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Title: An Introduction to Science Resource Center


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An Introduction to Science Resource Center
  • Dr. Jun Wang
  • Delta College Library

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Expected Learning Outcomes
  • Be able to locate Science Resource Center from
    Delta College Library web page
  • Understand the characteristics and the search
    options of the database
  • Be able to conduct a topic or keyword search and
    locate needed scientific information
  • Be able to narrow the search from magazines,
    journals, and newspapers
  • Be able to evaluate, print, e-mail, and cite the
    retrieved sources

3
Librarys Home Page
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Database Overview
Database Overview
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Topic Overview
Play the audio
6
Click here to find research articles from
professional publications
Topic Overviews
Play the audio
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3
Click on Search
1
Type in a specific search term
Select a search option from the dropdown menu.
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Click on Narrow to find subheadings
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  • Select a subdivision
  • Click on the title link to
  • read the full-text article

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Elements for the source citation
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Go to the website to find MLA examples
  • Please note The following sample citations from
    Gale need to be tweaked.
  • Use double space between lines
  • Indent the second and forthcoming lines within
    each citation
  • Keep only the main URL lthttp//galenet.galegroup.c
    omgt before the first
  • single forward slash followed by a period.

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Tweaked Citation
If there are more than three authors, you may
list the first authors name, followed by et al.
Or, you may list all authors names. Reverse
only the first authors name.
  • Hannah, Elizabeth L., et al. Drug-Resistant
    Escherichia
  • Coli, Rural Idaho. Emerging Infectious
    Diseases 
  • 11.10 (2005) 1614. Science Resource Center.
  • Gale. Cengage Learning. San Joaquin Delta
    College
  • Library, Stockton, CA. 17 April 2009
  • lthttp//galenet.galegroup.comgt.

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Tweaked Citation(with all authors)
  • Hannah, Elizabeth L., Frederick J. Angulo, James
    R.
  • Johnson, Bassam Haddadin, Jacquelyn Williamson,
  • and Matthew H. Samore. Drug-Resistant
  • Escherichia Coli, Rural Idaho. Emerging
    Infectious
  • Diseases 11.10 (2005) 1614. Science Resource
  • Center. Gale. Cengage Learning. San Joaquin
    Delta
  • College Library, Stockton, CA. 17 April 2009
  • lthttp//galenet.galegroup.comgt.

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Citing Electronic Resources MLA Style
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Assessing Your Learning Outcomes
  • Where do you go to find Science Resource Center?
  • What are some of the characteristics of the
    database?
  • Given a topic, such as Escherichia Coli, how
    would you conduct a search and locate needed
    scientific information from the database?
  • Would you be able to narrow your search to
    subtopics within a broad subject in magazine,
    journal, and newspaper articles?
  • How do you print, e-mail, and cite the retrieved
    sources?

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