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1 Introduction to the Library’s Online Catalog 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 Click on the title to display the item info Conduct a keyword Search in GoCat to find books and AV materials

4 4 Display Detailed Record from GoCat

5 5 Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu Click here to conduct a database search to find opposing viewpoints articles. Introduction to Opposing Viewpoints in Context

6 6 Click Browse Issues to find a list of controversial issues Click hot issues under the following categories

7 7 Choose a Hot Topic from Opposing Viewpoints in Context Select a topic from the list.

8 8 Display Information on Your Topic Objective Topic Overview

9 9 Conduct a Keyword Search

10 Works Cited “Illegal Immigrants.” Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2015. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 22 Sept. 2015. 10 Display & Tweak the Citation in MLA Style

11 11 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. “illegal immigration”

12 12 Click on the title to display the detailed record and citation tools Using the Citation Tool from GoElectronic Meta Database

13 13 Tools from a Detailed Record in GoElectronic Meta Database

14 14 Find Citation Tool from the Full-Text Article in GoElectronic Meta Database

15 15 Works Cited Djajić, Slobodan, and Michael S. Michael. "Controlling Illegal Immigration: On the Scope for Cooperation with a Transit Country." Review of International Economics 22.4 (2014): 808-824. Business Source Elite. Web. 22 Sept. 2015. Copy and paste the citation in your Works Cited page of your paper and tweak it using the APA Citation Guide at. Find and Tweak the Embedded APA Citation from GoElectronic Meta Database

16 Gauging Your Learning Outcome 1.How to log on to SJDC library’s online databases on and off campus? 2.How to find full-text, scholarly (peer-reviewed) journal articles online? 3.How to find hot topics from Opposing Viewpoints in Context? 4.How to conduct a keyword/phrase search on a chosen topic in Opposing Viewpoints in Context and GoElectronic to find academic research articles from journals? 5.How to limit your search results and evaluate retrieved sources that are pertinent to your topic and save or e-mail or print the sources? 6.Having chosen a topic, would you be able to cite and tweak your retrieved sources in MLA style? 7.Where can you go to find the Citation Guides? 16 Student Library


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