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Senior Seminar BIO/CHE 444. Holy Spirit Library Cabrini College Fall 2005 July 16, 2014. INFORMATION ACCESS AND USER SERVICES DEPARTMENT. Reference Librarians Michael LaMagna 610.902.8568 mlamagna@cabrini.edu Anne Schwelm 610.902.8536 aschwelm@cabrini.edu
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Senior SeminarBIO/CHE 444 Holy Spirit Library Cabrini College Fall 2005 July 16, 2014
INFORMATION ACCESS AND USER SERVICES DEPARTMENT Reference Librarians Michael LaMagna 610.902.8568 mlamagna@cabrini.edu Anne Schwelm 610.902.8536 aschwelm@cabrini.edu Dianna McKellar 610.902.8538 Interlibrary Loan Corey Salazar 610.902.8538 corey.j.salazar@cabrini.edu Circulation Sherry Becht 610.902.8538 sherry.becht@cabrini.edu
ACCESSING THE LIBRARY’S RESOURCES • Holy Spirit Library homepage www.cabrini.edu/library/ • Also accessible through • Cabrini College homepage www.cabrini.edu • CabriniOne http://one.cabrini.edu
RESEARCH PROCESS • Define your topic • Locate needed background information and identify additional keywords/terms • Choose the proper search tool • Translate the topic into a search query • Perform your search and evaluate your results • Refine search for precision and relevance
NAVAGATING THE LIBRARY’S HOMEPAGE • CAVALOG • Online catalog • Electronic Resources • Proprietary databases • Electronic Journals • List of the Library’s print and electronic periodical titles • Electronic Reserves • Course reserve material • Information Sheets • Citation guides and other important information
Cavalog books, e-books, print periodicals, videos, DVDs, CDs word or phrase author title subject series periodical title Other Catalogs SEPCHE-cat Eight local colleges and universities WorldCat Libraries worldwide LIBRARY CATALOGS
Subject Specific ACS Publications Annual Reviews Basic Biosis BioDigest Cell Press Health Source PubMed Multidisciplinary Databases Academic Search Premier Lexis-Nexis Project Muse SpringerLink Wiley Interscience ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
ELECTRONIC RESOURCESSEARCH PROPRIETARY DATABASES • Electronic Resources • Search Tips • Use advanced search option • Use limiters: • Scholarly/peer review • Type of document • Full text • Utilize field options • Search multiple databases • Save/print/e-mail records
OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LIBRARY • Electronic Journals • allows you to search for specific journal titles or by subject • Information Sheets • Citation Guides
INTERNET RESOURCES • BioMedCentral • www.biomedcentral.com/ • NLM Gateway • http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd • BioMedCentral • www.biomedcentral.com/ • NLM Gateway • http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd
EVALUATION CRITERIA • Authority • Accuracy/Objectivity • Currency • Audience • Purpose Examples • http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/ • http://www.globalwarming.org