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Print and Electronic Resources at the ACC Library. as well as some great resources on the Internet. The electronization of the library:. online databases and Internet replacing/supplementing print resources.
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Print and Electronic Resources at the ACC Library as well as some great resources on the Internet
The electronization of the library: online databases and Internet replacing/supplementing print resources
Is the traditional bricks-and-mortar library an endangered species? • Information in the form of reference resources, periodicals and books are increasingly available from home
Is the traditional bricks-and-mortar library an endangered species? • Print information is still superior to online information in terms of quantity and quality
Is the traditional bricks-and-mortar library an endangered species? • ACC Library print resources are still indispensable: e.g., business reference, literary criticisms, among others
Electronic Resources • ACC Library website (CARL catalog and subscription databases) • Internet resources
Reference • Virtual reference (retains element of human interaction) • Dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, manuals, directories, legal resources, etc. • Resources can be general or subject-specific
Reference • Factual answers to who, what, when, where, why, how • A few words or sentences: names, dates, statistics, brief explanations or narratives
ACC electronicreference resources Library Web page: http://www.arapahoe.edu/custom/LibraryDatabases.html (special passwords available for access from home)
ACC Online Reference*accessible off-campus • Encyclopedia Britannica* and World Book • Associations Unlimited • Statistical Universe • Biography and Genealogy Master Index • Contemporary Authors and Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
Internet Reference Resources • www.ipl.org • www.refdesk.com
Periodical Resources • scholarly & trade journals • magazines • newspapers
Periodical Resources • primary, peer-reviewed • secondary • current information
ACC Print PeriodicalResources • 300 subscriptions (listed in “periodicals list”), available in hard copy and microform • newspaper, magazine indexes, including Psychological Abstracts • book review indexes • interlibrary loan
ACC Online PeriodicalResources (Subscription-based) • AskERIC • EBSCO Host • InfoTrac Magazine Index • Ingenta • Newsbank • OCLC • ProQuest
Internet PeriodicalResources • findarticles.com • infotrieve www3.infotrieve.com • magportal.com • Electric Library elibrary.com • Internet Public Library ipl.org • AJR Newslink newslink.org
Internet Periodical Resources Electronic journals, e-zines, newsletters: • Directory of Scholarly Electronic Journals and • Academic Discussion Lists dsej.arl.org • Electronic Journal Miner coalliance.org/ejournal • E-zines.com • Harrasowitz de/ms/ejresguide.html#Journals • New Jour gort.ucds.edu/newjour • Newsletters, Journals and Zines on WWW • loria.fr/~charoy/zines.html • E-journals.org
Book Resources:Library Catalogs • CARLweb on ACC Library page • other CARL library catalogs • Prospector catalog • ACLIN catalog • OCLC
Book Resources:Library Catalogs also useful for-- • interlibrary loan requests of books • identifying libraries for walk-in use and checkout of books and periodicals with statewide library card
Book Resources:Online Full Text • netLibrary on ACC Library page • IPL Books Collection at ipl.org/div/books • Project Gutenberg at promo.net/pg • National Academy Press at nap.edu
Creating Effective Library Assignments: Ideas and Principles • www.polk.cc.fl.us/it/library/infolit/assignments.html (also contains links) • www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/ivc/library/ideas.htm
Selecting and Writing a Research Topic Print Resources at ACC Library • Taking Sides (reference) • Opposing Viewpoints (circulates) • CQ Researcher (ref/circ) • 10,000 Ideas for Research Papers (ref/circ) • Encyclopedias (reference) • Newspapers and magazines • Table of contents and indexes of books
Selecting and Writing a Research Topic • Print Resources at ACC Library: Manuals of style, such as MLA, and how-to term paper manuals searchable on CARLweb catalog
Selecting and Writing a Research Topic Online Resources: • A+ Research and Writing www.ipl.org/teen/aplus • Writing a Research Paper http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/ hypertext/ResearchW/ • A Guide for Writing Research Papers http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml