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Find Books & Scholarly Research Articles from the Library
Dr. Jun WangProfessor of Library & Information Studies
Coordinator of Bibliographic Instruction and Information Literacy
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Student Learning Outcome1. Be able to get on Delta College Library’s website and search the library
catalog and the subscription online Databases on and off campus2. Understand the functions of the library catalog and online databases3. Be able to find books on selected topics in the library catalog4. Be able to conduct a Boolean keyword search in PowerSearch and Ethnic
NewsWatch to find electronic reference books academic research articles5. Be able to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in MLA style
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Library’s Home Page:http://library.deltacollege.edu
Click here to conduct Catalog or Online Database searches
Find Books on Specific Topics
Conduct a Boolean
logic keyword
search using AND and
OR
A chapter from a book
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Use Boolean logic operators, such as AND and OR to conduct an effective keyword search
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• Disregard the Document URL• Check the MLA Citation Guide at
http://www.deltacollege.edu/dept/library/IC/mla.html
• Tweak the Citation if necessary
Conduct a Boolean logic Keyword Search in the database
Wendt, Doug. “Music Is the Weapon of the Present.” The Beat 1990: 15+. Ethnic
NewsWatch. Web. 14 Aug. 2012.
Tweak the citation using the MLA Citation Guide
MLA Citation Guide at <http://www.deltacollege.edu/dept/library/IC/mla.html>
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Student
Gauging Your Learning Outcome1. How to get on the library’s catalog and subscription online
Databases on and off the campus?2. What are the functions of the library catalog and online
databases?3. How to search for books from the library catalog?4. How to conduct a Boolean keyword search in PowerSearch
and Ethnic NewsWatch to find electronic reference books academic research articles?
5. How to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in MLA Style?
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