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We welcome you toUS University Library
We all have it at our finger tips
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Let’s take a fast view
• What hours they are open• Who are the Librarians• Search for university databases• What are open sources• Where can you find tutorials on how
to search• What are their networks
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To access, go to http://www.usuniversity.edu/student_services_library_databases.php
From home page, look for the bar across the page,
click on STUDENT SERVICES
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Or look for Library, under STUDENT SERVICES at the bottom of HOME
page
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Contact the librarian (619) 477 6310
ext 2017
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Location: 140 W. 16th StNational City, CA 91950
Catalina Lopez - [email protected]
Irma Carrillo - [email protected]
• Regular Hours:
• Monday to Friday : 9:00 am - 6:00 pm• First Saturday of the month: 9:00 am -
1:00 pm
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United States University Library & Information Resources
•US UNIVERSITY ONLINE FULL TEXT DATABASES:
• US University Online full text databases
• Tutorials • TEAS Math Tutorials • Open Access online information • Collections
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Today, you have a great invitation!
You have been invited to jump onto the shoulders of the best minds our globe has produced.Let us take you on this fantastic journey of knowledge, enroll and be part of “La Familia”
Come aboard!
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US University databases• Access Medicine• JSTOR• CINAHL PLUS with
Full Text• MEDLINE Full Text• Nursing Reference
Center• Cochrane Library• Cochrane Database
Systematic Reviews• PsyArticles• OVID AMED• OVID Global Health
• Cochrane Methodology Register
• Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
• Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
• ERIC• Health Technology
Assessments• NHS Economic
Evaluation • PROQUEST• Lexis Nexis
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Custom Design
- US University has developed a series of Information Literacy Tutorials to enhance your knowledge and critical thinking about the different situations you will be exposed to during your program with us.
-- We have tailored each tutorial to meet your specific information needs.
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US UNIVERSITY TUTORIALS
• EBSCO phrase search...
• Simultaneous search…• EBSCO search for
authors and phrase• Searching EBSCO
education and GE • Searching EBSCO
Medline• Search PROQUEST
Nursing
• Plagiarism• Searching Access
medicine• Guide to APA• Shopping books in
MBS• OVID Amed• OVID Global Health• Searching free
journals in nursing• Search JSTOR
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US UNIVERSITY TUTORIALS
• EBSCO Simple search• EBSCO Academic
Search Premier visual• Open sources• Create Alerts and Files• The Information Cycle• Review Online
resources• How do we get there
• EBSCO ASP and use of subject terms
• Use of Index• Searching
PROQUEST• Searching ERIC• Advance search in
ERIC• University and
Public Libraries
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What information can I find in databases?
• Journal Collection, hundreds of journals & thousands of articles
• Reports, manuals• Theses or Dissertations• Book Reviews• E-books• Images• Tables, Graphs, Videos
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Why Academic Journals?
Because journals are where the scientific and technical community promote their results, share their finding and open themselves to criticism.Because they are peer reviewed , and the information has been validated by the academic community.If you were to be published, where would you do it?
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This will be your first stop!
To search EBSCO data bases.11 databases in one searchTake the time to learn from tutorialsThen go to Proquest, OVID, JSTOR, Access Medicine
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Your second stop will be Full Text OPEN ACCESS
• http://usuniversity.edu/student_services_library_information.php
• Directory of Open Access Repositories• Directory of Open Access Journals• OAIster• Scielo• Redalyc• Wholis• Google Scholar and many links by
subjects
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Your third stop is Collections
• Local Libraries–University Libraries: SDSU, USD,
UCSD, CIRCUIT– Public Libraries: County & City
Libraries
• Worldwide Libraries: World Cat, Library of Congress
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Have a great day
