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Hendrik Meijer Library Orientation
• Information literacy
• Finding books
• Finding journals, magazines & newspapers
• Finding additional sources
• Finding Internet sources
Information Literacy
• Recognize the information need
• Find the information
• Evaluate the information
• Use the information effectively/responsibly
• Reassess the need
Finding the Information
Choose the sources
Current information? Books vs. magazines
Scholarly research? Journals vs. magazines
Print? Indexes to print sources
Develop Search Strategy
• Use synonyms– cars or automobiles or autos
• Use Boolean AND, OR, NOT– (cars or automobiles) and design
• Use stem searching– computer$ or computer*– will find computer, computerization, computerized, etc.
• Field searching– keyword– subject– author
Library Research Through MCC Website:
• http://www.muskegoncc.edu
• http://www.muskegoncc.edu/library
Note Call Numbers.
HV = Criminology Section
KF= Law Section
QP= Physiology Section
RM= Medical Section
Questions about WebCat?
WebCat:
• Use to find books, videos, CDs, DVDs
• Use to find instructors’ reserve materials
• Magazine, journal & newspaper articles are NOT located in WebCat
Finding Digital Books
• Many different databases of digital books
• May search through full text, keywords
• Approximately 24,000 books available
Ebsco ebooks
Oxford Reference
Safari Tech
Finding magazine or newspaper articles
• Use FirstSearch, InfoTrac, LexisNexis, EbscoHost or New York Times
• Google is not the best source to locate published research articles
Of the 4804 articles, 44 are on the
causes ofschool violence
Click on“Causes of”to see the 44 articles
Periodical DatabasesInfoTrac, FirstSearch, LexisNexis
• Use to find high-quality journal, magazine and newspaper articles
• Up-to-date and comprehensive
• If you find little with a subject search, try a keyword search
In addition to books and the magazine, journal and newspaper databases, we have some excellent
databases containing reports and other specialized information.
Two of these that are most helpful to students for research papers are:
Opposing Viewpoints (InfoTrac)and
CQ Researcher (CQ Electronic Library)
Find databases byyour subject area
“Periodical lists” is used to find a specific magazine,journal or newspaper by
its title.
Internet Searching
• Subject catalogs (mel.org, lii.org)
• Search engines (google.com, yahoo.com)
• Evaluate
Evaluating the Information
• Authority – What are the credentials?
• Accuracy – Facts? Data? Misspellings?
• Objectivity – Bias?
• Coverage – What is missing?
• Currency – Up-to-Date?
Fall/Winter Hourshttp://www.muskegoncc.edu/library
• Monday – Thursday 7:30 am to 10:00 pm• Friday 7:30 am to 4:30 pm• Saturday Closed • Sunday 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Library : 231-777-0269Circulation Desk : 231-777-0270Reference Desk : 231-777-0326
Spring/Summer Session Hours
http://www.muskegoncc.edu/library• Monday – Thursday 7:30 am to 9:00 pm• Friday 7:30 am to 4:30 pm• Sunday 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Library : 231-777-0269Circulation Desk : 231-777-0270Reference Desk : 231-777-0326