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Find Articles Electronic Article Databases 100,000’s of articles, many full text. Link on homepage ProQuest Research Library Academic OneFile Nursing & Allied Health Journal Articles (CINAHL) ProQuest Science Journals PsycArticles Find Books Physical format: 30,000 Link on homepage WVC Book & Video Catalog Course Reserve List Electronic format: 50,000+ Link on homepage eBooks (Ebrary) Humanities E-Book Collection Library Homepage : http//: commons.wvc.edu/library TABS on Library Homepage Ask A Librarian 24/7 Chat Librarian Service Most Popular Links One Searching All sources list Search By Subject Resources arranged by subject General Reference Online reference Sources Tutor Center Info on the Tutor Center 24/7 Chat Tutor Service TABS on Library Homepage Ask A Librarian 24/7 Chat Librarian Service Most Popular Links One Searching All sources list Search By Subject Resources arranged by subject General Reference Online reference Sources Tutor Center Info on the Tutor Center 24/7 Chat Tutor Service What I Can Do In The Library… 1.Get research help 2.Get tutoring 3.Reserve a study room 4.Make a copy (10 cents) 5.Read a magazine 6.Find a picture book 7.Type a Paper 8.Watch a video 9.Check out a book, magazine, video, or DVD 10.Get a book or article from another library 11. Peruse the ‘College Success’ collection

Academic integrity Academic integrity governs the way in which you research and write for college or publication. It is founded on the principles of respect for knowledge, truth, scholarship and acting with honesty. These principles and values are the foundation of academia. Article Databases (e-Resources) Online tools that provide electronic access to articles, books, dissertations and other types of content. Many of these databases offer limited full text. ProQuest, Academic OneFile Call Number A unique code assigned to each item in the library. Think of it as the address of the book. The John A. Brown Library uses the Dewey Decimal system. Circulation The library department responsible for checking out and re-shelving books, maintaining information on books that have been checked out, and tracing lost materials. Reserve books are also located here. Course Reserves Instructor placed materials located at the circulation desk. Database A collection of related electronic records in a standardized format, searchable in a variety of ways, such as title, author, subject, and keyword. Common examples of databases are the library catalog, History Resource Center and Health Reference Center. Dewey Decimal System a system that organizes books on library shelves in a specific and repeatable order that makes it easy to find any book. Full-text An electronic resource that provides the entire text of a single work or article, in addition to the citation and (in most cases) an abstract of each work. Examples of this are Opposing Viewpoints and Credo. Inter-Library Loan /ILL The process of obtaining books or articles from another library because we do not own or have access to them. This is a service provided free to WVC students of charge. Books take 5-7 days. Articles take 1-2 days if they are in electronic format. Library Catalog or Online Catalog or OPAC A database that organizes materials our library collects and identifies where these material are located. The John A. Brown Library Catalog is called CATAPULT Periodical A magazine, journal, newsletter, or newspaper produced on a regular basis. These items are published periodically; it can be daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly. Plagiarism Not giving credit to the writer or writers of a resource you are using. You must give credit whether you are direct quoting, summarizing, or paraphrasing. Reference The library department which aids patrons in using the library, helps with research problems, and assists in locating information. Materials such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, and biography guides are found in reference. ME, BARBARA OLDHAM Scholarly or Academic/Professional Journal Journals that present in-depth, original research in a specific field. These articles have been reviewed by other scholars in the field for scholastic standards and validity (Peer Reviewed). Professional journals may also contain profession or industry related news. Stacks The area of the library where books and bound periodicals are shelved. These are items that can be checked out of the library. Think of it as the street the book lives on. Subject Headings Terms, names, or phrases that are assigned to a publication (book, journal article, video, etc.) and used to describe the contents of that publication. They form a standardized set of terms that are consistently used to group materials together.

Analyze To break down complex concepts into parts and then study how the parts are related to each other in making up the whole. Citation A standardized note, in your writing, documenting the material that was paraphrased, mentioned or quoted in your research. The citation or reference provides information such as title, author, journal title, volume, issue, publisher and date of publication so as to identify the specific resource used. Dependent Clause A dependent clause is a group of words that will NOT stand by itself as a sentence. An example would be “because the girl ran”. Details Details in a paragraph help us explain the supports in a more descriptive way so that our readers understand more about our whole topic. Eight Parts of Speech These parts are titles and uses for every word in our English language. (See handout). Explain To make clear the thought process, facts, or concepts. Independent Clause An Independent clause is a group of words that will stand by itself as a sentence. An example would be “The car ran over the white line”. Infer To draw conclusions from evidence or fact. Information Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something. As contrasted with data, knowledge which is gathered as a result of processing data. Options Options are correct ways of putting sentences together using dependent and independent clauses. Paragraph A paragraph is a group of words with a topic sentence, three supports, details and a conclusion. Paraphrasing To restate, concisely and in your own words, the sense or meaning of a text or passage from a book, journal article or video. Sentence A sentence is a subject, verb and complete idea that begins with a capital letter and ends with punctuation. Supports Supports tell us about the topic sentence and explain more to our readers. In our classes, we use three supports to talk about our main idea. Use of details about the main topic. Synonyms A word or phrase that has the same (or very nearly the same) meaning as another term in the same language, for example, the terms "book jacket" and "dust jacket." Synonyms in a language are collected in a thesaurus, available in the reference section of most libraries. Topic Sentence A topic sentence is the main idea of the paragraph in a FULL SENTENCE and usually appears as the first sentence of a paragraph. Types of Writing We can use several ways of explaining to our readers. We talk about these ways in types of writing: illustration, contrast, comparison, cause and effect, persuasion or argumentative, description, definition, process, and classification. (We will not attempt ALL of these in our class). Writing This is a way of communicating with others. It must be clear, to the point and use proper method