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Resources Available at the Library: Speech 1 (Khan)

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

Telecommunication – Law & legislation Telecommunication policy--United States. Internet--Government policy--United States. Broadband communication systems Telephone companies Internet Internet – Law & legislation Internet fraud Internet & teenagers Internet users Computer networks Privacy

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/4m3vs

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)

Encyclopedia of Psychology	Reference:  BF31 .E52 2000
Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology and Counseling	Reference:  BF31 .B25 1999
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science	Reference:  BF31 .C8263 2001
Encyclopedia of American Education	Reference:  LB17 .U54 1996
CQ Researcher	Index at Ref. Desk.  Reference: H35 E35
FACTS.com Issues & Controversies	Click on link from online handout or Articles page
Statistical Abstract of the United States	Reference Desk: HA202 U58 S7 2002
Encyclopedia of Associations	Reference Desk: HS17 .G334 2004
International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family	Reference: HQ9 .E52 2003
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America	Reference: E184.A1 G14 1995
Reference Books on Ethnic Groups in the U.S. (Mostly under Call Numbers that Begin with E84)	E84—Find titles such as Reference Library of Asian America, Hispanic American Almanac, etc.

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.  For example, a student created an otherwise decent page on the literary author, Toni Morrison, but she linked to a web page that purported to be a research site on Martin Luther King that turned out to be a racist web site from a white supremacy group!  Clearly she did not take the time to evaluate the web sites she selected, carefully.   The Library has an effective web evaluation checklist available at:  http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/evaluation.html

Speech Web Resources      http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/subjectindex/Speech.htm
Created by the Library, this site leads you to databases, journals, web research guides, reference books, and other resources to finding topics to give a speech as well as techniques on how to improve performance in public speaking.

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

Librarians’ Internet Index http://lii.org	INFOMINE http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Resources by Subject http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/subjectindex/	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/

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