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Find Books & Scholarly Research Articles from the Library

Dr. Jun WangProfessor of Library & Information Studies

Coordinator of Bibliographic Instruction and Information Literacy

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Student Learning OutcomeStudent Learning Outcome1. Be able to locate Delta College Library’s homepage and search the

library catalog and the subscription online Databases on and off the campus

2. Understand the functions of the library catalog and online databases3. Be able to locate books on selected topics or by title in the library

catalog4. Be able to conduct a Boolean keyword search in PowerSearch to find

peer-reviewed, academic journal articles5. Be able to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in MLA style

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3Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu

Click here to conduct a catalog search to find books and AV materials

Catalog Search for Books & AV Materials

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

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

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

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Search for Textbooks/Reserved Items

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Click on Reserve Desk

Type in your professor’s last name and click on the first link.

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• Your college library has a small textbook collection donated by professors and publishers.

• The catalog displays the ones we have in the collection.

12Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu

Click here to conduct a catalog search to find books and AV materialsClick here to conduct a database search to find peer-reviewed research articles.

How to Find Academic Journal Articles?

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Click on all issues or group of hot issues

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Conduct an Effective Keyword SearchIdentify keywords or phrase for the search Use one or more Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to thread your keywords together in neededLimit your search to full-text articles and peer-reviewed publications before clicking on the search button

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1. Click on the title link to display the full-text article

2. Evaluate the sources to see whether they are well-written, scholarly publications with insights that would help you build your argument or statement

3. “Word Count” serves as a clue that the articles are lengthy research articles

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Cross References

that will lead you to

more sources

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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.

12 Feb. 2013.

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Click on the + sign to open the

subdivisions

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Student Gauging Your Learning OutcomeGauging Your Learning Outcome

1. Do you have access to the library’s catalog and subscription online Databases on and off the campus?

2. What do you expect to find in the library catalog and online databases?

3. How to search for books from the library catalog?4. How to conduct a Boolean keyword search in

PowerSearch to find peer-reviewed, academic research articles?

5. How to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in MLA Style?

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