Geoffrey Greenberg
Marisa Walstrum
847-635-1644 (Des Plaines Campus)
847-635-1474 (RHC Skokie Campus)
Circulation & Interlibrary Loan:
847-635-1642 (DP)
847-635-1432 (RHC)
Library Research Workshop Learning Objectives
Library Research Workshop Learning Objectives:
- Access Oakton Library webpage to find background information in order to identify keywords related to your research question.
- Practice searching in Oakton Library's online resources in order to locate required sources to support your research.
- Define scholarly/peer reviewed and primary and secondary sources in order to understand how different types of information can contribute to the research question.
- Identify and use tools in library resources to save, organize and cite sources properly.
Research Paper Assignment
Resources for Finding a Topic
These two library resources are recommended for browsing for current issues based topics. To access these from off campus you will need to login with your Oakton username and password.
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Database of contemporary social issues with content structured to promote critical-thinking skills. It contains reference book titles, pro and con viewpoint articles, and a variety of periodicals, podcasts, reviewed Web links, images, statistical tables, charts, and graphs.
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CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Each issue examines a single "hot" topic with comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue. Includes charts, graphs and sidebar articles -- plus a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts.