Books

Library Catalog

Use the catalog to find books owned by Kresge Library. Also use the catalog to see if we have access to a particular journal title either on-line or in print.

Use the Citation Linker to locate an exact citation.

Databases

Communication Studies - (Sage Full text)

A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes the full-text of 19 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 52 years, encompassing over 12,800 articles.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts

LLBA contains abstracts and indexes to the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences.

Psych Info

PsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work.

More Databases

Social Science and Humanities Abstracts (First Search)

Social Science Abstracts: Use this for sociology, anthropology,psychology and economics. Some links to full text.

Humanities Abstracts: Abstracts covering diverse subject areas of the humanities. Includes feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction.

Academic OneFile

A huge and highly heterogeneous multidisciplinary mix of scholarly, journalistic, practitioner and popular sources, with much direct full-text included. Use the tabs to identify scholarly, newspaper or other sources as necessary.

Communication Theory Tutorials

Defining communication theories
(courtesy McGraw-Hill Higher Education)

Overview communication theories
(courtesy of UT Communication Studies)

General Library Information

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Contact Information

Julia E. Rodriguez Information Literacy and Reference Librarian 238 Kresge Library

rodrigu3@oakland.edu 248-370-2490

Research Assistance

Ask a Librarian - by phone: 248-370-4426 - via chat: reference IM - via email at Email Us! - in person: Kresge Library

Research Consultation Request an individual session to get help with your research. You can expect the session within 2-3 days. Plan ahead!

Writing Help & Citation Tools

RefWorks Tutorial

A reference management tool that allows you to create a personal database of references and automatically generate formatted bibliographies for your projects.

Kresge Library Links to Writing Resources

Find in-depth information about the mechanics of writing and grammar, writing formats, citations, avoiding plagiarism, and more.

APA Citation Style Guides:

• Kresge Library's APA style guide

Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism is defined by the Modern Language Association (MLA) as "the use of another person's ideas, information, or expressions without acknowledging that person's work" [MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed., p. 66].

Some examples of Plagiarism:

1. Copying from a source word for word without citing the original source.
2. Paraphrasing an author's words or even ideas without giving appropriate credit.
3. Collaborating on an assignments that were assigned as solo work.
4. Reusing papers from a previous class without premission.

Oakland University takes academic misconduct very seriously. Look at Oakland University's statement on plagiarism and academic dishonesty in the Oakland University Student Handbook.

How to avoid plagiarism in your work.

Avoiding Plagiarism - Practical Strategies (Duke U.)

Plagiarism Guide for Students (U. of Oregon)

OWL Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism (Purdue U.)