Finding Materials for Your Surveying Research Paper

Journals and Magazines

ProQuest

Found at the RTC Library Database page (http://www.rtc.edu/library/database.htm)

You can use this database from off-campus.  Just go to the database page, and after you select ProQuest, you will be asked for your student number (it begins with 809) and your last name.

 Also try your local public library.  King County Public Library and Seattle Public Library have some excellent  databases.  Look for these:  Expanded Academic ASAP, General OneFile, General Reference Center Gold, and New York Times Historical (1851 - 2006). You will need a library card from that library to access them, but you can do it over the internet.

Books

RTC Library Catalog

Books and videos in RTC Library. It’s found at http://renton.library.ctc.edu/vwebv/searchBasic?sk=renton.  You can use this catalog from off-campus; you don’t even need to sign in.

WorldCat

Books, videos, multimedia and more, held in libraries around the world. Found at http://www.worldcat.org/ You can use this resource anywhere; you don’t need to sign in.

Google Books

Some books are full text, others may offer “snippets” – small sections around your search term.  http://books.google.com/