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1 Knowledge is Empowerment SEARCH JSTOR LANGUAGE & LITERATURE and ART & SCIENCE

2 Knowledge is Empowerment JSTOR: Language & Literature and Art & Science JSTOR is a multidisciplinary database and a great source if you are searching for articles in history, anthropology, language, literature, art and science. More than 150 journals full text are indexed.

3 Knowledge is Empowerment First, let’s learn the steps to access USU databases: please go to our site http://www.usuniversity.edu and select Library. Click on Full Text Database General Studies. Scroll down and select JSTOR. Login. Things to remember: – Ask for JSTOR access – Register first (login) – Search only terms, nouns, keywords, dates, authors – Use quotations to search 2 or more words: “code of ethics”, “critical thinking” – The citation is not in APA format Ask the USU librarian for ID & Password. From your USU email to clopez@usuniversity.edu

4 Knowledge is Empowerment Instructions: Use of quotations Check “Only content I can access” Check “Relevance” or “Newest” Things to remember: Ask for JSTOR access Register first (log in) Search only terms, nouns, keywords, dates, authors Check “Only content I can access The citation is not in APA format

5 Knowledge is Empowerment JSTOR is a multidisciplinary database and a great source if you are searching for articles in history, anthropology, language, literature, art or science. More than 150 journals full text are indexed. To save Citations, Journals Alerts, Search Alerts, please register in My for my JSTOR To e-mail citations, first select the articles and then click the e-mail icon

6 Knowledge is Empowerment Search for “writing essays.” From the quantity of the results, you may limit them to “WRITING ESSAYS” and “UNITED STATES”. Remember: Select the newest articles Content I can access Download PDF

7 Knowledge is Empowerment You have the options to download the PDF or read online

8 Knowledge is Empowerment By selecting the first author, you retrieved all the works JESSICA ENOCH has done

9 Knowledge is Empowerment By selecting the article and “export,” you retrieved the citation data. It is not in APA format. Where can I find APA materials? From the USU Home page http://www.usuniversity.edu/?page_id=440http://www.usuniversity.edu/?page_id=440 go to Tutorials http://www.usuniversity.edu/library/database-tutorials/http://www.usuniversity.edu/library/database-tutorials/ Select US University Guide to APA Style emphasis in electronic sourcesUS University Guide to APA Style emphasis in electronic sources From other sources: APA: http://www.apastyle.org/learn/index.aspxhttp://www.apastyle.org/learn/index.aspx From Home page, upper right select the following link Login Area And select Smarthinking: Smarthinking, please request the password from Emily Munic emunic@usuniversity.eduLogin AreaSmarthinking emunic@usuniversity.edu OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ The Writer’s Handbook: http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocAPAOrientation.htmlhttp://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocAPAOrientation.html APA Style 6 th. Ed. Overview: http://www.csun.edu/plunk/apa.pdfhttp://www.csun.edu/plunk/apa.pdf

10 Knowledge is Empowerment Thank you for taking the time to learn! Let me know if you have more questions M.L.S Catalina Lopez clopez@usuniversity.edu (619) 477 6310 ext. 2017


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