This presentation is designed to introduce grade 7 students to the services and resources available at the Hamilton Public Library with a focus on research.
2. Your
Library
Card
Every person who lives, works or goes
to school in Hamilton has the right to
their own Hamilton Public Library card.
Your library card is your key to:
• Borrowing from the library
• Accessing online resources
• Digital Audio Books
• free internet access
12. ... and select the branch
where you will pick up
your item.
13. Catalo • Enter the item’s exact title if
gue
Tips you know it. For example: Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince
14. Catalo • Enter the item’s exact title if
gue
Tips you know it. For example: Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince
• If you know the author’s full
name, type the last name first:
Cabot, Meg
15. Catalo • Enter the item’s exact title if
gue
Tips you know it. For example: Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince
• If you know the author’s full
name, type the last name first:
Cabot, Meg
• If you are not sure of the exact author ,
title or subject heading use an Any Keyword
search.
16. Catalo • Enter the item’s exact title if
gue
Tips you know it. For example: Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince
• If you know the author’s full
name, type the last name first:
Cabot, Meg
• If you are not sure of the exact author ,
title or subject heading use an Any Keyword
search.
• combine keywords with formats, such as DVD,
video, and cd-rom.
17. Looking for
Newspaper,
magazine, or
encyclopedia
articles?
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Use the library’s online
database subscriptions
to find:
Magazines - newspapers - Local information
Pictures - maps - Videos
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27. You can’t believe everything
you read online!
Who is the author?
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Are the facts correct?
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Is the website trying to sell something?
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When was the site last updated?
•
Beware of plagiarism!
Find help and cite all of your sources:
www.hpl.ca/Teens/TeenGothomework.htm#copyright