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SUBJECT HEADINGS

Sometimes instead of searching by keywords, you may have better luck finding materials by consulting the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).  To browse such headings, they are in the four thick red volumes on the left side of the reference desk.  Here are a few subject headings that may be helpful to your assignment:
 

Sex differences	Communication	Interpersonal Communication
Sex Role	Management	Work Environment
Stereotype (Psychology)	Marriage	Man-Woman Relationships
Interpersonal Relations	Work	Language

THE LIBRARY CATALOG

Search the library catalog for books related to your topic. Select a topic and create a search statement. Find a book and then its call number. Remember: Books will have in-depth material but will be dated.
 

Go into the Library Catalog and search by Subject Heading by entering your term and then clicking on .  Scroll down and click to other pages  (if available) to view all the headings related to your main subject heading (see example of such list to the right).  Click on the links to headings that best meet your interest.
If instead of searching by Subject, you want to combine different terms such as: Communication AND Sex Differences or Sex Role AND Work Environment, enter your terms with AND in between  and then click on. See Your Search Strategy for more information

Enter your search statement here:  __________________________________________________
 

List a Book You Have Found Here Look at the FULL record and make sure to enter all fields below.
                                                                             Also, Make sure the title is from Chabot:

**Title:	**Author:
Place of Publication, Publisher & Year:	Call Number:

 

EBSCO HOST PERIODICAL DATABASES	Ebsco Host from Home: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp
At the first window, click on	For login and password, contact the reference desk.

At the next window, place a check next to the database(s) of your choice and then click 
You will need to perform more specific searches here as there will be more material available.  Remember to use the connector, AND, in between your terms.  Remember: you want to search periodicals for more up-to-date material.

Enter your search statement here:  __________________________________________________

If you get results you do not want, click on  and perform a different search.

You can also search by ONE TERM at a time by clicking on You can double check your spelling of any words by clicking on

Reading the Results List Screen

Reading the Top of an Article

Results to evaluated web sites can be found by clicking on  on the top right of the Result List screen.

Title:  What Is He/She Saying? Subject(s):  COMMUNICATION; SEX differences (Psychology) in adolescence Source:  Current Health 2, Apr/May2000, Vol. 26 Issue 8, p18, 2p Author(s):  Gard, Carolyn Abstract:  Explains the difference of communicating between teenage boys and girls. You can click on links to Subject Headings, the title of the journal/magazine itself, or the author's name.  If you find a really good article and want to find more like it, clicking on one of these may help.

Select an article and enter relevant information:

Author:	Title:
Title of Journal:	Volume, year, and page numbers:

OTHER DATABASES

Go to Complete List of Databases and select a database such as:
 

	Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe will lead you to mostly newspaper articles on your subject.  Make sure to select News, select a category, then after a search form appears, enter your search and select a Source from the pulldown menu.  This database is only available on campus.
	Literature Resource Center leads you to biographical information and literary criticisms on a particular author.  For this database you would search the last name, then the first name, such as "Tannen Deborah."  After you go to the main page of your author, to find articles, click on the folder tab that says "Literary Criticisms, Articles, and Work Overviews."
	Issues & Controversies presents to you the a general overview of pro and con stands to controversial and current event topics.

OFF CAMPUS/Full Text ACCESS: Logins and passwords are available on the small yellow sheet, copies of which are available at the reference desk.  Most of the articles have full text in our database products, but most often, pictures, graphics, and tables are omitted.

Enter your search statement here:  __________________________________________________

Select an online article and enter relevant information:

Author:	Title:
Title of Source:	Volume, Year, and Page Numbers:

EMAILING/FINDING/CITING ARTICLES

EMAILING ARTICLE

If you are at home, or can only print, please click on any "print," "format for printing," or "print-friendly" option from the database, first, then once the screen has been reformatted, select "Print Preview" from the File pull down menu of your browser to make sure you are printing what you are seeing and to select pages to print.   At the Library, Please print as FEW PAGES AS POSSIBLE.

