Find Scholarly Research Articles from the Library

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Find Scholarly Research Articles from the
Library Dr. Jun Wang Professor of Library
Information Studies Coordinator of Bibliographic
Instruction and Information Literacy
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Student
Library

• Student Learning Outcome
• Be able to get on Delta College Librarys website
  and log on to the subscription online Databases
  on and off the campus
• Understand the functions of the online databases
• Be able to conduct a Boolean keyword search in
  Jstore and PowerSearch
• Be able to find peer-reviewed, academic research
  articles
• Be able to evaluate and cite the retrieved
  sources in MLA/CSE style

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Click here to conduct a catalog search to find
books and AV materials
Click here to conduct a database search to find
peer-reviewed research articles.
Librarys Home Page http//library.deltacollege.e
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• Conduct an Effective Keyword Search
• Identify keywords for the search
• Use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to thread
  your keywords together
• Limit your search to full-text articles and
  peer-reviewed publications

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• Click on the title link to display the full-text
  article
• Evaluate the source to see whether it is a
  research article
• Word Count serves as a clue that this is too
  brief to be a research article

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Works Cited Braun, Claude M. J., et al. Does
So-Called Interhemispheric Transfer Time Depend
on Attention? American Journal of
Psychology 108.4 (1995) 527. General
OneFile. Web. 15 Oct. 2012.
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Use Citation Guides to facilitate your source
citations.
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How to Cite the Source in CSE?

• Bibliography
• Braun, Claude M. J., et al. Does so-called
• interhemispheric transfer time depend on
  attention? American Journal of Psychology
  108.4 (1995) 527. Available from
  http//go.galegroup.com
• In-Text(Braun et al. 1995)

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• Use Boolean operator(s) for an effective keyword
  search
• Use quotation marks around a phrase

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How to Cite the Source in MLA?
Works Cited Anderson, Stephen J., Noriko
Yasmagishi, and Vivian Karavia. Attentional
Processes Link Perception and Action.
Proceedings Biological Sciences 269.1497
(2002) 1225-1232 . JSTORE. Web. 15 Oct. 2012.

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How to Cite the Source in CSE?

• BibliographyAnderson, Stephen J., Noriko
  Yasmagishi, and Vivian Karavia. 2002.
  Attentional processes link perception
• and Action. Proceedings Biological
  Sciences
• 269.1497 (2002) 1225-1232 .
  Available from
• http//www.jstor.org
• In-Text(Anderson et al. 2002)

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More Boolean Logic Keyword Searches
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Student
Library

• Gauging Your Learning Outcome
• How to log on to the librarys subscription
  online Databases on and off the campus?
• What are the functions of the online databases?
• How to conduct a Boolean keyword search in Jstore
  and PowerSearch?
• How to find peer-reviewed, academic research
  articles?
• How to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in
  MLA/CSE Style?