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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 Professor of Library & Information Studies Coordinator of Bibliographic Instruction and Information Literacy
Library Student Learning Outcome • Be able to get on Delta College Library’s website and search the library catalog and the subscription online Databases on and off campus • Understand the functions of the library catalog and online databases • Be able to find books on selected topics in the library catalog • Be able to conduct a Boolean keyword search in PowerSearch and Ethnic NewsWatchto find electronic reference books academic research articles • Be able to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in MLA style
Click here to conduct Catalog or Online Database searches Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu
Find Books on Specific Topics Conduct a Boolean logic keyword search using AND and OR
Use Boolean logic operators, such as ANDandOR to conduct an effective keyword search
Disregard the Document URL • Check the MLA Citation Guide at http://www.deltacollege.edu/dept/library/IC/mla.html • Tweak the Citation if necessary
Wendt, Doug. “Music Is the Weapon of the Present.” The Beat 1990: 15+. Ethnic NewsWatch. Web. 14 Aug. 2012. Tweak the citation using the MLA Citation Guide MLA Citation Guide at <http://www.deltacollege.edu/dept/library/IC/mla.html>
Library Student Gauging Your Learning Outcome • How to get on the library’s catalog and subscription online Databases on and off the campus? • What are the functions of the library catalog and online databases? • How to search for books from the library catalog? • How to conduct a Boolean keyword search in PowerSearch and Ethnic NewsWatchto find electronic reference books academic research articles? • How to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in MLA Style?