Course Textbook
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780691217062Publication Date: 2021-03-02
Possible Catalog Searches
Here are some example searches on your class topic in the library catalog. To conduct your own searches, go to the library homepage and type your terms in the "Quick Search" box.
Recommended Books & eBooks
Check out these books in print and/or online for further reading on your topic once you've gotten started.
Canary in the Coal Mine by Call Number: ransy Library New Book Shelf RA771.6.I6 C66 2021ISBN: 9781496446480Publication Date: 2021-06-22
Dopesick by Call Number: General RC568.O45 M33 2018ISBN: 9780316551243Publication Date: 2018-08-07
Inequality and the Labor Market: The Case for Greater Competition by Call Number: eBookISBN: 0815738811Publication Date: 2021
Nickel and Dimed by Call Number: General HD4918 .E375 2001ISBN: 9780805063882Publication Date: 2001-05-08
Rural Poverty in the United States by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780231544719Publication Date: 2017-08-22
Gather Background Information
Use broad reference materials to find out background information about your topic. This will help you narrow your future searches and will also give you keywords to find the most relevant sources. Credo can be a good place to start for that first step in research.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo Reference provides access to a large number of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and other reference books. Subjects covered include art, biography, history, literature, music, religion, and science and technology.
Databases with Scholarly Articles
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Need a specific journal? Journals A-Z
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Includes searchable PDF content going back as far as 1887. - Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Annual Reviews offers comprehensive critical reviews of primary scientific research literature. Coverage of significant developments is provided for 40 focused disciplines including biochemistry, economics, marine science, medicine, nutrition, psychology, sociology, and more. TU provides access to the archive of all publications and to these current titles: Anthropology; Biochemistry; Ecology, Evolution & Systematics; Medicine; Neuroscience; Psychology. Other titles may be available in JSTOR or ASC. Check the A-Z list of journals. - Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for nearly 3,800 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. - Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of disciplines. When you are logged into your Transy Google in a Chrome browser, it will map back to library subscription databases for full-text access to some articles. - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides articles from 1,900+ scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, and sciences and around 5,000 ebooks. Coverage dates for journals are from the very first issue of each journal (the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries for many) and continues to 2 – 5 years prior to the current year (moving wall).
Scholarly Articles
The scholarly articles below provide some information about topics relating to your assignment.
Statistics
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"CDC is the nation’s leading science-based, data-driven, service organization that protects the public’s health. "
- Realtime Inequality"Provides the first timely statistics on how economic growth is distributed across groups."
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics"The principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics"
- United States Census Bureau"The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy.
- Kentucky Death StatisticsContains links with statistics regarding drug overdose and suicides in Kentucky.
News Resources
- Newsbank : America's News This link opens in a new window
America’s News covers newspapers from around the country. Updated daily, this resource offers current and archived articles and video clips from news sources nationwide. It includes content for the Lexington Herald Leader. - New York Times Academic Pass This link opens in a new window
To get full access to the nytimes.com website create an account at the site linked above using your Transy.edu email address. Don't forget to check your email to verify. - Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
Coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Citation Information
- "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." The Purdue OWL, Purdue U Writing Lab, 2022This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (9th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.
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