Library Orientation English 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 search 2) Title search 3) Author search 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?

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 availability Call 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 Library Full-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 OR You 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 search Subjects are useful— click on them to see other articles that are similar to the one you are viewing To 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 2 1 3