Course Number: GC101
Subject: Global Citizenship
Laurier Library
- physical: Waterloo campus Library
- online: library.wlu.ca
- Subject Librarians
Familiarize yourself with your topic
Use the Omni to identify encyclopedias or handbooks Laurier.
- Wikipedia (but don't necessarily cite this)
- Very Short Introductions (Oxford)
GC101 example: Sweatshops and Global Citizenship
Sweatshop
- place of employment, workplace, factory, work environment
- poor, poverty
- working conditions, workplace injury
- child labor, forced labor, slavery, bondage, foreign workers, migrant labor
- management, business ethics
- employee rights
Find terminology using a google search, e.g., https://nosweat.org.uk/campaigns/
Biblical sources
Biblical commentary
Systematic series of written interpretations and explanations of Scripture. A commentary publication often analyzes or expound on individual books (or groups of books) of the Bible, chapter by chapter and verse by verse.
- In Omni advanced search, search the subject field for:
- bible commentary [bookname]
- e.g., bible commentary matthew
Journal article
Biblical scholars often publish articles or sermons based on biblical passages. Omni does not have good metadata for biblical passages, but the ATLA Religion Database does.
Finding Books
Use the Omni to identify books at Laurier.
- limit to "Books and eBooks" on the left side of search results
- remember to use "quotation marks" when searching for phrases
- limit publication year if applicable
Tutorials
Finding Articles
Use the Omni to identify articles at Laurier.
- on the results page, limit to "Articles" and "Peer-reviewed."
- you can also use one of the library's specialized databases.
Finding News Articles
The Library subscribes to thousands of current and archival news sources.
Audiovisual
Use Omni to identify streaming audio or video sources
- limit to "Audio" or "Videos" on the left side of search results
Citing Sources
- Chicago Manual of Style (full ebook)
- OWL Purdue Chicago Style