Chambers Library

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English Composition

Tonya L HoltReference & Instruction Librarian

Library Resources

(Find Articles) Databases Search for articles in periodicals (journals,

magazines and newspapers)

(Find Books) UCO Catalog Search for materials located in our library

(books, DVD’s, government publications, etc.)

Databases

Search for articles in periodicals Paid subscriptions not available on the

internet Accessible on and off campus

Login ScreenLogin Screen:: Appears when you click on a database off campus

Jane Student’s UCOnnect ID is jstudent

Jane’s birth date is June 17th, 1987. Her default PIN is 061787.

Asterisks (*) will appear when you type your PIN

Remote Access

Academic Search PremierFind Articles (Databases) > Academic Search Premier

Largest databases covering many disciplines Contains articles from journals, newspapers

and magazines One of many EBSCOhost Databases

Effective Searching

Topic Does fast food cause obesity in children?

Think of keywords to describe your topic Fast food Obesity or overweight Children

Combine keywords for best results

Boolean Operators

Use and to narrow your search Fast food and obesity and children Fast food and overweight and children

Use or to combine synonyms to broaden your search Obesity or overweight

Combine strategies and nest terms in parentheses for specific results Fast food and (obesity or overweight) and

children

Truncation

Truncate keywords with an asterisk * for alternate endings

Obes* -e -ity

Child* -ren -hood -’s

Pro/Con Databases Find Articles (Databases) > Current Events >

CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly) Unbiased coverage of political and social

issues Opposing Viewpoints

Offers different opinions on social issues Also available in books

Catalogs

Catalog does not search for articles UCO Library Catalog

Search for materials located in our library (books, government documents, DVD’s, CD’s etc.)

WorldCat Search for materials in 54,000 libraries worldwide