EBSCO for Science Research

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The Intelligent Alternative
Getting StartedUsing an Academic Library
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What our BEST students will learn today

• The Secret of Life
• Why a hammer is a good tool, but not a perfect
  tool
• Why Holman isnt Borders, thank God

• Why I should learn to think GPA .6
• Whos that groovy guy on the Library website?
• How to make your dream into a reality!

Doesnt Google have everything? Why not just go
to Borders? Why would you spend any time at
Holman?
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The Good Bad News of Research

• Never been easier to do high-quality library
  research!
• Librarys never provided so many outstanding
  resources services for you 24 / 7

• Never been more important for you to do research
  well
• School
• Work
• Extracurricular Social Activities
• Research skills, literacy aliteracy rates have
  never been so poor

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Bill, esteemed wise one, how can I be
successful in life (and school)?
Choices Time Management
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Becoming a Critical Thinker

• Our goal is to provide assistance in
  developinginformation literate students through
  collaboration in the student research process
  resulting in better results (student papers,
  projects, etc.), an increased knowledge base
  the achievement of the information literacy
  standards

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This tutorial will cover the basics in using
the online resources at Holman Library

• Major Topics Covered
• I-Share
• EBSCO the Database List
• Information Literacy Responsibilities
• Style the Basics of Citing Sources
• Resource WebPages
• Tutorials

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Holman Library WebPages act as an Information
Gateway

• Menu to resources and services
• Subscriptions to over 60 electronic databases
• Most full text resources
• Proxy server for off campus access
• Databases available 24 / 7
• Guides to resources by division, major program
• Online forms for requesting reference help,
  interlibrary loan, instruction other services

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Off Campus Access

• Must have a McKendree username and password to
  access Library resources
• Contact 537-6445 or helpdesk_at_mckendree.edu with
  support webpages at http//support.mckendree.edu
  
• Proxy server
• Authenticates McKendree affiliation
• Compliance with licensing agreements
• Allows access from anywhere on the web

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Library Services

• Circulation
• Book collection
• Check out periods Books for 4 weeks Media
  for 1 week. FREE
• Reference collection (non-circulating)
• DVD, Audio CDs Current Periodical
  collections
• Bound Periodicals Government documents
• Juvenile / Curriculum collection

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Service Highlights

• Interlibrary loans
• FREE!
• Books
• Articles
• Fax
• Electronic
• Mail / courier
• Other materials
• Advance planning required

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Library Database Highlights

• I-Share Find Books More Online catalog of
  over 27 million books, DVDs, videos, CD-ROMs,
  audio CDs, ebooks, etc.
• EBSCO Databases Graduate level research tool
• FirstSearch Databases
• Lexis-Nexis Academic
• Equivalent of a law school library

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I-Share Find Books More

• an online, consortial catalog for books,
  videos, CD-ROMs, DVDs, ebooks, etc.
• Over 27 million items from 65 academic
  libraries in Illinois
• Online searching requests for material
• Courier service delivers materials to the
  library for pickup three times a week
• Under My Account you may renew items that
  are not overdue, see if you owe any fines,
  and track any requests youve made

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I-Share Searching Techniques
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I-Share Reading the Results
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I-Share Reading the Record
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Requesting Through I-Share
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Research Process for Locating Quality Journal
Articles

• Selecting a topic
• Choosing a database
• EBSCO Databases
• FirstSearch Databases
• Lexis-Nexis Academic
• Constructing a search
• Performing a search
• Broadening narrowing a topic
• Recognizing full text, citation options

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For instance, select the EBSCO Databases
Step 1
Step 2
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Academic Search Premier is your best source for
FT, scholarly research articles
But, you may select as many EBSCO databases as
you think appropriate
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Basic EBSCO Search Options
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Improve Your Search Techniques Boolean operators
and, or, not can
always be used to limit searches
And Combines search terms so that results
contain all of the search words.
i.e. discipline and children and Illinois

• Or Combines search terms so that results
  contain at least one of the search words.
  i.e. adolescent or teenager
  ADD or attention deficit disorder

• Not Excludes terms that are not desired.
  i.e. book not review experiment
  not human

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Result Lists
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Click on the title of an article to see the
abstract, the subject headings assigned, the
bibliographic information, and links to the full
text article (when available)
Search Terms are Highlighted
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Varieties of Full Text OptionsHTML, PDF
Linked Full Text
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Varieties of Full Text PDFs include EVERYTHING
the author intended
PDFs include all primary source charts,
graphs, tables, photographs and words
included by the writer
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Each citation or article includesPrint, Email
and Save Options
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Email Options are Secure Include Style
Formatting!
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Information Literacy Defined

• Within the context of lifelong learning and
  the broad information continuum which ranges
  from data to knowledge to wisdom, information
  literacy competency focuses on six broad
  abilities
• to recognize the need for information
• to know how to access information
• to understand how to evaluate information
  
• to know how to synthesize information
• to be able to communicate information
• to be able to ethically use
  information

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Evaluating Information
Are your sources Relevant Reliable Objective Cu
rrent Appropriate Suitable Authoritative
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Bibliographic Style Aids
Why are there styles?
What is the purpose of styles?
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For Instance, Try Using APA Style

• Use the APA Style Manual to let the reader know
  where to locate the information referenced
• Copies are also on reserve in the library
• Guides are online
• http//www.mckendree.edu/academics/APA.aspx
• http//www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/cite/works_ci
  ted.htm

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Cite Your Sources Properly

• Let the reader know whose thoughts are being
  used to make the point and provide the
  appropriate documentation
• Avoid plagiarism
• Do not copy someone elses work. Its fraud!
• No person shall submit as his own to an
  instructor any work which contains ideas or
  materials taken from another without full
  acknowledgment of the author the source.
  McKendrees Academic Integrity Policy

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The Benefits of Citing Properly

• Many students do not seem to realize that
  whenever they cite a source, they are
  strengthening their writing. Citing a source,
  whether paraphrased or quoted, reveals thatthey
  have performed research well and synthesized
  thefindings into their own argument. Using
  sources showsthat a student is engaged in "the
  great conversation," theworld of ideas, and that
  the student is aware of otherthinkers' positions
  on the topic. By quoting (and citing)writers who
  support the student's position, the studentgains
  strength for the position. By responding
  reasonably to those who oppose it, the student
  shows that there are valid counter arguments. In
  a nutshell, citing helps make the essay stronger
  and sounder.

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Academic Integrity How to Avoid Plagiarism

• Do your own work
• Give credit where credit is due

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Resources by Discipline
Represents some of the best sources of
information from the Librarys subscription
services the Internet
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Tutorials
Tutorials are available any time and cover almost
every one of our databases
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• Please visit, call or email

• Liz Vogt 537-6950
• Interim Director
• Bill Harroff 537-6952
• Reference Information Technologies Librarian
• Debbie Houk 537-6953
• Technical Services Librarian