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How to Locate and Cite Sources on Controversial Issues Dr. Jun Wang

How to Locate and Cite Sources on Controversial Issues Dr. Jun Wang Professor of Library & Information Studies Coordinator of Bibliographic Instruction and Information Literacy. Library. Student. Student Learning Outcome

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How to Locate and Cite Sources on Controversial Issues Dr. Jun Wang

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  1. How to Locate and Cite Sources on Controversial Issues Dr. Jun Wang Professor of Library & Information Studies Coordinator of Bibliographic Instruction and Information Literacy

  2. Library Student Student Learning Outcome • Be able to get on Delta College Library’s website and log on to the subscription online Databases on and off the campus • Identify at least two different online databases with reputable or valid sources on controversial issues • Be able to conduct subject and Boolean logic keyword searches in Opposing Viewpoints in Context and PowerSearch • Be able to limit search results to full-text, peer-reviewed academic research articles • Be able to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in MLA style

  3. Click here to conduct a database search to find peer-reviewed research articles. Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu

  4. How to Find Valid Sources on Your Topics?

  5. Click on all issues or group of hot issues

  6. Browse Your Topic from the Issues in Opposing Viewpoints in Context Click on the topic

  7. Topic: Objective Overviews

  8. To be tweaked as the following with the MLA Citation Guide Works Cited Bowden, Thomas A. “Individuals Should Have a Legal Right to Choose Death.” Assisted Suicide. Ed. Sylvia Engdahl. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2009. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 25 Oct. 2011.

  9. Conduct a logic keyword search using Boolean operators (And, Or, and Not)

  10. Find topics from the Subject Guide Search Click on the cross-reference subject link to see the search result

  11. Click on the title or full-text links to display the article and tools Cross References that will lead you to more sources

  12. Volume #11 Issue # 3 Journal title

  13. To be tweaked as the following Works Cited Bopp, James, Jr., and Richard E. Coleson. “The Constitutional Case Against Permitting Physician-Assisted Suicide for Competent Adults with ‘Terminal Conditions’.” Law and Medicine 11.3 (1995): 239+. General OneFile. Web. 25 Oct. 2011.

  14. Conduct an Effective Keyword Search • Identify keywords or phrase from your topic for the search • Use one or more Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to thread your keywords together in needed • Limit your search to full-text articles and peer-reviewed publications if necessary before clicking on the search button

  15. Library Student Gauging Your Learning Outcome • How to log on to the library’s subscription online Databases on and off the campus? • Name two databases where you can find reputable or valid sources on controversial issues. • Name the kinds of searches you can conduct in the above named databases. • How to limit your sources to full-text and peer-reviewed academic research articles? • How to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in MLA Style?

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