PACS 2: Plenty of Fish in the Sea?  

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Welcome to the library guide created for your Pac Sem! Start with this page to get an overview of your subject, then use books and articles for more in-depth research.

If you have any research questions, feel free to email me at jchan1@pacific.edu.

Gook luck with your paper!

John Chan
Reference Librarian

Credo Reference
Description: Multiple encyclopedias.
Directions: May need to look for ones with longer entries.

CQ Electronic Library (CQ)
Description: American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs.
Special Feature: Nice long reports describing a topic.

Scholarly:

-Longer articles with more in-depth coverage
-Authors are experts (Ph.D/researchers)
-Author uses technical words and is more theoretical
-Contains a lengthy bibliography and/or footnotes

Popular:

-Shorter articles that merely touch on subjects
-Authors are staff writers or journalists
-No bibliography or footnotes
-Written at a highschool reading level