1. Introduction to the Library’s Online Catalog and Online Databases
Dr. Jun Wang
Principal Librarian
Professor of Library and Information Studies

2. Click here to conduct a catalog search to find books and AV materials
Library’s Home Page:

3. Conduct a keyword Search in GoCat to find books and AV materials
Click on the title to display the item info

4. Display Detailed Record from GoCat

5. Introduction to Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Click here to conduct a database search to find opposing viewpoints articles.
Library’s Home Page:

6. Click Browse Issues to find a list of controversial issues
Click hot issues under the following categories

7. Choose a Hot Topic from Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Click on the topic

8. Display Information on Your Topic
Objective Topic Overview

9. Display the Objective Topic Overview

10. Display & Tweak the Citation in
MLA Style
Works Cited
“Air Pollution.” Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Detroit:
Gale, Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 20 Aug.
2015.

11. Display & Tweak the Citation in
APA Style
References
Air pollution. (2015). Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection.
Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from Opposing Viewpoints in Context.

12. Display a Viewpoint Article
Bullying

13. Tweak the Citation from Citation Tool
in MLA Style
Works Cited
Foxman, Abraham, and Cyndi Silverman. “Social Networking Sites Can Be Forums
for Cyberbullying.” Are Social Networking Sites Harmful? Ed. Stefan
Kiesbye. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, Opposing Viewpoints in Context.
Web. 20 Aug

14. Tweak the Citation from Citation Tool
in APA Style
References
Foxman, A., & Silverman, C (2011). Social networking sites can be forums for
cyberbullying. In S. Kiesbye (Ed.), Are social networking sites harmful?
Detroit: Greenhaven Press. Retrieved from Opposing Viewpoints in Context.

15. Click here to conduct a catalog search to find books and AV materials
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
“Social Justice Issues”
Library’s Home Page:

16. Using the Citation Tool from GoElectronic Meta Database
Click the title to display the detailed record and citation tools

17. Tools from a Detailed Record in GoElectronic Meta Database

18. Find Citation Tool from the Full-Text Article in GoElectronic Meta Database

19. Find and Tweak the Embedded APA Citation from GoElectronic Meta Database
Copy and paste the citation in your Works Cited page of your paper and tweak it using the APA Citation Guide at <
References
Gowlett, C. (2013). Thinking about the way we discuss social justice in education. Gender &
Education, 25(7),

20. Gauging Your Learning Outcome
Student
Library
Gauging Your Learning Outcome
How to log on to SJDC library’s online databases on and off campus?
How to find full-text, scholarly (peer-reviewed) journal articles online?
How to find hot topics from Opposing Viewpoints in Context?
How to conduct a keyword/phrase search on a chosen topic in Opposing Viewpoints in Context and GoElectronic to find academic research articles from journals?
How to limit your search results and evaluate retrieved sources that are pertinent to your topic and save or or print the sources?
Having chosen a topic, would you be able to cite and tweak your retrieved sources in MLA or APA style?
Where can you go to find the Citation Guides?