ENG 1113 – Cantrell

Hello!

My name is Paul Stenis, and I taught your library instruction session on Friday, September 25th. Here’s a brief overview of what we covered with some links to jog your memory.

After narrowing our topic–the significance of clothing–we brainstormed keywords to use in several databases:

The Chambers Library Catalog: your portal to resources at the library (of course).

Academic Search Complete: a large EBSCO database that covers several subject areas.

SocIndex Full Text: another EBSCO database with a specific focus on Sociology.

In particular, we used Boolean operators, truncation, and quotation marks to keyword search with the terms “fashion,” “signifi*,” and “self-image.” We also noted that the truncation symbol in the catalog (?) is different than the one in EBSCO (*).

In the Library Catalog, we learned to limit our searches to the Reference Collection from the “Limit To:” drop down menu. This search yields good fact-based resources like subject encyclopedias.

In both the Library Catalog and EBSCO, we learned to limit our searches by subject heading.

Narrow your results by clicking a subject heading on the left-hand side.

If you have any questions about these or any other resources at the library, please feel free to Ask Us. We’re here to help!

Paul

English 1113 — Lindsay Dearinger

Welcome!

I am Ona Lou Britton, Reference/Instruction librarian at Chambers Library. Please consult this blog for assistance with Ms. Dearinger’s assignments.

Significance and Signifiers of Clothing

SocIndex — Articles on the impact of gender, ethnic, and economic factors.

Communication & Mass Media — Articles on communication, journalism, media, and related fields.

Business Source Complete — Articles and other publications from the business literature

Academic Search Complete — articles on a variety of topics for all reading levels

UCO Library Catalog — Searches for all the materials held at Chambers Library, including many materials about fashion.

Reference books to consider. These books are located in the Reference Collection on the 1st floor of the library.  Click on the links below for call numbers.

St. James encyclopedia of popular culture

Encyclopedia of clothing and fashion

Encyclopedia of American cultural and intellectual history

Adptation/Variation

Humanities International Complete –  Articles on all aspects of the humanities

Communication & Mass Media — Articles on communication,  journalism, media,  and related fields.

UCO Library Catalog — Searches for all the materials held at Chambers Library, including materials on adaptation theory.

Newspaper Op Ed Critique

Newspaper Source Plus — Full text of various newspapers, including Daily Oklahoman from 1997.

Oklahoman Archives — Full text of the Daily Oklahoma from 1901

Lexis Nexis News — Full text of news sources from around the country.

Handouts

The Basics library guide — Consult to review searching techniques, locations, call numbers, etc.

MLA Style Guide — Consult this guide for correct information on citing sources.

Need Help? Just Ask Us! for more assistance!

Prof. Chavis’ ENG 1113 Classes

Hello everyone!

Here is a brief recap of our class today.

The Basics Handout: http://library.uco.edu/instruction/basics2009.pdf

The MLA Handout: http://library.uco.edu/instruction/basics2009.pdf

When searching for articles–

Use the Find Articles (Databases) link on the left hand side of the library’s homepage.

From there, limit the databases by using the drop down box in the far right hand corner.

When searching for results in the databases, remember to use your Boolean operators—and, or, not.

You might consider the database Academic Search Premier to start your searches but remember there are 100s of other databases with good information!

Now, when searching for books concerning your topics—

Once again, visit the library’s homepage then click on the Find Books (UCO Catalog) link on the left hand side.

Once inside the catalog, use the same principles you used in the databases for searching— or, not, etc.

The ONE exception—when doing a truncated search in the catalog use a ? at the end of the word instead of an *

Example:

Truncated search in Academic Search Premier (a database)—drug* (for singular drug and plural drugs)

Truncated search in the UCO Catalog—game?

Interlibrary Loan

Need something that the library doesn’t own? Use Interlibrary Loan (ILL)!

First, if you haven’t already… Sign up for Interlibrary Loan by clicking here.

Secondly, filling out an ILL request is as simple as mud.

In the databases, when an article is not linked to or available for a particular citation, there will be a “Request this item through Interlibrary Loan” link. By simply clicking on this link and logging in, the fields to the article will automatically be filled.

When requesting a book through ILL, use a catalog such as WorldCat.

