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Digital Library Workshop
(the Nutshell version)
Cindy Koman and Brenda HazardFaculty Workshop Day 2011
What you’ll learn…
• Discover library subject guides• Evaluate web resources• Find fulltext fast• Save search results• Plan to attend a full workshop
• 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?
Where are they?
Where are they?
• 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?
• 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:
• English Composition• Controversial Topics• Biography• Primary Sources
______________________________• Check out the guide for your subject area!
Special Interest Guides
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
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
Use the Library Journals Listweb page
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
Finding Full-text FastELECTRONIC Journals
• Example of an ELECTRONIC journal:– Community College Week
– Click on one of the databases where this journal is available
Finding Full-text FastELECTRONIC JOURNALSIf not available, request through
interlibrary loan
Finding full-text from within the results of research databases
Some databases ONLY include full-text. Those are easy!
Finding full-text from within the results of research databases
Most databases include full-text for only some articles and abstracts for others.
Articles may be available from within the database you are searching…
Articles may be available from within the database you are searching…
Articles may be available from within the database you are searching…
It’s easy: Just click the link for full text!
The article you seek isn’t in the database you are using…
What next?
Academic OnefileHomelessness and teenagers
ASC nanotechnology
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!
Links directly to the article in another database…
The full-text from ProQuest Wall Street Journal was reached from Academic Search Complete
Only the abstract is available from Academic OneFile…
Click on the icon to Search for Article and…
Links directly to the article in another database…
The full-text from Science Direct was reached from Academic OneFile
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!
When full-text is not available…
Request through Interlibrary Loan
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
Send students directly to a library resource within Blackboard
Send students directly to a library resource within Blackboard
Library research databasesare the equivalent of
“pay-per-view” or “premium channel” web resources
BAD NEWS:The URLs to library databases must be modified to include the proxy server
BAD NEWS:The URLs to library databases must be modified to include the proxy server
GOOD NEWS:There’s an app for that!
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
URL Generator* for HVCC
In the yellow box below, enter the stable or persistent URL of the article found in a research database:
From the pink box below, copy the URL and paste for use in email or non-Blackbd apps
From the green box below, copy the URL and paste in Blackboard applications:
URL Generator* for HVCC
In the yellow box below, enter the stable or persistent URL of the article found in a research database:http://proxy.hvcc.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=23647495&site=ehost-live
From the pink box below, copy the URL and paste for use in email or non-Blackbd apps
From the green box below, copy the URL and paste in Blackboard applications:
URL Generator* for HVCC
In the yellow box below, enter the stable or persistent URL of the article found in a research database:http://proxy.hvcc.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=23647495&site=ehost-live
From the pink box below, copy the URL and paste for use in email or non-Blackbd appshttp://proxy.hvcc.edu:2048/login?auth=shibboleth&url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=23647495&site=ehost-live
From the green box below, copy the URL and paste in Blackboard applications:http://proxy.hvcc.edu:2048/login?auth=bbprod&url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=23647495&site=ehost-live
URL Generator* for HVCC
In the yellow box below, enter the stable or persistent URL of the article found in a research database:http://proxy.hvcc.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=23647495&site=ehost-live
From the pink box below, copy the URL and paste for use in email or non-Blackbd appshttp://proxy.hvcc.edu:2048/login?auth=shibboleth&url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=23647495&site=ehost-live
From the green box below, copy the URL and paste in Blackboard applications:http://proxy.hvcc.edu:2048/login?auth=bbprod&url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=23647495&site=ehost-live
Since students have already logged into Blackboard, this URL allows the student to go directly to the database without another logon. Seamless access!
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
Create a My EBSCOhost account
Save search strategy for alerts on a topic of interest
Locate articles on cell phones in the classroom:
(SU: cell phonesOR text messages)ANDSU: classroom managementIn 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.
Save search alerts for journals available in print or online
What’s next? Email!
• EBSCOhost Alert Notification • To: [email protected]: 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: 2
RSS 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.
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
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!
Saving citations
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..
Title: “Decline of the tenure track raises concerns at colleges”Author: Alan FinderPublication: New York TimesDate: November 20, 2007
Comparison of APA citation format across databases
DATABASE Citation returnedEBSCO Finder, A. (2007, November 20). Decline of the Tenure Track Raises
Concerns at Colleges. New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved from
EBSCOhost..GALE Finder, A. (Nov 20, 2007). Decline of the Tenure Track Raises Concerns
at Colleges. The New York Times, 157, 54134. p.A1(L). Retrieved January 28, 2011, from Academic OneFile via Gale:http://find.galegroup.com/gtx/start.do?prodId=AONE&userGroupName=hvcc
ProQuest’s New York Times Historical.
ALAN FINDER. (2007, November 20). Decline of the Tenure Track Raises
Concerns at Colleges. New York Times (1923-Current file),A1. Retrieved
January 28, 2011, from ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York
Times (1851 - 2007). (Document ID: 1984443742).The old-fashioned way Finder, A. (2007, November 20). Decline of the tenure track raises
concerns at colleges. New York Times, p. A1.
