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Librarian: Adam Mann. Email: amann@ peralta .edu. English 1AS: Introduction to Library Resources. What can I find in the library?. Study Rooms – Request at the reserve desk; quiet study room in L115 Textbooks – Can be checked out at the Reserve desk
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Librarian: Adam Mann Email: amann@peralta.edu English 1AS: Introduction to Library Resources
What can I find in the library? • Study Rooms – Request at the reserve desk; quiet study room in L115 • Textbooks – Can be checked out at the Reserve desk • Computer lab and printing – on the 2nd floor • Reference Help – Need help finding articles, books, or doing research? Ask a librarian! • Learning Resource Center – One-on-one tutoring, math and English labs
Don't worry—we will put the books back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzbDdgWiaS0&list=PLB0B7098904594884&index=4&t=0s
ARTICLE DATABASES For an expert opinion
Keyword Development Your Topic: Why is health care so expensive in the United States? Main ideas: health care, expensive, United States * Try to make your topic as simple as possible.Topics become much harder to research when they have more than three or four main ideas.
How Database Searching Works Idea 1: Health Care Idea 2: Expensive Idea 3: United States Idea 1 AND Idea 2 AND Idea 3
CITING SOURCES Can’t I just give you a link?
What is the purpose of a citation? • Showing that an idea came from somewhere else • Helping the reader trace an idea back to its original source • Uses a predefined style that’s easy to read • Citing work helps to avoid being accused of plagiarism
When do you cite? • When you use information that you got from somewhere else • When paraphrasing, summarizing, or giving results of a study • When directly quoting from a source • …when in doubt, cite!
Thanks! Any questions? Adam Mann You can find me at: amann@peralta.edu