ENG 102 Library Instruction Ning Zou :: Reference & Instruction Librarian

Outline Finding Books and Journal Articles (30 minutes) –How to find books using eQuest – library’s online catalog –How to find and loan books that we don’t have - - WorldCat –How to find journal articles using Academic Search Premier –Web evaluation Post-test (15 minutes) Practice makes perfect (30 minutes)

Finding books using eQuest eQuest – Library’s online catalog –Books –Government documents –Videos –And more Library’s tutorial on How to find books [

Finding books using WorldCat Covers books and other materials in libraries worldwide Is available both on-campus and off- campus through OCLC FirstSearch General database

Interlibrary loan service (It’s free!) Search WorldCat to find the materials you need Fill out the online ILL form –Go to library’s homepage –Click the Interlibrary Loan link under Services –Click the Logon to ILLiad link –Follow the first time user instruction –ILL usually takes a week or so –Come pick up your loaned material at the circulation desk in Crabbe Library after you receive an notification (please bring your student ID)

Finding journal articles using library databases Academic Search Premier Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center CQ Researcher Newsbank Library’s tutorial on How to use Academic Search Premier [

Searching tips Combine keyword and subject search Use synonyms and use OR to combine all the synonyms Use “ “ when search a phrase Use * to truncate words with same root (sleep* = sleep, sleeping, etc.) Start with a broad search and narrow down your search results by adding more specific topics

Keywords you can use for your topics Sleep and “human beings” Sleep and “brain activities” Sleep* and aid* and children

Web evaluation Anybody who has a computer, internet connection, and a web host can publish a webpage (from1 st grader and above perhaps) Refer to the web evaluation handout and evaluate the information you retrieved from the internet

Post-test Please follow the instruction to the ENG 102 Information Literacy Post-test –Go to the library’s homepage –Click Library Instruction under Services –Click the ENG 102 Information Literacy Post-test

Getting Help Reference desk –One on one help with your assignment, research paper, and any reference questions By appointment –Call me: – me: IM us –Screen name: ekulibraries –The Instant help widget button on the Find Articles page