Cabrillo College Library

How to Get to This Page

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 2, Comparative Government, M. Escover

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.

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]  
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 

Click on an article title to get to the screen with full information

For this assignment, you want an article that discusses some aspect of politics in a European country. You may already have a topic in mind. If not, try one of these:

• opposition parties in Great Britain
• British Parliament and terrorism
• politics in Germany [or some other European country]

Use quotation marks to keep words in phrases together, e.g., "opposition parties"

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 some news sites on the Web

British

• BBC
• Economist Some articles available free.
• Guardian

Others:

• Deutsche Welle in English
• European Newspapers

Television

• IBCtoday.com is the Internet Broadcast Corporation. Watch news reports from around the world. Really!

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 2, Comparative Government