Find Literary Criticism from the
Library’s Online Databases
Dr. Jun Wang
Professor of Library & Information Studies
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Coordinator of Bibliographic Instruction and Information Literacy
Library
Student
Student Learning Outcome
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Be able to get on Delta College Library’s website and log
on to the subscription online Databases on and off the
campus
Understand the functions of the online databases
Be able to conduct a Boolean keyword search in Literary
Resource Center, Jstore and PowerSearch
Be able to find peer-reviewed, academic research articles
Be able to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in
MLA style
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a database
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to find
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articles.
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a catalog
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find books and
AV materials
Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu
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Conduct an Effective Keyword Search
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Identify and enter keywords or phrase in the search box
Use quotation marks around a phrase or full name
Use one or more Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to thread your keywords
together in needed
Clicking on the search button
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Edit the Citation from the Citation Tool
To be tweaked as the following
Farrell, Susan. “Fight vs. Flight: A Re-evaluation of Dee
in Alice Walker’s ‘Everyday Use’.” Studies in Short
Fiction 35.2 (1998): 179+. Literature Resource
Center. Web. 21 Aug. 2012.
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Conduct an Effective Keyword Search
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Identify keywords or phrase for the keyword search
Use one or more Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to thread
your keywords together in needed
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 fulltext article
Evaluate the sources
to see whether they
are well-written,
scholarly
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
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Cross
References
that will
lead you to
more
sources
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Edit the Citation from the Citation Tool
If It Is Incorrect
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Find Journal Articles in JStore
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Use quotation marks around a phrase or a full name to find relevant
articles
Use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) if needed to conduct an
effective keyword search
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Click on the
title to open
the full-text
article
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Publication
Information for
Your Citation
Click to
move to
the next
page
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How to Cite the Source in MLA?
Works Cited
Whitsitt, Sam. “In Spite of It All: A Reading of Alice
Walker's ‘Everyday Use’.” African American Review
34.3 (Autumn, 2000): 443-459. JSTORE. Web. 21 Aug.
2012.
MLA Citation Guide
http://www.deltacollege.edu/dept/library/IC/mla.html
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Library
Student
Gauging Your Learning Outcome
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5.
How to log on to the library’s subscription online
Databases on and off the campus?
What are the functions of the online databases?
How to conduct a Boolean keyword search in Literature
Resource Center, Jstore and PowerSearch?
How to find peer-reviewed, academic research articles?
How to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in MLA
Style?
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