IN GENERAL, IF YOU ARE IN THE LIBRARY, PLEASE EMAIL YOUR ARTICLES INSTEAD OF PRINTING. Make sure you have the article itself on the screen.  Otherwise, you may be emailing yourself a list of citations. Click on the Email button.  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 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" Enter Email address and then select "Submit" or "OK"

Ebsco Host Encyclopedia Britannica No Email function is available.  Print article by first clicking on , then selecting Print from your browser Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe SIRS Knowledge Source Literature Resource Center Issues & Controversies No Email function is available.  Click Print Preview from the File menu of your browser to see what pages you want to print, and then click OK

FINDING AN ARTICLE IN OUR COLLECTION

PAPER COPIES:  Go to the Periodicals Desk which is next to the elevator. If on Ebsco Host, check Notes to see if we have the Year in paper or Microfilm, first

MICROFILM COPIES: If Ebsco Host notes Chabot has it on Microfilm, go to the green cabinets on the Mezzanine.  Microfilm readers are available on the wall.  For assistance in finding microfilm or using the readers, go to the Audio Visual Center desk on the Mezzanine.

If we do not have the title, do not despair.  Does Ebsco Host list another library having it?  Also, check to see if the Library at California State University, Hayward has the title by going to: http://134.154.30.10/search/t

CITING AN ARTICLE OR BOOK
Take a look at the MLA Citation Handout.  Take note that when citing an article from a Library Subscription Database such as the ones listed above, you need to follow special instructions.

MLA Citation Handout  http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/cited.html

Article From a Library Subscription Database  http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/cited.html#database
 
 

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.
 

10,000 Ideas for Term Papers, Projects, Reports, and Speeches	Available at the Reference Desk
Canary, Daniel and Kathryn Dindia, ed. Sex Differences and Similarities in Communication	Reserves Desk: P96 S48 S49 1998
Petrikin, Jonathan, ed.  Male/Female Roles: Opposing Viewpoints	Reserves Desk: HQ1075 M353 1995 (available soon)
Women & Work: A Handbook	Reserves Desk: HD 6095 W678 1996
Articles from Our Pamphlet Files	Reserves Desk-- Under Richardson
The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science	Reference Desk: BF31 .C8263 2001
Encyclopedia of Human Emotions	Reference Desk: BF531 .E55 1999
CQ Researcher	Reference Shelves: H 35 E35
Statistical Abstract of the United States	Available at the Reference Desk
Encyclopedia of Associations	Available at the Reference Desk

Online Reference Shelf: Pros and Cons http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/pros&cons.html
Our web supplement to the yellow Researching Pro & Con  Issues handout that is at the Reference Desk
 
 

Face it. The World Wide Web can contain good resources for library research, but trying to find them is a chore! There is just too much junk and misinformation or web pages that have information without having their facts verified. Take caution and evaluate each web site you come across carefully.

Reference Resources

Some reference resources are also available on the web.

Online Reference Shelf http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/

Librarians’ Index to the Internet www.lii.org

Sites that Select and Evaluate Quality Web Sites:

Below are four examples of search engines you will find on the left side of the Web Guides and Search Engines page.

Academic Info: Women's Studies Indexes and Directories http://www.academicinfo.us/womenmeta.html

Virtual Learning Resources Center http://www.virtuallrc.com/

Scout Report Archives http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/archives/

INFOMINE http://infomine.ucr.edu/

Select Search Engines or Directories that will More Likely Lead you to Academic Web Sites
Start with the left side of the Web Guides and Search Engines page first, to find pages based on broad topics. Use the search engines listed on the right side to find pages devoted to specific topics, but keep in mind there is no "quality control" for what you will get, especially from using any search engine or directory, especially listed on the right side.  Remember, when searching you will want to surround your phrases with quotes such as "sex role" or "gender stereotyping" and to place the + sign before all your terms, whether as one word or a phrase:  +communication +"sex differences"

Web Guides and Search Engines http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/websearch.html

Look at especially:
Google  www.google.com
SearchEdu(Maxbot) www.searchedu.com
This handout is also available at the following address: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/Eng1A/Richradson.html