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English 111 Library Orientation

English 111 Library Orientation. By Alan Buck, Associate Professor, Library Faculty. English 111 Library Research Competencies Covered. Research statements, keys words, related words Other library catalogs Subject Databases page Citation parts

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English 111 Library Orientation

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  1. English 111 Library Orientation By Alan Buck, Associate Professor, Library Faculty

  2. English 111 Library Research Competencies Covered • Research statements, keys words, related words • Other library catalogs • Subject Databases page • Citation parts • Locating paper or microfilm articles in the library • Evaluating sources for reliability

  3. Research Statements, Key Words, and Related Words • Research statement’s purpose • Identifying Key Words in Your Research Statement • Creating a Related Words List

  4. Activity 1 • Identify the Key Words in the research statement or question you used for the Library Tutorial. • Create a list of Related Words for the Key Words you identified. • Answer the questions on your “Activities Form.”

  5. Library Catalogs • Purpose of library catalogs • Accessing other library catalogs • Demo of how to get to other library catalogs : http://www.pct.edu/library

  6. Activity 2 • Using the research question you wrote for the Library Tutorial Assignment, find a book from another catalog. • Answer the questions on your “Activities Form.” • Begin with the Penn College Library Home Page: http://www.pct.edu/library

  7. Databases • Definition of “database” in library jargon • Finding appropriate databases for your topic: Subject Databases page • Demo of how to get to the Subject Databases page: http://www.pct.edu/library

  8. Activity 3 • Find at least 2 appropriate databases on the Subject Databases page for the topic in your Library Tutorial assignment. • Answer the questions on your “Activities Form.” • Begin at the Library Home page: http://www.pct.edu/library

  9. Magazine Article Citations • Define “citation.” • Identify the parts of this citation: “Five Key Elements to Market Your Builder Business,” Jennifer McDermitt. Keystone Builder. Vol. 1, issue 1, May/June 2004, p. 8.

  10. Activity 4 • Do a search in one of the databases you found in Activity 3 using the topic from your Library Tutorial Assignment. • Find one citation to an article and locate these items in the citation: Title of article, Title of Magazine, author (if one is given), vol. no., issue no., issue date, page article begins on. • Fill in the answers on your “Activities Form.”

  11. Paper and Microfilm Articles in PCT Library • When to look for Paper or MF articles • How to find out if PCT Library owns an article. • Demo process: http://www.pct.edu/library

  12. Activity 5 • Using the citation you found in Activity 4, determine if PCT has the article in that citation. • Answer the questions on the “Activities Form.” • Begin at the Library Home Page: http://www.pct.edu/library to answer the above question.

  13. Evaluating Your Sources for Reliability • Source Reliability Criteria: • Author’s or organization’s credentials? • Purpose for writing the work? • Accuracy of information presented? • Currency of the information?

  14. Activity 6 • Using www.google.com or www.teoma.com as your search engine, locate a website for your topic. • Answer the questions on your “Activities Form.”

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