Online Databases:

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Online Databases
33 Database Power Search

• Friday, September 12, 2008
• 1100 a.m. to 1200 p.m.
• Budd 221
• Workshop presenter Linda Peabody

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33 Database Power Search

• How to use Library databases from remote
  locations
• Your home
• A hotel
• A coffee shop
• Other

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How to use Library databases from remote locations
Begin at the College webpage http//www.deltacoll
ege.edu Click on Library.
Type in http//library.deltacollege.edu/electroni
c.html
Or
Off-Campus and On-Campus Access
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How to use Library databases from remote locations
SJDC
For Assistance, Phone the San Joaquin Delta
College Library Reference Desk--[phone]
or email libreferencedesk_at_deltacollege.edu
09-14-07
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Four Internet Computers in the Library SJDC
Library HomePage http//library.deltacollege.edu
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33 Database Power Search
To arrive at 33 Database search screen, Click on
menu Online Databases from library Home Page
http//library.deltacollege.edu
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33 Database Power Search

• How to find articles journals, magazines,
  newspapers
• How to choose an article
• How to print or email an article
• How to cite an article
• How to avoid plagiarism

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Search Types, Dictionary ?Help

• Basic Search
• Subject Guide Search
• Publication Search
• One Search
• Advanced Search
• Chapters
• Images
• Dictionary
• ?Help (Within each search type above)

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Basic Search
Click on Hide search options.
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Basic Search
Look at Results
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Subject Guide Search
Almost always choose documents with full text.
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Subject Guide Search
Click on first related subjects and scroll down
the Subject Terms, choose United States History,
1789-1817 (Early Republic) Subdivisions Related
Subjects
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Subject Guide Search
Scroll down to see chronology.
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Publication Search
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Publication Search
Click on the blue NYT link.
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Publication Search
Click on blue dates to view past issues.
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Publication Search
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Publication Search
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Publication Search
Click on blue Edition 1991.
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Publication Search
Choose The origins .
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Publication Search
See the Tools box.
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One Search
One Search searches library subscription
databases, available third-party databases and
select public free and fee-based websites.
One Search maps in a graphical display arranged
in categories.
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?HELP

• Here's how to perform a One Search
• Select One Search from the search path bar (found
  on the banner bars at the top of the page)
• Click the Add/Remove link on the Selected Sources
  line to select or de-select sources from a pop-up
  window
• Enter your search term(s) into the search box
  (you may use logical operators and wildcards)
• You may optionally click the Search Options link
  for additional ways to control your search
  results
• Click the Search button
• The system will perform a Keyword search of the
  sources you have selected

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One Search
Choose from many links.
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Advanced Search
Almost 80 million documents are available daily.
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Advanced Search
Choose Africans in America 1600-1900.
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Advanced Search
Click on blue links for chapters.
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Advanced Search
Search entire document.
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Advanced Search
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Images Right click on image choose copy image
Paste image in another document. Hint ltctrlgtltcgt
copy ltctrlgtltvgt paste
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Check Limit results to document with images.
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Multimedia Click on blue link.
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The Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution on Display at the National Archives
in Washington, D.C.
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You do not have to go to Merriam-Webster.com.
Definitions
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Dictionary Search

• Dictionary search constitution Results for
  
• constitution. Pronunciation ,kän(t)-st-tü-s
  hn, -tyü- Function n Date 14c 1  an
  established law or custom  ordinance. 2 a  the
  physical makeup of the individual esp. with
  respect to the health, strength, and appearance
  of the body lta hearty gt b  the structure,
  composition, physical makeup, or nature of
  something ltthe of societygt 3  the act of
  establishing, making, or setting up 4  the mode
  in which a state or society is organized esp
   the manner in which sovereign power is
  distributed 5 a  the basic principles and laws
  of a nation, state, or social group that
  determine the powers and duties of the government
  and guarantee certain rights to the people in it
  b  a written instrument embodying the rules of
  a political or social organization
• constitutionless Pronunciation -ls
  Function adj

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How to print or email an article
Remember to click on E-mail in the red Tool Box
within each document you choose to email.
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How to print or email an article


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How to Avoid Plagiarism
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How to cite an article
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How to Avoid Plagiarism

• Fundamental law of the U.S. federal system of
  government and a landmark document of the Western
  world. It is the oldest written national
  constitution in operation, completed in 1787 at
  the Constitutional Convention of 55 delegates who
  met in Philadelphia, ostensibly to amend the
  Articles of Confederation. The Constitution was
  ratified in June 1788, but because ratification
  in many states was contingent on the promised
  addition of a Bill of Rights, Congress proposed
  12 amendments in September 1789 10 were ratified
  by the states, and their adoption was certified
  on Dec. 15, 1791.
• Answers.com. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.
• 2008. 11 Sept. 2008 lthttp//www.answers.com/topi
  c/united- states-constitutiongt

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Online Newspaper Databases Current and
Historical Workshop is Friday, October 24,
2008 1100 to 1200 p.m. Budd 221
http//library.deltacollege.edu/IC/Workshop.htm
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Please sign in advance at the Library Reference
Desk at (41 West Yokuts Avenue) or call (209)
954-5145 ore-mail (libreferencedesk_at_deltacollege.
edu) to make reservations.