Guides: MAT 134: Survey of Calculus: Home

Getting Started

You'll find as you work on your Functions Essay that examples of calculus functions are all around us. A great starting place for research is to start with what interest you - and what better place than work in your own major. Learn how you can use information you encounter in work for your other classes or major to find examples of calculus functions.

Searching Library Databases

In this video we explore three different example topics of how to search library databases to find examples of calculus functions in scholarly articles. We explore topic examples in the disciplines of business, biology, and music.

Getting Started

NEWSPAPERS

Boston Globe
Current issues of the Boston Globe are available in the 4th floor newspaper section of Jenks Library. Issues from 1997 to the present can also be viewed online. Older issues dating back as far as 1872 may be viewed using the Boston Globe Archives. Contact the circulation desk or email library@gordon.edu for access to the online archives.
New York Times
Current issues of the New York Times are available in the 4th floor newspaper section of Jenks Library. Issues from 1985 to the present can also be viewed online. Older issues dating back as far as 1851 may be viewed using the New York Times Archives. Contact the circulation desk or email library@gordon.edu for access to the online archives.
Wall Street Journal
Current issues of the Wall Street Journal are available in the 4th floor newspaper section of Jenks Library. Older issues (2 years of back issues kept) are available upon request.

BOOKS & eBOOKS

NOBLE Catalog Search
Search the Jenks Library catalog for books, eBooks, audiobooks, scores, etc.