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Library Research Skills: Finding Books and Scholarly Articles

Enhance your research abilities with guidance from Dr. Jun Wang. Learn to efficiently search the library catalog and databases, find relevant books, conduct keyword searches, and evaluate sources in APA style.

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Library Research Skills: Finding Books and Scholarly Articles

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  1. Find Books & Scholarly Research Articles from the Library Dr. Jun Wang Professor of Library & Information Studies Coordinator of Bibliographic Instruction and Information Literacy

  2. Library Student Learning Outcome • Be able to get on Delta College Library’s website and search the library catalog and the subscription online Databases on and off the campus • Understand the functions of the library catalog and online databases • Be able to find books on selected topics in the library catalog • Be able to conduct a Boolean keyword search in CQ Researcher, Opposing Viewpoints in Context, and PowerSearch to find peer-reviewed, academic research articles • Be able to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in APA style

  3. Click here to conduct a catalog search to find books and AV materials Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu

  4. Find Books on Your Topic

  5. 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 Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu

  6. How to Find Academic Journal Articles?

  7. Gun Violence

  8. To be tweaked as the following References Jost, K. (2007, May 25). Gun violence. CQ Researcher, 17(20), 457-480. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/

  9. Click on issues to select a hot topic

  10. Click on the drop –down arrow to select a category

  11. Objective topic overview

  12. To be tweaked as the following References An updated background check system will help prevent gun violence. (2012). In C. Watkins (Ed.), Guns and crime. Detroit: Greenhaven. Retrieved from Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context.

  13. Boolean Logic Keyword Search in PowerSearch • Conduct an Effective Keyword Search • Identify keywords or phrase for the search • Use one or more Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to thread your keywords together in needed • Limit your search to full-text articles and peer-reviewed publications before clicking on the search button

  14. Click on the title link to display the full-text article Evaluate the sources to see whether they are well-written, scholarly publications with insights that would help you build your argument or statement “Word Count” serves as a clue that the articles are lengthy research articles

  15. To be tweaked as the following References Gorovitz, E., & Rodriguez, M. A. (1999, Nov.). The politics and prevention of gun violence. The Western Journal of Medicine ,296+.

  16. Find Credible Sources on Ethnography of Communication

  17. To be tweaked as the following: References Berry, E. (2003). “Practice” approaches and the ethnography of communication: Investigating for the possibility of a mutually beneficial relationship. The Qualitative Report, 8(4), 640+.

  18. Library Student Gauging Your Learning Outcome • How to log on to the library’s catalog and subscription online Databases on and off the campus? • What are the functions of the library catalog and online databases? • How to search for books from the library catalog? • How to conduct a Boolean keyword search in CQ Researcher, Opposing Viewpoints in Context, and PowerSearch to find peer-reviewed, academic research articles? • How to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in APA Style?

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