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Find Books & Scholarly Research Articles from the Library Dr. Jun Wang

Find Books & Scholarly Research Articles from the Library Dr. Jun Wang Professor of Library & Information Studies Coordinator of Bibliographic Instruction and Information Literacy. Library. Student Learning Outcome

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Find Books & Scholarly Research Articles from the Library Dr. Jun Wang

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  1. Find Books & Scholarly Research Articles from the Library Dr. Jun Wang Professor of Library & Information Studies Coordinator of Bibliographic Instruction and Information Literacy

  2. Library Student Learning Outcome • Be able to locate Delta College Library’s homepage and search the library catalog and the subscription online Databases on and off the campus • Understand the functions of the library catalog and online databases • Be able to locate books on selected topics or by title in the library catalog • Be able to conduct a Boolean keyword search in PowerSearch to find peer-reviewed, academic journal articles • Be able to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in MLA style

  3. Click here to conduct a catalog search to find books and AV materials Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu

  4. Catalog Search for Books & AV Materials

  5. Click here to see more info., including the subject headings

  6. Expand your search by clicking on any subject term to find more items on the subject

  7. Click on the link to read the full-text E-Book

  8. Search for Textbooks/Reserved Items Click on Reserve Desk Type in your professor’s last name and click on the first link.

  9. Your college library has a small textbook collection donated by professors and publishers. • The catalog displays the ones we have in the collection.

  10. Click here to conduct a database search to find peer-reviewed research articles. Click here to conduct a catalog search to find books and AV materials Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu

  11. How to Find Academic Journal Articles?

  12. Click on all issues or group of hot issues

  13. Conduct an Effective Keyword Search • Identify keywords or phrase 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 before clicking on the search button

  14. Click on the title link to display the full-text article Evaluate the sources to see whether they are well-written, scholarly publications with insights that would help you build your argument or statement “Word Count” serves as a clue that the articles are lengthy research articles

  15. Cross References that will lead you to more sources

  16. 12 Feb. 2013. To be tweaked as the following Works Cited Lansford, Jennifer E. “The Special Problem of Cultural Differences in Effects of Corporal Punishment.” Law and Contemporary Problems 73.2 (2010): 89+. Gale Power Search. Web. 12 Feb. 2013.

  17. Click on the + sign to open the subdivisions

  18. Library Student Gauging Your Learning Outcome • Do you have access to the library’s catalog and subscription online Databases on and off the campus? • What do you expect to find in the library catalog and online databases? • How to search for books from the library catalog? • How to conduct a Boolean keyword search in PowerSearch to find peer-reviewed, academic research articles? • How to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in MLA Style?

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