportation is truly green, and production methods are h ...

ICT Project Management
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How is a good idea for a computer application turned into a tangible, functioning product? This program studies the iPod and iPad app development team at Bjango to show how an information and communic ...

Revenge of the Nerds: Innovative Foreigners, American Start-Ups
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The barbecue’s sizzling, the beers are flowing, and a bunch of young techies are talking start-ups, IPOs, apps, and platforms. The remarkable thing is, they all have Australian accents! Welcome...

Historical New York Times

The inauguration of a world leader.  A breakthrough medical discovery.  A declaration of war.  The social event of the season. The rock concert of a generation.  A technological wonder.  A death in the family.  The birth of freedom.

For centuries, newspapers have been at the scene capturing not only the facts about momentous occasions, but also the sights and sounds of everyday life. ProQuest Historical Newspapers lets casual explorers and serious researchers alike travel digitally back through centuries to become eyewitnesses to history. -ProQuest Brochure

Issues of the New York Times from 1851-2008 are hosted in UI&U's Historical New York Times database (the more recent newspaper issues can be found in other UI&U Library databases).  The Historical New York Times database can be accessed from the UI&U Library’s Databases by Subject page (Library Home>Articles & Databases tab>Select "Primary Sources (Newspapers)" from the drop-down box).  Once you are in the database, enter keywords in the search box to locate scanned copies of newspaper articles.  For help designing your search query, please view these ProQuest guides or contact the UI&U Library.

We hope you enjoy using this rich collection of primary resources.

ProQuest. (n.d.). Centuries of Discovery Online: ProQuest Historical Newspapers [Brochure]. Retrieved from http://www.proquest.com/assets/literature/products/databases/HNP.pdf

Abortion? Marriage equality? Gun control? Read both sides of the debate!

U.S. opinion is polarized on a number of different political and social issues.  All too often, these opinions are split along traditional socio-economic lines without being thoroughly researched or considered.  However, critical thinking and civil political discourse requires us to actively explore and consider alternative perspectives.

Whether you are researching a topic out of personal interest or required to include an opposing perspective in an academic paper, the UI&U Library’s Opposing Viewpoints in Context database can help you find the necessary background information.  The database has topic pages on a variety of controversial issues such as gun control, abortion, same-sex marriage, capital punishment, nuclear energy, immigration, and more.  Each topic page includes opposing viewpoints, reference materials, historical information, journal articles, and statistics that you can use to begin your research.

The Opposing Viewpoints database can be accessed from the UI&U Library’s all databases page (Library Homepage->Articles & Databases tab->All Databases link).  For assistance using Opposing Viewpoint, please contact a librarian.

 March on Washington, 1963 and Protest against "race mixing" in 1959

Spotlight: Opposing Viewpoints Database

U.S. opinion is polarized on a number of different political and social issues. All too often, these opinions are split along traditional socio-economic lines without being thoroughly researched or considered.  However, critical thinking and civil political discourse requires us to actively explore and consider alternative perspectives.

Whether you are researching a topic out of personal interest or required to include an opposing perspective in an academic paper, the UI&U Library’s Opposing Viewpoints in Context database can help you find the necessary background information.  The database has topic pages on a variety of controversial issues such as gun control, abortion, same-sex marriage, capital punishment, nuclear energy, immigration, and more.  Each topic page includes opposing viewpoints, reference materials, historical information, journal articles, and statistics that you can use to begin your research.
  
The Opposing Viewpoints database can be accessed from the UI&U Library’s all databases page (Library Homepage->Articles & Databases tab->All Databases link).  For assistance using Opposing Viewpoint, please contact a librarian.

March Online Workshops

Brush-up on your research skills and learn how to confidently locate the scholarly resources you need.  Register for an online workshop.

UI&U Researcher

Library Orientation
This online workshop provides a basic introduction to the multiple resources and services provided by the UI&U Library, followed by a tour of the library website. Highly recommended for new users, those unfamiliar with online databases, and those looking for a quick library refresher.

•     Thursday, March 14 | 6:00-6:45pm EST/3:00-3:45pm PST

Basic Research Skills
The UI&U Library contains millions of resources—including 130,000+ e-books-- that are available for free to the UI&U community. While the seemingly endless supply of information may seem overwhelming, this online workshop will demonstrate how to easily navigate our catalog and various databases so that you can locate exactly what you need for your assignments. Dissertation, article, and e-book searches will be touched upon. Recommended for anyone looking to increase their research skills and/or familiarize themselves with the UI&U Library website.

•     Thursday, March 14 | 7:00-8:00pm EST/4:00-5:00pm PST

Advanced Research Skills
This online workshop for experienced researchers will explore simultaneous database searches, reverse-citation searches, database alerts, search design, and other research strategies. Recommended for those who have completed “Basic Research Skills,” or those with previous online research experience.

•     Thursday, March 21 | 6-6:50:00pm EST/3:00-3:50pm PST

APA, Chicago, & MLA Citations Made Simple
The UI&U Library provides resources to help you to create, format, and manage bibliographies, citations, footnotes, and endnotes. This online workshop for new and experienced researchers will demonstrate the three citation formatting tools available in the UI&U Library: Google Scholar and Zotero. We'll also visit the APA, MLA, and Chicago style pages.

•     Thursday, March 21 | 6-6:50:00pm EST/3:00-3:50pm PST

Faculty Collection Development
The UI&U Library believes that faculty participation is an essential component of library collection development. We invite you to help us by recommending specific e-books for purchase. This online workshop will demonstrate the various collection development resources available, including Choice Reviews Online, and the ebrary Title Preview website.

•     Thursday, March 7 | 7:00-8:00pm EST/4:00-5:00pm PST