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Introduction to the Library’s GoCat and Online Databases

Dr. Jun WangPrincipal Librarian

Professor of Library and Information Studies

2Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu

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

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Locate Books & AV Materials in GoCat

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How to Locate Books & AV Materials

• Click on the title to display the detailed record

• Identify the key elements for your citation, expanded subject searches, and the availability information.

Locate Books & AV Materials in GoCat

5Library’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.

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Introduction to Opposing Viewpoints in Context

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Find Literary Criticism on Dr. Jekyll from Literature Resource Center

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Find Literary Criticism on Dr. Jekyll from Literature Resource Center

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Find Literary Criticism on Dr. Jekyll from Literature Resource Center

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Works Cited

Rago, Jane V. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A 'Men's Narrative' of Hysteria and

Containment." Robert Louis Stevenson, Writer of Boundaries. Ed. Richard

Ambrosini and Richard Dury. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2006.

275-285. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Jelena O. Krstovic. Vol. 126. Detroit:

Gale, 2010. Literature Resource Center. Web. 12 Nov. 2014.

Find and Tweak the Embedded Citation fromLiterature Resource Center

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A Robust Collection of Online Databases

Meta Database

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Find Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals from GoElectronic Meta Database

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Find Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals from GoElectronic Meta Database

Display the Detailed Record

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Detailed Record & Tools from GoElectronic

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Display the Full-Text Search Result

Works Cited

Danahy, Martin. “Dr. Jekyll’s Two Bodies." Nineteenth-Century Contexts 35.1 (2013): 23-40.

Academic Search Premier. Web. 12 Nov. 2014.

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Find and Tweak the Embedded Citation

Copy and paste the citation in your Works Cited page of your paper and tweak it using the MLA Citation Guide at <http://www.deltacollege.edu/dept/library/IC/mla.html>.

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Boolean Logic Searches:Boolean Operators:

AndOrNot

Boolean Search Threads:1. (motives or ethics) and “scientific curiosity” and (doctor or scientist)2. Loyalty and law and “Victorian Era”3. Conscience and “dual personality” and “human condiction”

Keyword/Phrase Searches in GoElectronic

Gauging Your Learning Outcome1. How to log on to SJDC library’s online databases on and off campus?2. How to conduct a keyword/phrase search in Literature Resource Center

and GoElectronic to find academic research articles from journals?3. How to limit your search results to Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed)

publications/Academic Journals?4. How to limit your search to publication dates?5. How to evaluate retrieved sources and save or e-mail or print the

sources?6. Would you be able to locate an embedded citation for your retrieved

source in the online databases?7. Would you be able to cite and tweak your retrieved sources in MLA

style? 8. Where can you go to find the Citation Guides?

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