English Resources
at Greenley Library and on the Web

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Databases/Indexes                               YouTube

Full-text
Academic Search Complete - Ebsco
Discovering Biography	Locate biographical information.
Humanities International Complete
Lexis-Nexis
Newspaper Source Plus
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center	Popular and Controversial Topics
Points of View Reference Center	Popular and Controversial Topics
Proquest - Multiple databases	Advanced Search tab, type in search terms
Proquest - The Wall Street Journal
PsychINFO
Social Sci Index Full-text
Wilson OmniFile Full-text

Circulating Books

• Search our catalog for comprehensive coverage.

EGL101 Reserve 2 hour 2009	Nadell, Judith, The Longman writer : rhetoric, reader, research guide, and handbook
ELB2369 .G53 2009	Gibaldi, Joseph, MLA handbook for writers of research papers
PN145 .D3 2009	Dearman, Jill, Bang the keys : four steps to a lifelong writing practice
EGL097 Reserve 2 hour 2008	Langan, John, English skills with readings
TK5105.88817 .P37 2007	Vickery, Graham, Participative Web and user-created content : Web 2.0, wikis and social networking
PE1408 .L31887 2007	LaPlante, Alice, The making of a story : a Norton guide to creative writing
PE1417 .L633 2003	Barnet, Sylvan, Literature for composition : essays, fiction, poetry, and drama
ebook 2000	McComiskey, Bruce, Teaching composition as a social process

Reference Books

REF AE5 .W55 2008 Vol.1	The World Book encyclopedia
REF HV6773 .E53 2008	McQuade, Samuel C.,	Encyclopedia of cybercrime
REF HV8073 .B425 2008	Bell, Suzanne,	Encyclopedia of forensic science
REF H40.A2 I5 2008 Vol.1	Darity, William A.,	International encyclopedia of the social sciences
REF PN147 .G444 2008	Gibaldi, Joseph,	MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing

Journals in the Library

• For a list of journals held by Greenley Library by SUBJECT, please go to our online journals list at http://www.farmingdale.edu/library/titlessubject.html
  
  We also have access to a number of full text journals through the databases listed above.

Vital Speeches, 1949- Reprints important speeches. (on microfilm, 1949-2001; print 2006-)

The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1965 Speeches of the President. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/wcomp/index.html

General Websites - locate speeches, background information on a country

• American Rhetoric.com
  American Rhetoric contains a searchable speech bank with 5000+ full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, and interviews. Special features include: Top 100 Speeches, "Most Requested" and "Speech of the Week".
  
  
• Background Notes-US State Dept.
  Background Notes provide information on geographic entities and
  international organizations and are updated periodically.
  
  
• CIA World Factbook
  The World Factbook, produced by CIA's Directorate of Intelligence,
  is a comprehensive resource of facts and statistics on more than 250 countries
  and other entities.
  
  
• Country Studies
  The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical
  setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems
  and institutions of countries throughout the world.
  
  
• Famous Trials
  University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Law - Sites include: account of events, chronology, selected images, examinations and evidence, etc.
  
  

Current Events - News, Current Events resources

• CNN (Cable News Network)
  
  
• Google News
  
  
• MSNBC
  
  
• Newsday
  
  
• The New York Times
  
  
• Yahoo News
  
  

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Comments, questions to Theresa Zahor, zahorta@farmingdale.edu
http://www.farmingdale.edu/Library/speeches.html