ValueLine down Thanksgiving Day

The ValueLine database will be undergoing system maintenance on Thursday, Nov. 26 beginning at around 7 a.m.  They expect to have everything accessible again by 7 a.m. Friday, Nov. 27.

Kapitan English 200 links

Keyword Challenge Game

Generating Useful Keywords video

JStor Experiencing Intermittent Outages

The JSTOR database is currently experiencing intermittent, site-wide problems. Their team is working hard to restore stable access as quickly as possible. They apologize for this interruption and inconvenience. Please check here for updates

Blodgett University Seminar

You are your partner(s) will evaluate one of these websites to see if it passes the CRAAP test.  Use the worksheet provided as a guide to evaluate the currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose of each site.

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Web site evaluation exercise

Rate a web page below based on currency, relevancy, accuracy, authority, and purpose (or objectivity).  Would you feel confident using this web page as a source of information for your paper? Why or why not?  Practice being skeptical!

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Need help understanding the five characteristics of research-worthy information?  Check out this page!

Claiborne Univ. Seminar Info Evaluation

Choose a link you and your partner/s can evaluate according to the CRAAP test.  How does this cite measure up?  Remember, it's OK to be critical!

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ProQuest performs emergency maintenance TONIGHT

PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, Philosopher's Index, and Des Moines Register will be down tonight (Aug. 12, 2015) as the database vendor, ProQuest, performs some emergency maintenance to fix an issue.  Downtime will begin at 9:00 p.m. and should be completed in two hours.

ProQuest Performs System Maintenance Saturday, August 8

On Saturday, August 8, ProQuest will be upgrading its systems infrastructure to improve performance, security, and overall reliability of your products. The system maintenance window is scheduled to begin at 9:00 PM and will last for eight (8) hours. 

Services affected by this temporary shut-down include PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, Philosopher's Index, and the Des Moines Register databases.

Hart English 100

Play the Keyword Challenge game.

ProQuest databases unavailable Saturday, Feb. 28

On February 28, 2015, ProQuest will be upgrading its systems infrastructure to improve performance, security, and overall reliability.  This upgrade means that our ProQuest databases (PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and Philosopher's Index) will be unavailable from about 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28 until about 2:00 a.m. Sunday, March 1.


We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

EXSC 192 Information Sources

College Sports: A Way to Kick-Start Your Sports Future

Personal Trainer

Sport Psychology

Sport Management

Careers in Kinesiology

The Anatomy of a Scholarly Article

This website from North Caroline State University displays the common structure of scholarly journal articles.  They might use different headings to describe the sections of the article, but once you learn the purpose for each section you'll begin to recognize that common anatomy.

Anatomy of a Scholarly Article

Be aware of these common features so you know you are reading the kind of scholarly research your professors expect!

When in doubt about an article (Is it scholarly?  Is it peer-reviewed?) use Ullrichsweb.com to find out more about the journal.