Search through WorldCat by title, author, or keyword. Once you have found a title that peaks your interest and it doesn’t appear available within our catalog. Click on the “Interlibrary Loan” link inside that book’s record in WorldCat and, once again, all fields will automatically fill themselves out.

I hope this helps and please do not hesitate to ask us for help with any of your research needs. Again, you can visit us on the first floor, call us (405-974-2878), email us, text or even chat with us.

See you around the library!
Amanda

Prof. Hazzard’s COM 1113 Class

Databases discussed in class: 

CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly) – Online reference work containing non-biased coverage of political and social issues.

Opposing Viewpoints Online reference work containing various viewpoints of political and social issues.

Academic Search Premier Multidisciplinary database containing articles from journals, newspapers and magazines.

Searching tips in our databases

Remember the examples we did in class…

Well, here’s another!

When we add a * to the end of words such as disorders and sororities.

“eating disorder*” soror*

The database is now looking for the words: disorder, disorders, sororities, sorority, etc., etc.

Another trick we added was that OR

“eating disorder*” or bulimi* soror*

Now the databases is searching for anything dealing with eating disorders/disorder and sororities/sorority OR bulimia/bulimic/bulimics and sororities/sorority

Looking for a book, cd, dvd, etc.?

UCO Library Catalog Searches for materials in our library including books, DVD’s, CD’s, government publications, archives and special collections, etc.  Does not search for articles.

APA Citation Help

APA Style Guide – Consult our library guide for correct information on citing sources (http://library.ucok.edu/instruction/APA5th.pdf).

OWL (Online Writing Lab at Purdue) - Offers examples of citing sources using APA (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/)

APA Website Gives updated information not included in the latest APA print manual (http://apastyle.apa.org/)

Knight Cite (http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/) and Son of Citation Machine (http://citationmachine.net/) 

Remember when using the automatic citation in EBSCOHost– Always check your results with the APA manual!!

Please remember that if you ever need a hand in with research, you can always contact us at the Reference desk via email, phone (405-974-2878), chat, or text! You can even comment on this blog’s posting and we’ll get back to you! 

We’ll see you around the library!

Allan & Amanda

Prof. McConathy’s ENG 1113 Course

Hello everyone!

Here is a brief recap of our class today.

The Basics Handout: http://library.ucok.edu/instruction/basics.pdf

The MLA Handout: http://library.ucok.edu/instruction/MLA.pdf

When searching for articles–

Use the Find Articles (Databases) link on the left hand side of the library’s homepage.

From there, limit the databases by using the drop down box in the far right hand corner.

When searching for results in the databases, remember to use your Boolean operators—and, or, not.

Some databases to consider for your paper:

Opposing Viewpoints (6 concurrent users): Opposing Viewpoints is a source for information on social issues. Sections include viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

CQ Researcher Global: Each CQ Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Each report includes a background and chronology; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources.

Now, when searching for books concerning your topics—

Once again, visit the library’s homepage then click on the Find Books (UCO Catalog) link on the left hand side.

Once inside the catalog, use the same principles you used in the databases for searching— or, not, etc.

The ONE exception—when doing a truncated search in the catalog use a ? at the end of the word instead of an *

Interlibrary Loan

Need something that the library doesn’t own? Use Interlibrary Loan (ILL)!

First, if you haven’t already… Sign up for Interlibrary Loan by clicking here.

Secondly, filling out an ILL request is as simple as mud.

In the databases, when an article is not linked to or available for a particular citation, there will be a “Request this item through Interlibrary Loan” link. By simply clicking on this link and logging in, the fields to the article will automatically be filled.

When requesting a book through ILL, use a catalog such as WorldCat.

Search through WorldCat by title, author, or keyword. Once you have found a title that peaks your interest and it doesn’t appear available within our catalog. Click on the “Interlibrary Loan” link inside that book’s record in WorldCat and, once again, all fields will automatically fill themselves out.

I hope this helps and please do not hesitate to ask us for help with any of your research needs. Again, you can visit us on the first floor, call us (405-974-2878), email us, text or even chat with us.

Have a great day!
Amanda >^..^<

Prof. Chavis’ ENG 1113 Courses

Hello everyone!

Here is a brief recap of our class today.

