Cabrillo College Library

1. Go to the Cabrillo College Library homepage
2. Go to the Web page for this class -- From the Library homepage, click on Internet Links, then select Political Science, then scroll down to Course-Related Materials and select PS 1, Sondra Ricar

Make this page a Favorite. Towards the top of your screen, click on the green plus/gold star, then on Add to Favorites, then on OK. Whenever you want to come back to this page, you can find it easily by clicking on the gold star.

You are wanting to determine which government (state, federal, local) was/is responsible for responding to Hurricane Katrina. You are exploring the relationships among the governments and their responsibilities for dealing with this disaster.

General Katrina resources

• Understanding Katrina from the Social Science Research Council
• Brookings Institution: Katrina Reading Room

Some of the government layers

• FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Louisiana.gov
• State of Mississippi
• MyFlorida official state of Florida Web site
• City of New Orleans || City of New Orleans: Office of Emergency Preparedness
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs: Hurricane Katrina
• Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina

1. Go to the Cabrillo College Library homepage
2. Select Full text Articles 
3. Under Social Sciences, click on Academic Search Premier [If you are coming in from off campus, your user ID is your library card number]   Another good general periodical database is MasterFILE Premier, listed under General (top left).
4. On the next screen, click on  so you can search using several search terms
5. Click in the small box next to Full Text
6. Type in your search terms.  Then click on Search 

You may want to search for articles published in the past, sometime after Katrina hit. Explore looking for articles published in the Fall of 2005 and into the Spring of 2006, when people were making assessments about who should have done what.

What did you find?

What's the article title? ____________________________________

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In what periodical was it published? (Look where it says Source)

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What's the date of the periodical? ___________

You can, of course, read articles on the computer screen. You can also save them, print them out, and even email them. Print and email options are at the top of your screen. The Library supports students doing research in the classroom by allowing you to print out up to 30 pages during this session. Printer is in the front of the classroom.

Explore Newspaper Articles

Use Proquest Newspapers (NY Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Christian Science Monitor) Coverage: last 2 years. 

1. From the Cabrillo College Library homage, click on Full Text Articles
2. Over on the right, under News, select Proquest Newspapers [If you are accessing this from off campus, your library card number is your user ID]
3. Type in your search terms
4. Click on Search

You might want to look at articles published Fall 2005 when you explore newspaper articles -- you'll find it's simple to limit to certain date coverage.

Title of article ________________________________________

Newspaper __________________________________________ 

Date of article _________________________

Your notes_____________________________________________

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1. Go to the Cabrillo College Library homepage http://libww.cabrillo.edu
2. Click on Internet Links
3. Click on Political Science
4. Under Course-Related Materials, select PS 1, Introduction to Government, S. Ricar