How to Find and Cite Scholarly
Publications and Critically Evaluate
Information from the Internet
Dr. Jun Wang
Principal Librarian
Professor of Library and Information Studies
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Click here to conduct a catalog search to find books and AV materials
Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu
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Conduct a keyword Search in GoCat to find books and AV materials
Click on the title to display the
item information.
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Display Detailed Record from GoCat
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Introduction to Databases on Controversial Issues
Click here to conduct a database search to find opposing viewpoints articles.
Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu
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Click Browse
Issues to find a list
of controversial
issues
Click hot issues
under the following
categories
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Choose a Hot Topic from
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Select a
topic from
the list.
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Display Information on Your Topic
Objective Topic Overview
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Conduct a Keyword Search
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Display & Tweak the Citation in
MLA Style
References
Illegal immigrants. (2015). In Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Detroit:
Gale. Retrieved from Opposing Viewpoints in Context.
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Click Click
here to
conduct
a database
searchsearch
to find to
peer-reviewed
research
articles.
here
to conduct
a catalog
find books and
AV materials
“Steve Jobs” impact
Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu
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Using the Citation Tool from
GoElectronic Meta Database
Click on the title to display the detailed
record and citation tools
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Tools from a Detailed Record in
GoElectronic Meta Database
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Find Citation Tool from the Full-Text Article in
GoElectronic Meta Database
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Find and Tweak the Embedded APA Citation
from GoElectronic Meta Database
Copy and paste the citation in your Works Cited page of your paper and tweak it
using the APA Citation Guide at
<http://www.deltacollege.edu/dept/library/IC/documents/APACitationGuide.pdf>.
References
Tetzeli, R. (2015). The real legacy of Steve Jobs. Fast Company, 194, 70-76.
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Click Click
here to
conduct
a database
searchsearch
to find to
peer-reviewed
research
articles.
here
to conduct
a catalog
find books and
AV materials
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Syrian and “migrant crisis”
“Mexican Culture”
“3D Printing” and “Virtual Reality”
Drought and “water technology”
“Flat Earth”
Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu
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Find & Critically Evaluate Information
from the Internet
Articles and YouTube Videos
– Are Flat-Earthers Being Serious? http://www.livescience.com/24310flat-earth-belief.html
– Top 10 Reasons Why We Know the Earth Is Round:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_W280R_Jt8
– Is Earth Actually Flat?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNqNnUJVcVs
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Student
Library
Gauging Your Learning Outcome
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How to log on to SJDC library’s online databases on and off campus?
How to find full-text, scholarly (peer-reviewed) journal articles online?
How to find hot topics from Opposing Viewpoints in Context?
How to conduct a keyword/phrase search on a chosen topic in Opposing
Viewpoints in Context and GoElectronic to find academic research
articles from journals?
How to limit your search results and evaluate retrieved sources that are
pertinent to your topic and save or e-mail or print the sources?
Having chosen a topic, would you be able to cite and tweak your
retrieved sources in APA style?
Where can you go to find the Citation Guides?
How to evaluate a webpage?
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