Find Books, Audiovisual Materials, and
Periodical Articles from the Library
Dr. Jun Wang
Professor of Library & Information Studies
Coordinator of Bibliographic Instruction and Information Literacy
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Library
Student
Student Learning Outcome
1. Be able to get on Delta College Library’s website and
search the library catalog and the subscription online
Databases on and off the campus
2. Understand where to go to apply for a library card or
check out library materials.
3. Be able to locate books of interest in the library
4. Be able to locate English and foreign language dictionaries
in both print and electronic formats
5. Understand the functions of Reference Desk
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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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Type the title and select
“title” from the
dropdown menu before
clicking on search.
Click on Details to find bibliographic information
Click here to see more info., including the subject headings
Location of the book and specific address for the book in the library
How to Conduct a Limit Search
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Conduct a subject or author or words
search
Click on Limit Search and select DVDs,
VHS and Other Visual Materials from
Format to display audiovisual materials
Expand your search by clicking on any subject or geographic terms
to find more items on the subject
Circulation Desk –
nd
2
Floor
1. Apply for a Library Card
2. Check out books and
audiovisual materials
3. Check out Textbooks, and other
Reserved Items from this desk
Click here to conduct a database search to find peer-reviewed research articles.
Library’s Home Page:
http://library.deltacollege.edu
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Conduct an Effective Subject Search
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Click on Subject from Basic Search
Identify keywords or phrase for the search
Limit your search to full-text articles before clicking on the search
button
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Click on the title link to
display the full-text
article
Evaluate the sources to
see whether they are
well-written publications
with insights that would
help you build your
argument or statement
“Word Count” serves as
a clue that the articles
are lengthy research
articles
Cross
References
that will
lead you to
more
sources
Tour of the Library
• Library Resources: Points of Interests
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Skills Express Collection
New Readers Collection
Dictionaries from the Reference Collection
Computers & Research Tools
• Library Services:
– Reference Desk
– Circulation Desk
– Tutor Center
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Sign up
for library
workshops
Library
Student
Gauging Your Learning Outcome
1. How to log on to the library’s subscription online
Databases on and off the campus?
2. What are the functions of GoCat and online databases?
3. Given a topic, can you find relevant articles from online
databases?
4. Would you be able to e-mail your retrieved articles to
yourself or others?
5. Is it possible to have the article read to you from Gale
databases?
6. Are citation tools provided in the online databases from
Gale?
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