LIBRARY ORIENTATION

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LIBRARY ORIENTATION
library.uncfsu.edu
www.outback.org.uk

• Academy of Notre Dame
• Junior School

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Library Set-up

• Books and other resources
• Reference, Non-Fiction, Fiction
• Encyclopedias
• Videos/CDs
• Audiobooks
• Textbooks
• Short Stories (Story Collection-SC)
• Printers
• Black White and Color in Harron Lab
• Black White in Library
• Library Sign-in (2 books)
• Copy Machine (free!!)

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Library Set-up cont.

• Group Study Room
• Library Office is also available
• Magazines
• Older titles are under display holder
• Bathroom
• Library Supplies (available near library printer)
• stapler, hole punch, pens, pencils, rulers, tape
• Library Hours
• Monday Thursday 730 a.m. to 500 p.m.
• Friday 730 a.m. to 330 p.m.

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RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH

• PRINT (Books and Magazines)
• vs.
• ELECTRONIC (Databases and Internet)

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PRINT (Books)

• Non-Fiction and Reference Books
• What do you use to find these?
• Library Catalog
• How do you access it?
• Citrix Programs Library Catalog
• How do you search it?
• Search by title or author, if known
• Search by subject or keyword, if not sure
• Use Keywords and synonyms here
• (i.e. Steroids Performance Enhancing Drugs
  Doping Hormonal Regulation)

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ELECTRONIC(Databases)

• Where do you find these?
• Library Web page
• How do you access them?
• www.ndapa.org Library
• How do you search them?
• Keyword search (synonyms)
• Browse search follow a path
• (Biographies of Women Government American
  First Ladies Laura Bush)

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NOODLETOOLS

• Use Noodlebib to develop your
• Bibliography (Works Consulted) page
• Works Cited page
• Log on through library account for first time use
• Then create your own account
• MLA Starter and MLA Advanced
• APA

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AVOID PLAGARISM

• Two main reasons to cite your sources
• First and foremost..to give credit where credit
  is due
• Secondly, to find a path back to your source
• This becomes extremely important with projects
  requiring a high number of sources to be used

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ELECTRONIC(DATABASES)

• USERNAMES AND PASSWORDS
• Need these to access every database
• Available in several places
• Edline
• Common Drive (Passwords folder)
• Citrix NDANET Spotlight on Research
• Hard copy available in library

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INTERNET

• Caution Information on the Internet is not
  consistently reviewed for accuracy by anyone
  therefore..
• There is a lot of inaccurate and biased
  information
• However.
• There is also a lot of accurate and authoritative
  information.you have to make the call (i.e.
  evaluate)

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INTERNET

• Nettrekker
• A search engine (like Google)
• Only accesses educator-approved (teachers,
  librarians, etc.) sites
• Can be found on the library Web page with other
  Databases
• Lii.org
• Ask.com
• Google.com

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INTERNET vs. DATABASES

• Evaluation
• Databases
• Information is educator-approved, quality
  information
• You find it, you use it
• Internet
• Information will need to be evaluated for
  accuracy, bias, and authority by you
• You find it, you evaluate it, you possibly use
  it
• Citations
• Databases
• Usually provide citations
• Very helpful when preparing Bibliography or Works
  Cited
• Internet
• Can be tricky to cite
• No standard in citation information provided