Hendrik Meijer Library Orientation Information literacy Finding books Finding journals, magazines & newspapers Finding additional sources Finding Internet sources

Information Literacy Recognize the information need Find the information Evaluate the information Use the information effectively/responsibly Reassess the need

Finding the Information Choose the sources Current information? Books vs. magazines Scholarly research? Journals vs. magazines Print? Indexes to print sources

Develop Search Strategy Use synonyms –cars or automobiles or autos Use Boolean AND, OR, NOT –(cars or automobiles) and design Use stem searching –computer$ or computer* –will find computer, computerization, computerized, etc. Field searching –keyword –subject –author

Library Research Through MCC Website:

Click on Library or Hover over Library to see menu

Use WebCat, the online catalog.

Click on WebCat or see helpful hints for using WebCat.

For stem searching, use $

Note Call Numbers. HV = Criminology Section KF= Law Section QP= Physiology Section RM= Medical Section

Locations in library

Find a book that looks good, then click on VIEW to see details

Works Cited information Subject term: Marijuana—Therapeutic use

Questions about WebCat? WebCat: Use to find books, videos, CDs, DVDs Use to find instructors’ reserve materials Magazine, journal & newspaper articles are NOT located in WebCat

Finding Digital Books Many different databases of digital books May search through full text, keywords Approximately 24,000 books available Ebsco ebooks Oxford Reference Safari Tech

When off campus, use the Research Databases from Off Campus.

Use Digital Books from Off Campus.

Digital Books off campus eBooks

Clicking on eBooks brings up the off-campus login page.

Use your network login: firstname.lastname and your password then click “Login”

Enter search terms. Then, click on “Search”

Good titles! Let’s open number 1. (Click on the title)

Click on eBook Full Text to read this book.

Finding magazine or newspaper articles Use FirstSearch, InfoTrac, LexisNexis, EbscoHost or New York Times Google is not the best source to locate published research articles

Let’s go back to the Off Campus Database Access page to search for magazine and journal articles.

Scroll down the page for: InfoTrac FirstSearch and other periodical databases.

InfoTrac is a good place to start when looking for magazines & journals.

Many databases to choose

Academic OneFile

Subject Guide Search

Search subjects for school violence Click to begin search

4804 articles on School Violence Click “Subdivisions” to see the subdivisions under school violence

Of the 4804 articles, 44 are on the causes of school violence Click on “Causes of” to see the 44 articles

Click on title to view article

Print/Save options Summary of article

Works Cited information At bottom of article

Periodical Databases InfoTrac, FirstSearch, LexisNexis Use to find high-quality journal, magazine and newspaper articles Up-to-date and comprehensive If you find little with a subject search, try a keyword search

In addition to books and the magazine, journal and newspaper databases, we have some excellent databases containing reports and other specialized information. Two of these that are most helpful to students for research papers are: Opposing Viewpoints (InfoTrac) and CQ Researcher (CQ Electronic Library)

From the Off- Campus page, click on InfoTrac for the Opposing Viewpoints database.

Opposing Viewpoints In Context

Enter search terms, or, browse subjects below

Search for “fracking”

From the Off Campus page, click on CQ Electronic Library

Select “CQ Researcher Online”

Browse recent reports or enter search terms above

Find databases by your subject area “Periodical lists” is used to find a specific magazine, journal or newspaper by its title.

Student Support

Internet Searching Subject catalogs (mel.org, lii.org) Search engines (google.com, yahoo.com) Evaluate

Advanced Search

Limit to.gov or.edu

Evaluating the Information Authority – What are the credentials? Accuracy – Facts? Data? Misspellings? Objectivity – Bias? Coverage – What is missing? Currency – Up-to-Date?

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