Find Books & Scholarly Research Articles from the Library Dr. Jun Wang

Professor of Library & Information Studies

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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

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

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Find Books on Your Topic

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

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How to Find Academic Journal Articles?

Topics

• Select hot topics on

social issues

from online databases such as

CQ Researcher and Opposing Viewpoints

Search Evaluate

• Conduct

Boolean logic Keyword

search in

PowerSearch

• Limit to

full-text

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peer-reviewed

publications • Select and evaluate retrieved journal articles

Save Cite

• Have the full-text article printed or e-mailed or read for you • Use the Citation Tool to cite the sources and tweak the citations with APA citation guide 10

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Gun Violence 12

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To be tweaked as the following References Jost, K. (2007, May 25). Gun violence.

CQ Researcher

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(20) , 457-480.

Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/ 15

Click on issues to select a hot topic

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Click on the drop –down arrow to select a category 17

Objective topic overview 18

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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

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Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context

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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 22

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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

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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 ,

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Find Credible Sources on Ethnography of Communication 27

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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

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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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