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1 Library 101

2 What Do You Need to Know about Information? Know How to Interpret It Information is Power  Know Where to Find Know How to Retrieve It Information

3 Jefferson College Library Videos & DVDs, Music CDs Subscribes to newspapers, magazines, & scholarly journals 68,000 books www.jeffco.edu/library

4 Jefferson College Librarians Trained to help you find reliable information quickly to save you time Love helping students find information

5 JCA Library Reference books – encyclopedias, dictionaries Magazines and newspapers Popular reading books

6 JCA Library MS Office 2003 & 2007 Wireless PCs and printers for academic use

7 ACCESS E verything at the Hillsboro campus library Through ARCHWAY online catalog Photo of the Gateway Arch courtesy of Kevin Dickey, ©2006 1 business day

8 24/7 ACCESS Help with  Find Articles From 1,000s of magazines, journals & newspapers  E-books choosing topics writing & citing sources www.jeffco.edu/library

9 ACCESS PLUS Jefferson College student ID MOBIUS  Any academic library in MO  20,000,000 books  2-4 business days

10 How Should You Begin Your Research? Decide where to search Define topic in general terms What do I already know about the topic? Narrow or focus your topic Keywords or phrases for searching

11 Search Terms Art Internet Building Music Greek English

12 Search Terms Art history Internet marketing Building design Music therapy Greek mythology English grammar


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