ENG 102 Library Instruction

Ning Zou :: Reference & Instruction Librarian

Outline

• Finding Books and Journal Articles (30 minutes)– How to find books using eQuest – library’s

online catalog– How to find and loan books that we don’t have

-- WorldCat– How to find journal articles using Academic

Search Premier– Web evaluation

• Post-test (15 minutes)• Practice makes perfect (30 minutes)

Finding books using eQuest

• eQuest – Library’s online catalog– Books– Government documents– Videos– And more

Library’s tutorial on How to find books [http://www.library.eku.edu/tutorials]

Finding books using WorldCat

• Covers books and other materials in libraries worldwide

• Is available both on-campus and off-campus through OCLC FirstSearch General database

Interlibrary loan service (It’s free!)

• Search WorldCat to find the materials you need

• Fill out the online ILL form– Go to library’s homepage www.library.eku.edu– Click the Interlibrary Loan link under Services– Click the Logon to ILLiad link– Follow the first time user instruction– ILL usually takes a week or so– Come pick up your loaned material at the circulation

desk in Crabbe Library after you receive an email notification (please bring your student ID)

Finding journal articles using library databases

• Academic Search Premier• Opposing Viewpoints Resource

Center• CQ Researcher • Newsbank

Library’s tutorial on How to use Academic Search Premier [http://www.library.eku.edu/tutorials]

Searching tips

• Combine keyword and subject search• Use synonyms and use OR to combine

all the synonyms• Use “ “ when search a phrase• Use * to truncate words with same

root (sleep* = sleep, sleeping, etc.)• Start with a broad search and narrow

down your search results by adding more specific topics

Keywords you can use for your topics

• Sleep and “human beings”• Sleep and “brain activities”• Sleep* and aid* and children

Web evaluation

• Anybody who has a computer, internet connection, and a web host can publish a webpage (from1st grader and above perhaps)

• Refer to the web evaluation handoutand evaluate the information you retrieved from the internet

Post-test

• Please follow the instruction to the ENG 102 Information Literacy Post-test– Go to the library’s homepage– Click Library Instruction under Services– Click the ENG 102 Information Literacy

Post-test

Getting Help

• Reference desk– One on one help with your assignment,

research paper, and any reference questions• By appointment

– Call me: 859.622.3052– Email me: ning.zou@eku.edu

• IM us– Screen name: ekulibraries– The Instant help widget button on the Find

Articles page