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1 Introduction to the Library’s GoCat and Online Databases Dr. Jun Wang Principal Librarian Professor of Library and Information Studies 1

2 2 Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu Click here to conduct a catalog search to find books and AV materials

3 3 GoCat Locate Books & AV Materials in GoCat

4 4 How to Locate Books & AV Materials Click on the title to display the detailed record Identify the key elements for your citation, expanded subject searches, and the availability information. GoCat Locate Books & AV Materials in GoCat

5 5 Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu Click here to conduct a catalog search to find books and AV materials Click here to conduct a database search to find peer-reviewed research articles.

6 6 Introduction to Opposing Viewpoints in Context

7 7 Find Literary Criticism on Dr. Jekyll from Literature Resource Center

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10 Works Cited Rago, Jane V. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A 'Men's Narrative' of Hysteria and Containment." Robert Louis Stevenson, Writer of Boundaries. Ed. Richard Ambrosini and Richard Dury. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. 275-285. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Jelena O. Krstovic. Vol. 126. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Literature Resource Center. Web. 12 Nov. 2014. 10 Find and Tweak the Embedded Citation from Literature Resource Center

11 A Robust Collection of Online Databases 11 Meta Database

12 12 1 4 2 3 Find Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals from GoElectronic Meta Database

13 13 Find Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals from GoElectronic Meta Database Display the Detailed Record

14 14 GoElectronic Detailed Record & Tools from GoElectronic

15 Display the Full-Text Search Result 15

16 Works Cited Danahy, Martin. “Dr. Jekyll’s Two Bodies." Nineteenth-Century Contexts 35.1 (2013): 23-40. Academic Search Premier. Web. 12 Nov. 2014. 16 Find and Tweak the Embedded Citation Copy and paste the citation in your Works Cited page of your paper and tweak it using the MLA Citation Guide at.

17 Boolean Logic Searches: Boolean Operators: And Or Not Boolean Search Threads: 1.(motives or ethics) and “scientific curiosity” and (doctor or scientist) 2.Loyalty and law and “Victorian Era” 3.Conscience and “dual personality” and “human condiction” 17 Keyword/Phrase Searches in GoElectronic

18 Gauging Your Learning Outcome 1.How to log on to SJDC library’s online databases on and off campus? 2.How to conduct a keyword/phrase search in Literature Resource Center and GoElectronic to find academic research articles from journals? 3.How to limit your search results to Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) publications/Academic Journals? 4.How to limit your search to publication dates? 5.How to evaluate retrieved sources and save or e-mail or print the sources? 6.Would you be able to locate an embedded citation for your retrieved source in the online databases? 7.Would you be able to cite and tweak your retrieved sources in MLA style? 8.Where can you go to find the Citation Guides? 18 Student Library


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