Name:_______________________________________

Read the selection "Just walk on by" by Brent Staples starting on p. 166 in your textbook Student's Book of College English, 8th edition. Use the Clark State Virtual Library to answer some questions about the author and to locate books and articles by or about Mr. Staples.

1. Does Clark State own any books by Mr. Staples? If so, list the title of one.


2. Name an OhioLINK library which has books by or about Brent Staples.

3. Look up some biographical information on the author (use Contemporary Authors or the biographical section on Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.) Could you find enough information to write a two-page article on Mr. Staples? List one or two highlights from his career.

4. Contemporary Authors tells us that Brent Staples writes editorials for The New York Times. Locate one of his editorials through Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. Print it and attach it to this sheet.

Hint: Connect to Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. You'll find it in several places, including at the bottom of the library's home page. Use the News database, General News. In the first box type 'staples brent, and in the second box type 'new york times'.

5. The author uses the word "labyrinthine." Look it up in the Oxford English Dictionary (either online or hard copy) and give a brief definition.

6. Use the Periodical Abstracts database. Look up Brent Staples as a subject (not as an author.)

a. Write the title of an article which reviews a book by Mr. Staples.

b. Is the magazine or journal available at Clark State?

c. Is the full text available in Periodical Abstracts?




7. For extra credit use LOIS to find out what books Clark State owns on the subject of Race Relations.
List the titles of three:

a.

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