Hendrik Meijer Library
Orientation
• Information literacy
• Finding books
• Finding journals, magazines &
newspapers
• Finding additional sources
• Finding Internet sources
Information Literacy
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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
Click on Library
or
Hover over Library to see
menu
Use WebCat, the
online catalog.
Click on WebCat
or
see helpful hints
for using WebCat.
For stem
searching,
use $
Note Call Numbers.
HV = Criminology Section
KF= Law Section
QP= Physiology Section
RM= Medical Section
Locations in library
Find a book that
looks good, then
click on VIEW
to see details
Works Cited information
Subject term:
Marijuana—Therapeutic use
WebCat:
• Use to find books, videos, CDs, DVDs
• Use to find instructors’ reserve materials
• Magazine, journal & newspaper articles
are NOT located in WebCat
Questions about 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
When off campus, use
the Research Databases
from Off Campus.
Use Digital Books
from Off Campus.
eBooks
Digital Books
off campus
Clicking on eBooks
brings up the off-campus
login page.
Use your network login:
firstname.lastname
and
your password
then click “Login”
Enter search terms.
Then, click on “Search”
Good titles! Let’s open
number 1.
(Click on the title)
Click on eBook Full Text
to read this book.
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
Let’s go back to the
Off Campus Database
Access page to search
for magazine and
journal articles.
Scroll down the page for:
InfoTrac
FirstSearch
and other
periodical databases.
InfoTrac is a good
place to start
when looking
for magazines &
journals.
Many databases to choose
Academic OneFile
Subject Guide Search
Click to
begin
search
Search subjects
for
school violence
Click “Subdivisions”
4804 articles on
to see the
subdivisions under
school violence
School Violence
Of the 4804 articles,
44 are on the
causes of
school violence
Click on
“Causes of”
to see the
44 articles
Click on title to view
article
Print/Save
options
Summary
of
article
Works Cited information
At bottom of article
Periodical Databases
InfoTrac, 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)
From the OffCampus page,
click on InfoTrac
for the
Opposing Viewpoints
database.
Opposing Viewpoints
In
Context
Enter search terms,
or, browse
subjects below
Search for
“fracking”
From the
Off Campus
page, click on
CQ Electronic
Library
Select
“CQ Researcher Online”
Browse recent reports
or
enter search terms above
Find databases by
your subject area
“Periodical lists” is used to
find a specific magazine,
journal or newspaper by
its title.
Student Support
Internet Searching
• Subject catalogs (mel.org, lii.org)
• Search engines (google.com, yahoo.com)
• Evaluate
Advanced Search
Limit to .gov or .edu
Evaluating the Information
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Authority – What are the credentials?
Accuracy – Facts? Data? Misspellings?
Objectivity – Bias?
Coverage – What is missing?
Currency – Up-to-Date?
Fall/Winter Hours
http://www.muskegoncc.edu/library
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Monday – Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
7:30 am to 10:00 pm
7:30 am to 4:30 pm
Closed
1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Library : 231-777-0269
Circulation Desk : 231-777-0270
Reference 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 : 231-777-0269
Circulation Desk : 231-777-0270
Reference Desk : 231-777-0326
Questions?