Expository Writing - Cyberspace

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Expository Writing: Guide to Library Resources and Services

I. Mini-Tour of LibraryFirst floor:

Circulation desk and reserves (near the entrance): get your library card, check out

books and check out articles/books your professor places on reserve.

Reference room and Reference Foyer (side of building): contains encyclopedias,

handbooks, dictionaries that provide context to your research topic. Alwaysstaffed by a reference librarian.

Computers: 14 PCs throughout the library. The two PCs in front of the reference

desk have Microsoft Office installed. Print to Pharos stations located in the lowerlevel, the first and second floors.

Index Area (back of the building): Find book reviews and indexes of articles

published. Scanner available.

Study Carells: Towards the back of the first floor; quiet study areas located

throughout library.

Archives and Special Collections (near the Mars Rover): Houses historical

documents and artifacts of the college.

Photocopier: 2 copiers located on each side of the library; one copier inPeriodicals area.

Bathrooms: womens room 1st floor, mens room lower mezzanine.

Lower Mezzanine Levels:

Book stacks level 1 (floor underneath the Pit); bound journal articles; Archives

Room; vending machine

Book stack level 2

Book stack level 3

Upper Mezzanine:

Periodicals Area: magazines, newspapers, microfilm, microfiche

Curriculum Library: library materials for education students Smart market: coffee, tea and snacks

II. Searching for a book in the reference roomThe Reference Rooms books are organized by subject categories. To determine thecategory where a reference book would be classified under, look at the list posted on thedoor of room 118 labeled Library of Congress Classification Schedules.

For example, to find reference books on computers, cyberspace and the Internet, look atthe list and determine where your topic would fit in. You can find reference books onthose topics in the Q - QA section.

A good reference book that may help you in your research:

Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction REF QA 76.9 H85 B46

2004

Questions? Email ([email protected]) or call us at (508.626.4655).
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III. To access the librarys resources if you are off campus:

Go to the library home page http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary and directly to thelibrary databases (like InfoTracs General Onefile). Enter your Blackboard username andpassword.

IV. Searching for a book in the catalog from the Minuteman Library Networkhttp://library.minlib.net/search~S15

To conduct a subject or keyword search, enter a phrase in the search box and selectsubject or keyword and Framingham State College in the drop down menus. Tosearch for books in other libraries, select All locations instead of Framingham StateCollege.

For example, heres a subject search to find books on the Internet. By doing a subjectsearch, it can help you narrow your topic.

Once you find a book, write down the call number to help you find the book in the

library.

All full-time and part-time Framingham State College students can borrow books fromthe Whittemore Library, as well as other libraries within the Minuteman LibraryNetwork. Day and evening students must register with the library to activate the student

ID barcode or student ID number. Borrowing privileges will expire when the student andare no longer affiliated with the college.

I recommend that you do not limit your search only to Framingham State College. Youcan always request a book from another library within Minuteman Library Network.Usually books requested from the network are received within the week. You can alsoorder books from the Virtual Catalog, and the WorldCat database. These requests takemore time to process.

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V. Library Cards and Interlibrary LoanOnce you register your library card, you are able to request books and articles throughinterlibrary loan (ILL). You can request a book or article through interlibrary loan athttp://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/illform.htm.Your request might take more than twoweeks to fulfill. Please contact Neil Conrad at 508.626.4690 for questions on ILL.

VI.Searching for Articles:For a listing of all of our research databases, go to the A to Z List of Databases link onthe library webpage. If you are off campus, you must authenticate by entering yournetwork account.http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/finding/articles.htm

You will find relevant articles in the following library databases:

EBSCOs Academic Search Premier

InfoTracs General Onefile

CQ Researcher (reports)

LexisNexis (news)

(If an article is available online in a FirstSearch database, it will prompt you for a full textpassword. The password is fsc.)

VII.Searching in EBSCOs Academic Search Premier

When you get some results, select articles by adding them to a folder.

Open the folder icon at the top of the page once you have selected the articles. In thefolder view, select the articles that you would like to print, email, export, or save.

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To find out how an article is cited, select the title of the article and select this icon. Noticealso how the article is classified with other subject terms that you can use.

EBSCO formats the article in a number of citation styles:

VIII.Searching for Full-Text Articles if You Have the CitationIf you come across a bibliography that contains citations and would like to view any ofthe articles online, enter the name of the journal in the Full Text Journal Finder.(http://pj8tr3fm5l.search.serialssolutions.com/)

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If the journal is available online, the page results will list the research databases thatcontain the article full text. You then need to search for the article in that particulardatabase.

If an article is not available full-text, you can check the red binder to see if the librarycarries it in print. For questions on our print journals, please contact Deb Hogan,periodicals supervisor, at [email protected].

IX.Searching for scholarly articles in Google Scholar

Select the linkA to Z List of Databases on the library homepage and then the GoogleScholar link. Once on the Google Scholar page, go to Scholar Preferences and make surethat Framingham State College is listed as a preferred library.

Also select RefWorks as a preferred Bibliographic Manager:

When creating a search in Google Scholar, you do not need to link terms by and forexample: computer identity theft Amazon

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Further instructions here: http://whittemorelibrary.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/try-google-scholar/

X. Searching on the Google for Information

Try to keep the search simple. Limit your search to .edu or .gov sites. Play around withkey words to get the best hits.

Questions to ask when you are evaluating Internet resources:

Who is the author or producer of the content?

Is the information on the webpage current? What is the purpose of the website? Who is the audience?

Is the information accurate? Is the information taken from another source?

Is the webpage easy to navigate? Do all the links work?

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XI.Other suggestions:

When you are ready to cite your resources for your paper, a great resource is the DukeUniversity Libraries Citing Resources page: http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/.

You have access to the pdf ofAPAs Style Guide to Electronic References. Instructions onhow to view the guide are here: http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/instruction/apa.htm

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