Christianity and Global Citizenship
Course Number: GC101
Subject: Global Citizenship
Introduction to the Library
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Handbooks and Encyclopedias
Bible Commentaries
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
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/
Finding Books
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- remember to use "quotation marks" when searching for phrases
- limit publication year if applicable
Tutorials
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Audiovisual
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Citing Sources
- Chicago Manual of Style (full ebook)
- OWL Purdue Chicago Style