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Resources Available at the Library: Speech 1

Library Home page: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/library/

Search Strategy Handout: http://tinyurl.com/6zja3

Subject Headings

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.

Hurricanes Hurricane Katrina, 2005 New Orleans (La.) Natural Disasters Earthquakes San Francisco (Calif.) Emergency Management Preparedness Disaster Relief Environmental Conditions

Bonds, Barry San Francisco Giants Anderson, Greg Knee--Surgery Steroids Athletes—Drug Use Baseball Players

Federal Regulation Federal Communications Commission Obscenity (Law) Television—Law and Legislation Mass Media Mass Media & Business Mass Media—Law and Legislation Radio—Law and Legislation Radio Braodcasting Radio Stations Music

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 A multi-subject database, covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more!   Tutorial available at: http://tinyurl.com/58ysq	Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Search “Quick News Search” for articles from the last two years.  For older articles, search in “General News Search.”
ProQuest Diversity Databases Alt-PressWatch, Ethnic NewsWatch, and GenderWatch.	Issues & Controversies Get pro/con overviews on controversial topics, often related to current events. Especially good for argumentative speeches.

Library Catalog—Finding Books and Videos: http://tinyurl.com/8mo5z

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

Pamphlet Files— At the Library, we have several filing cabinets of articles and documents to many topics.  Use the Card catalog that rests on TOP of the filing cabinet, and search by Library of Congress Subject Headings.  Then find the folder that has the articles/documents related to your topic.  You can check out up to five articles/pamphlets at the Check Out Desk.

Reference/Statistical Sources

(Books, Databases and Web sites—This is just a sample)

10,000 Ideas for term papers, Reference Desk: LB International Encyclopedia Reference: HQ9 .E52

projects, reports, and 1047.3 L35 1998 of Marriage and Family 2003 speeches

CQ Researcher Index at Ref. Desk. Gale Encyclopedia of Reference: E184.A1 G14

Reference: H35 E35 Multicultural America 1995

Facts on File Issues & Click on link from online Countries and their Reference: GN307 .C68

Controversies handout or Articles page Cultures 2001

Statistical Abstract of the Reference Desk:HA202 The Continuum Reference: HQ21 .168

United States U58 S7 2002 International Encyclopedia 2003 of Sexuality

Encyclopedia of Reference: HS17 .G334 Encyclopedia of Drugs and Reference: HV 5804 E53

Associations 2004 Alcohol 1995

Current Biography Reference: CT 100 .C8 West's Encyclopedia of Reference: KF154 .W47

American Law 2005

Contemporary Black Reference: E 185.96 .C66 McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia Reference: Q121 .M3

Biography of Science & Technology 2002

St. James Encyclopedia of Reference: E 169.1 .S764 Encyclopedia of Bioethics Reference: QH332 .E52

Popular Culture 2004

Rules of the Game Reference: GV 731 D52 Grzimeck's Animal Life Reference: QL7 .G7813

1974 Encyclopedia

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

Resources by Subject: Speech http:/1www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/subiectindex!Speech.htm

World Wide Web: Academic Searching
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/metasites.pdf

Librarians’ Index to the Internet http://lii.org	INFOMINE http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Online Subject Index http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dbsbysubject.html	Scout Report Archives http://scout.wisc.edu/Archives/
Academic Info http://www.academicinfo.us/	Virtual Learning Resources Center http://www.virtuallrc.com/

World Wide Web: General Searching http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/Eng1A/Transue.html#search

SearchGov http://www.searchgov.com/	SearchEDU http://www.searchedu.com
Google (limiting to .org) http://tinyurl.com/6yrp9	About http://www.about.com/
Google (limiting to PDF format) http://tinyurl.com/5f294

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 . . .
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.

Ebsco Host Search Form

You can also search by ONE TERM at a time by clicking on . If you get results you do not want, click on and perform a different search.  To view your past searches, click on  .

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.

Reading the Results List Screen 

Reading the Top of an Article

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.

Title:	Bilingual education.
Subject(s) :	EDUCATION, Bilingual
Source :	Phi Delta Kappan  , May98, Vol. 79 Issue 9, p672, 6p, 1bw
Author(s) :	Rothstein, Richard
Abstract :	Focuses on the controversy surrounding bilingual education. The arguments of proponents and opponents of bilingual education; The history of bilingual education; The mixed findings on bilingual education.

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:  .  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 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 2.      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. 5.      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