2. What you’ll learn… Discover library subject guides Evaluate web resources Find fulltext fast Save search results Plan to attend a full workshop
3. Subject guides Group together information for subjects Unique and descriptive guide for each subject Created by the HVCC librarians Library liaison program Subject Guides:What are they?
6. Assist students: Lead students to databases, books and websites for subjects Databases are subject specific Books are newest material in the library Websites have been evaluated by the librarian Can create a jumping off places for students to begin their research 24/7 access Assist faculty: Excellent for online teaching Can be added into BlackBoard using the external link feature Why use them?
7. Digital Library Workshops in a Nutshell A guide for our workshop! Tabs for each topic of discussion Basics of each guide Introduction – library liaison Articles/Journals Books Websites Additional tabs Ebooks, videos, RSS feeds, statistics, etc. Let’s look at a few:
8. English Composition Controversial Topics Biography Primary Sources ______________________________ Check out the guide for your subject area! Special Interest Guides
9. What you’ll learn in the next 20 minutes… Use the Library Journals List to determine if an article is available from the library Find it in print Find it in a database Request it from interlibrary loan if not available Find an article when searching a database Find it as a PDF/HTML file Find it if it is in another database Request it from interlibrary loan if not available
10. I have a few article citations.Can I get the articles from the library? “Do cell phones cause cancer?” American Journal of Nursing; Sep 2010, Vol. 110 Issue 9; p14-15 “Obesity Summer Camp Makes Biotechnology Practical for High School Seniors” Community College Week; 8/15/2005, Vol. 17 Issue 27, p16 “Biotechnology: a comprehensive training guide for the biotechnology industry.” Sci-tech news; Nov2009, Vol. 63 Issue 4, p53
12. Finding Full-text FastPRINT Journals Example of a journal in PRINT: American Journal of Nursing Print journals are located on the lower level of the library Lift the display shelf to find additional issues
13. Finding Full-text FastELECTRONIC Journals Example of an ELECTRONIC journal: Community College Week Click on one of the databases where this journal is available
21. The article you seek isn’t in the database you are using…What next? ASC nanotechnology Academic Onefile Homelessness and teenagers
22. The article you seek isn’t in the database you are using…What next? Click this icon to see if the article is available fulltext in ANOTHER database. It often is!
23. Links directly to the article in another database… The full-text from ProQuest Wall Street Journal was reached from Academic Search Complete
24. Only the abstract is available from Academic OneFile… Click on the icon to Search for Article and…
25. Links directly to the article in another database… The full-text from Science Direct was reached from Academic OneFile
26. Follow the link to “Check for Full Text” or “Search for article”! These links make connections between the databases so the full text from one databases is seamlessly reached from the search results of another database!
29. Requests for articles through interlibrary loan May arrive in as little as one business day (sometimes hours!) Are delivered to your desktop through your ILL account Are described in more detail in another workshop
33. BAD NEWS:The URLs to library databases must be modified to include the proxy server
34. BAD NEWS:The URLs to library databases must be modified to include the proxy server GOOD NEWS:There’s an app for that!
35. URL Generator Converts URLs to proxied versions Available from G:/library/hazard folder Not perfect In two flavors: For general use (campus web pages, other external websites) For Blackboard use
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39. Since students have already logged into Blackboard, this URL allows the student to go directly to the database without another logon. Seamless access!
40. Customized search results Options to save search results, automate searching on saved search strategy, receive alerts for tables of contents for selected journals Available anytime, anywhere Make effective use of your time in the library or online Each system requires a separate account
42. Save search strategy for alerts on a topic of interest Locate articles on cell phones in the classroom: (SU: cell phones OR text messages) AND SU: classroom management In either Academic Search Complete or Education Research Complete databases Mead, M. N. (2008, Summer). Strong Signal for Cell Phone Effects. Photograph. Environmental Health Perspectives, 116(10), 424. Retrieved February 1, 2010 from Academic Search Complete database.
47. What’s next? Email! EBSCOhost Alert Notification To:b.hazard@hvcc.eduSubject: Managing cell phones in the classroom (ASC and ERC) The information below provides links to the 02/03/2010 10:50:33 PM Alert run for "SU ( cellular telephones or text messages ) and SU classroom management on 2010-02-01 12:30 PM" on the Education Research Complete, Academic Search Complete database with 2 hit(s). Following the links below will bring you to the start of the article or citation. Alert Run Date: 02/03/2010 10:50:33 PMAlert Name: SU ( cellular telephones or text messages ) and SU classroom management on 2010-02-01 12:30 PMDatabase: Education Research Complete, Academic Search CompleteNumber of Hits: 2RSS Feed:http://rss.ebscohost.com/AlertSyndicationService/Syndication.asmx/GetFeed?guid=2306714 Record Results 1. Headteachers call for review of classroom ban on mobiles. Education (14637073), 10/16/2009, Issue 369, p5-5, 1/5p; (AN 44881645)http://proxy.hvcc.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=44881645&site=ehost-live 2. Mobile phones in the Classroom: If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them. By: Scornavacca, Eusebio; Huff, Sid; Marshall, Stephen. Communications of the ACM, Apr2009, Vol. 52 Issue 4, p142-146, 5p, 1 chart, 1 diagram, 1 graph, 1 color; (AN 37295796)http://proxy.hvcc.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=37295796&site=ehost-live E-mail Disclaimer: This e-mail was generated by EBSCOhost Research Databases for Brenda Hazard. Neither EBSCO nor the institution from which Brenda Hazard created this e-mail are responsible for the content of this e-mail.
48. Ask a librarian… To determine which research database includes a journal either full-text online or indexed only To form an effective search strategy for your research topic To brainstorm how to use alerts with your students
49. Saving Citations Save citations to a folder Also copy and paste citations in a certain style from the databases to Word Let’s see how it works!
51. Saving citations Cut and paste citation into a Word document Finder, A. (2007, November 20). Decline of the Tenure Track Raises Concerns at Colleges. New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved from EBSCOhost..
52. Comparison of APA citation format across databases Title: “Decline of the tenure track raises concerns at colleges” Author: Alan Finder Publication: New York Times Date: November 20, 2007
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Articles/Journals – Anne discussed our databases – here are links to them the ones that match that subjectWebsites – Sue discussed website evaluation – here are evaluated websites for that subject / website evaluation criteria as Sue discussed some .orgs are not good websites even though an organization put them together / be careful when limiting to these particular sitesBasics – AutomotiveAdditional tabs – Ebraryebook collection that Anne mentioned – working on adding ebooks to guidesRSS feeds – current issues of prominent journals in that subject field – get an idea of what’s happening in the field – students / faculty – keeping up to dateAdditional tabs – Psychology, Dental Hygiene, Sociology
There are many different ways to save citations from the library’s databases. Here is one example using the EBSCO databases – Newspaper source plus
Copy and paste citation into your document
Notice the difference in citations:EBSCO: Closest to the originalGale: Date is different, Retrieved date, urlProquest: Author is first name last name, Again retrieved date, other additional informationOld fashioned way: done manually