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Library OrientationEnglish 1A, Prof. Correa
Laney College Ann Buchalter, MLIS
What LIBRARY Information Sources Should I Use?
Ideally, you should be using a combination of:
• Books
• Reports (Issues and Controversies, CQ, etc.)
• Journal Articles
• Magazine Articles
Feeling Overwhelmed?
1.How to search for books in the Laney Library online catalog.
2.How to search for journal and magazine articles in Laney Library’s online databases.
3.How to evaluate a website to determine if it’s academically acceptable.
Today we are going to cover:
1) Keyword search2) Title search3) Author search
You can search the catalog in many different ways, but we are going to keep it simple:You can search the catalog in many different ways, but we are going to keep it simple:
Before searching we need a “strategy” or words to enter into the search box:
Let’s say your Topic Question is:How does the media affect one’s
body image?
How does the media affect one’s
body image?
I did NOT select How does the OR affect
one’s ---Why do you think I didn’t include
those words?
• Because these words don’t describe my topic –
• To find the BEST results, you want to use ONLY the essential concepts.
We will type media and body image into the search box in the catalog…
Laney Library
Selecting a book before you even see it:
Contents: lists the chapters in the book
If you decide you want to look a the book, you will need to get the copy information
Check availabilityCall Number and Floor
Use the “Subjects” category to find more books on your topic:
If you see an interesting Subject, click on it and it will take you to other books that are on similar topics
Periodical/Journal Articles?Where do I begin?
Laney College LibraryFull-Text Journal/Magazine Online and Report Databases
•CQ Researcher•Opposing Viewpoints•Issues & Controversies
Academic OneFile
A1file
Let’s explore Academic OneFile
Need some keywords? Start with BROWSE SUBJECTS
ORYou can right to the Search box and enter your keywords
A1file
To look at magazines click on
the tab
To make your search more specific use the Refine
Results box
college
A1file
Title of Article
# of pages
A1file
Title of journal
Abstract (summary)
To look at the article, click on the title
A1file
Here are your keywords for this
searchSubjects are useful—click on them to see
other articles that are similar to the one you
are viewing
To Email or Save to flash drive
•Searching databases can be tricky. Sometimes you enter keyword that you think should work, but you just don’t get anywhere. •If this happens to you, you can use the Browse Subjects tab to figure out what words the database is using to talk about your topic.•To do this, click on the Browse Subjects tab:
•Searching databases can be tricky. Sometimes you enter keyword that you think should work, but you just don’t get anywhere. •If this happens to you, you can use the Browse Subjects tab to figure out what words the database is using to talk about your topic.•To do this, click on the Browse Subjects tab:
A1file
• Sometimes you enter keyword that you think should work, but you just don’t get anywhere.
• If this happens to you, you can use the Browse Subjects tab to figure out what words the database is using to talk about your topic.
A1file
Click on the BROWSE SUBJECTS tab
A1file
Type keywords in
A1file
Click on RELATED SUBJECTS to see
more keywords (or subject terms
A1file
Clicking on RELATED SUBJECTS to see even more keywords
OR
Click on a term which takes you to
the articles that have this word associated with
them
Now let’s look at a database that has Reports
•CQ Researcher•Opposing Viewpoints•Issues & Controversies
A1file
These are All good sources for you to try but start with:
I&C
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