The Basics Handout: http://library.ucok.edu/instruction/basics.pdf

The MLA Handout: http://library.ucok.edu/instruction/MLA.pdf

When searching for articles–

Use the Find Articles (Databases) link on the left hand side of the library’s homepage.

From there, limit the databases by using the drop down box in the far right hand corner.

When searching for results in the databases, remember to use your Boolean operators—and, or, not.

Sample search that we did inside Academic Search Premier–

violence and (video game* or computer game*)

Now, when searching for books concerning your topics—

Once again, visit the library’s homepage then click on the Find Books (UCO Catalog) link on the left hand side.

Once inside the catalog, use the same principles you used in the databases for searching— or, not, etc.

The ONE exception—when doing a truncated search in the catalog use a ? at the end of the word instead of an *

Example:

Truncated search in Academic Search Premier (a database)—game*

Truncated search in the UCO Catalog—game?

Interlibrary Loan

Need something that the library doesn’t own? Use Interlibrary Loan (ILL)!

First, if you haven’t already… Sign up for Interlibrary Loan by clicking here.

Secondly, filling out an ILL request is as simple as mud.

In the databases, when an article is not linked to or available for a particular citation, there will be a “Request this item through Interlibrary Loan” link. By simply clicking on this link and logging in, the fields to the article will automatically be filled.

When requesting a book through ILL, use a catalog such as WorldCat.

Search through WorldCat by title, author, or keyword. Once you have found a title that peaks your interest and it doesn’t appear available within our catalog. Click on the “Interlibrary Loan” link inside that book’s record in WorldCat and, once again, all fields will automatically fill themselves out.

I hope this helps and please do not hesitate to ask us for help with any of your research needs. Again, you can visit us on the first floor, call us (405-974-2878), email us, text or even chat with us.

Have a great day!
Amanda >^..^<

COMM 1113– Dr. Lawrence’s Class

You need to find information for your informative speech, heh?

Well, the library is a definite place to start!

A search example…

If you decided you wanted to do your speech over tornadoes, where should you start first?

Books

Books are great when you want an in-depth look at your topic. Books, however, go through a publication process; thus, they don’t always have the latest up-to-date information.

A quick keyword search in our online catalog would pull lots of results. Some relevant and some not, so you might consider a “stricter” search using the Library of Congress Subject headings. ** Make sure to put #2 on the Library of Congress Subject Headings” option!**

Once you complete your LOCSH search, you will find specific subject headings pertaining to tornadoes such as

Tornado warning systems–Oklahoma.

Tornadoes–Forecasting–Research–United States.

And, finally just Tornadoes.

Articles

Articles are great for when you’re looking for current, more “narrow” information. Instead of an entire book bout tornadoes, maybe you’re just interested in the hook echo patterns? Thus, you would want to turn to our databases to search for articles.

Remember you can sort that long list of databases by using the “Database by Subject” drop-down box in the upper left-hand corner!

When searching in our databases, just pick the key terms associated with your topics and plug these into the database’s search string:

Easy as pie! If you, however, feel you need more help with keyword searching via our databases please refer to page 2 of this handout.

Reference Sources

Reference sources are things such as encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, directories, etc., etc. Reference sources are great for a general overview of a topic.

Just think Wikipedia with authority– There aren’t random people writing these sources!

If you want to turn to a reference source such as an encyclopedia please visit the encyclopedia/atlas alcove on the north-east side of the Reference area near the restrooms.

Or limit your search in our online catalog to Reference (#3) to find other reference sources!

The Internet

Google ain’t all bad and neither is the Internet. You just need to be weary of who is behind your information.

Would you trust a .com for medical advice? An Obama supporter blogger on a biographical sketch of John McCain?

When using Internet sources, look to the authority of the page’s author, the accuracy of the content being provided, the objectivity of the content itself, the currency and finally the coverage. For more help, see this website evaluation page put together by the Libraries at the University of Idaho.

Alrightie, well I wish you all luck on your research adventures!

Please remember that if you ever need a hand in your research process, you can always contact us at the Reference desk via email, phone (405-974-2878), chat, or text!

And, you can always email me personally @ alemon2@ucok.edu!

I’ll see you around the library!

Amanda