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CHABOT LIBRARY |
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Resources Available at the Library: Biology 10 (Otto)
Subject
Headings | Library Subscription Databases
(Finding Articles) | Library Catalog
(Finding Books)
Pamphlet Files |
Reference/Statistical Resources (Including Pro/Con Overviews) |
Web Resources
Biology Online |
World Wide Web: Academic Searching | World
Wide Web: General Searching
Searching EbscoHost |
Ebsco Search Form | Ebsco Results List
| Top of an Article |
Email/Print
Search Strategy Handout: http://tinyurl.com/6zja3
Subject Headings |
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Sometimes instead of searching by keywords, you may have better luck finding materials by consulting the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). This is important because you can sometimes get better search results. For example, articles, books, and web sites on Civil Liberties will usually be indexed under “Civil Rights." To browse such headings, they are in the five thick red volumes on the reference shelves, on the left side of the reference desk. When searching terms in a database, do think of other keywords as well and be prepared to perform several different searches (For example, search for “Trans Fatty Acids” and then do a separate search for “Trans Fats”)
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Trans Fatty Acids |
Lipids |
Proteins |
Library Subscription Databases: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dblist.html. —To find articles related to your topic that originally appeared in magazines, journals, and newspapers. Originally published in print form.
Mainly Magazines and Journals |
Mainly Newspapers |
EbscoHost Health Source—Consumer Edition
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Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
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EbscoHost
Academic Search Elite |
ProQuest Diversity Databases
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How to Search the Library Catalog: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/librarycatalog.html
Library of Congress Classification Handout: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/lc.html
Encyclopedia of Human Biology |
Reference: QP11 .E53 1991 |
Encyclopedia of Bioethics |
Reference: QH332 .E52 |
Grizmek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia |
Reference: QL7 .G7813 2004 |
Statistical Abstract of the United States |
Reference Desk |
CQ Researcher |
Reference:
H35
.E35
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Facts on File Issues & Controversies |
Use search engines last for your research, and if you do, be prepared to evaluate web sites with a very skeptical eye. Anybody can put anything on the web, and if you do not pay attention, you could be linking very questionable or misinformed sites.
Take a look at this web site on the warnings of the chemical, Dihydrogen Monoxide: http://www.circus.com/~no_dhmo/
Information about many sites about this chemical substance is available at the good fact-checking site of web and Email urban legends called snopes.com: http://www.snopes.com/toxins/dhmo.htm
Unfortunately, one paralegal opted to do research on this topic which led to very embarrassing results for the city Aliso Viejo: http://tinyurl.com/2bkch
To evaluate web sites, the Library has an effective web evaluation checklist available at: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/evaluation.html
Biology Online. Information in the Life
Sciences
http://www.biology-online.org/
Contains a dictionary, tutorials, and links to
selected web sites.
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Librarians’
Index to the Internet |
INFOMINE |
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Online Subject Index http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dbsbysubject.html |
Scout
Report Archives |
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Academic
Info |
Virtual
Learning Resources Center |
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SearchGov |
SearchEDU |
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Google (limiting to .org) http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:.org |
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First, before searching any database, come up with a search strategy.
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For this class assignment, select Academic Search Elite. From the
Library home page, go to Magazine, Journal, Newspaper Articles and
More. The selection for Health Source—Consumer Edition
is listed under Nursing and Health. Click on Go Directly
Into The Database. Or . . . |
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If you have a computer with low memory or you have a disability, click on Health Source—Consumer Edition, and then click on the link to the right of the Text Only icon. Then, click on Academic Search Elite to get into the database. |
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You can also
search by ONE TERM at a time by clicking on
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not want, click on
and perform a different search. To view your past
searches, click on
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By default, results in EbscoHost are listed by date, most recent first. By clicking on the pull down menu on the top right of your results, you can change how you want your results, sorted. Changing your results by relevance may help you in some cases. |
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When you
click on the full record of a result, which should be clicking on the
title (NOT the full text icon) you will read information about the
article. If you find a really good article and want to find more
like it, clicking on links next to Subject(s), Source, or Author(s) may
help.
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EMAILING An Article
1. Make sure you have the article itself on the screen. Otherwise, you may be emailing yourself a list of citations.
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Click on the Email button:
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the top of the screen of each database. On the right are
Email buttons as they appear in our many databases
3. You may be asked to make certain selections. If you want full text make sure it is selected and then click on "Submit" or "OK"
4. Enter Email address and then select "Submit" or "OK"
Printing An Article
1. Make sure you have the article itself on the screen
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Click on the Print button on the EbscoHost screen:
3. Make sure Detailed Citation and Abstract and HTML text is available.
4. From your browser, select Print Preview to Preview your print jobs. When done, select print.
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If
what you have is a PDF file, you need to click on the Print
icon from the Adobe Acrobat toolbar itself,
, otherwise you will end up printing a blank
page.
6. If you’re on campus, you will need to then go to a Go Print station to then use your Go Print card to pay for your print job (ten cents per page). For information on how to Print on campus using the Go Print card, go to http://www.chabotcollege.edu/library/handouts/printing.html
