Find Books and Scholarly Articles from the Library Catalog and Online Databases Dr. Jun Wang Professor of Library & Information Studies Coordinator of Bibliographic Instruction and Information Literacy 1
Library Student Learning Outcome 1. Be able to locate Delta College Library’s homepage and log on to the library Catalog and subscription online Databases on and off the campus 2. Understand the functions of the library catalog and online databases 3. Be able to find academic journals and books from the library’s print and electronic collections 4. Be able to limit your search results to more recently published, peer-reviewed, academic research articles as well as ebooks 5. Be able to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in MLA 2 style
Click here to conduct a catalog search to find books and AV materials Library’s Home Page: http: //library. deltacollege. edu 3
Find Books or E-Books on Your Topic Conduct a keyword search by entering the keywords in the search window and clicking on the Search button. Click on the title to display the item info 4
Display a Detailed Book Record 5
Click here to conduct a database search to find peer-reviewed research articles. Click here to conduct a catalog search to find books and AV materials Library’s Home Page: http: //library. deltacollege. edu 6
Use Go. Electronic As a Research Tool 7
Sample Keyword Search 1 3 2 5 4 8
Sample Keyword Search 9
Display the Full-Text Article • • To make it readable, click on the drop-down arrow on the top of the screen and select Page Width. Scroll down to read the next page. 10 To print the article, click on the printer icon on the upper right-hand side of the screen. To print a chapter from an e-book, click on the printer icon and enter the page number range.
Find the Citation in the Database 11
Tweak the MLA 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. Works Cited King, Keith A. , and Rebecca A. Vidourek. “Teen Depression and Suicide: Effective Prevention and Intervention Strategies. ” Prevention Researcher 19. 4 (2012): 15 -17. CINAHL Plus with Full Text. Web. 14 Oct. 2014. 12
Library Student Gauging Your Learning Outcome 1. How to log on to the library Catalog and subscription online Databases on and off the campus? 2. What do you expect to find in the Catalog and online databases? 3. Given or having selected a topic, would you be able to find books and scholarly articles from the library’s print or online databases? 4. How to limit your search results to more recent, peerreviewed, academic research articles or ebooks? 5. How to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in MLA Style? 13
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