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Resources Available at the Library: English 101B (
Library Home page: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/library/
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.
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Personality & Occupation |
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 Academic Search Elite |
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe |
ProQuest Diversity Databases |
ProQuest Nursing Journals |
Library Catalog—Finding Books and Videos: http://tinyurl.com/8mo5z
Search the library catalog for books related to a topic of your interest. Select a topic and create a search statement. Find a book and then its call number.
Searching the Catalog: This is the best approach when your research need relies you to combine search terms. Make sure words or phrase is selected underneath Search For and narrow your search down to See Your Search Strategy for more information on phrasing a search statement. |
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Library of Congress Classification Handout: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/lc.html
Reference and Statistical Resources
The Library contains many reference books, which are useful for many purposes such as: providing you with an overview of a particular subject, leads to other good resources on your subject, statistics and facts, and directories to organizations or associations that can provide you with more information.
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance |
Reference Shelves: HF 5831.E52 2003 |
Reference Shelves: HF 5382.5 U5 C32 |
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Online Reference Shelf: Employment, Careers, and Study Abroad |
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Professional Careers Sourcebook |
Reference Shelves: HF5382.5.U5 P7 |
Resources By subject |
http://tinyurl.com/7w2tb |
Web Resources
Use Web search engines (such as Google) 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. The Library has an effective web evaluation checklist available at: http://www.chabotcollege.edu!Library/abbylevaluation.html
World Wide Web: Academic Searching
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/metasites.pdf
Librarians’ Index to the Internet |
INFOMINE |
Online Subject Index http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dbsbysubject.html |
Scout Report Archives |
Academic Info |
Virtual Learning Resources Center http://www.virtuallrc.com/ |
World Wide Web: General Searching http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/Eng1A/Transue.html#search
SearchGov |
SearchEDU |
Google (limiting to .org) |
About |
Google (limiting to PDF format) |
Searching EbscoHost
First, before searching any database, come up with a search strategy.
For this class assignment, select Academic Search Elite. From the Library home page, go to Magazine, Journal Articles, Newspapers. The selection for Academic Search Elite is listed under All Subjects. 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 Academic Search Elite, 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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Ebsco Host Search Form
You can also search by ONE TERM at a time by clicking on
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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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Reading the Results List Screen |
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Reading the Top of an Article |
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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/PRINTING ARTICLES
EMAILING An Article 1. Make sure you have the article itself on the screen. Otherwise, you may be emailing yourself a list of citations. 2. Click on the Email button:
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 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. 5. If what you have is a PDF file, you need to click on the Print icon from the Adobe Acrobat toolbar itself,
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 |
. It is available on the top of the screen of each database. On the right are Email buttons as they appear in our many databases
, otherwise you will end up printing a blank page.