Welcome to the Library!

Orientation to Research(Abridged)

Library HoursIncluding the Cyber-Lab

Monday - Thursday: 7:30 AM to 8:00 PM

Friday: 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM

in Cafeteria Building 300!

Virtual Library Hours

Monday - Thursday: 5:30 AM to 7:30 PM

Monday – Thursday: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Friday: 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM

YUBA COLLEGE

MARYSVILLE HIGH

Types of Informational Sources

Books

Newspapers

Blogs

Magazines

Interviews

Social Media

Radio &TV

Journals

Informational Formats

• Web-Based Resources

Internet vs. Subscription Resources (Databases)

• Books

• Journals & Periodical Articles (magazines)

• Other Resources (presentations, conversations, Emails, etc…)

Review of Information Time Frame

Time Frame Report of

Event Where to Find

Seconds/ Minutes

News Organizations

TV, News Websites, Social Networks

Day / Days+ NewspapersLibrary Research

Databases, Online newspapers

Week / Weeks+ Magazines Library Research Databases

6 Months+ Journals Library Research Databases

1+ Years Books Library Catalog

2-10 Years Reference Sources

Library Catalog

Where to find sources

Books Articles

• Library Catalog• NetLibrary • Google Books• Amazon.com• Worldcat.org

• Library Databases • Google Scholar • Anthologies

(articles within a book)

More comprehensive More current

http://yc.yccd.edu/academics/library.aspx

Online Public Access

Catalog

New Catalog Features

Place requests

Renew materials

View account information

Keep reading history

Save searches

Dewey Subject Classification

000 Generalities

100 Philosophy & psychology

200 Religion

300 Social sciences

400 Language

500 Natural sciences & mathematics

600 Technology (Applied sciences)

700 The arts

800 Literature & rhetoric

900 Geography & history

To Refine Online Searches

1. Identify multiple keywords

2. Conduct searches using different combinations of synonyms and related items

3. Find new terms in the sources you locate and search with them

4. Use quotation marks around words you want linked

5. Use words AND, NOT, OR to combine search terms

From “Sequence to Academic Writing”

Plagiarism …

Taking someone’s work, words, or ideas and using them as your own.!!

Ways to avoid it… Paraphrasing Summarizing Quoting

CUT&

Paste

Reference Resources =• General and Specialized

Encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, etc.

Don’t always come up in the catalog

Great for Preliminary Research:

Finding Facts

Quick Overview, basic understanding

Checking Facts

Ask a librarian for assistance

Wikipedia

Library in MyCampus Portal

http://youtu.be/IHZWVVcmzY8

Evaluating Resources Digital or Print

From “The Writer’s Harbrace handbook”

ebrary

Credo Reference

Search Engines

Google -- http://www.google.com

Yippy.com -- http://www.yippy.com/

Ask.Com -- http://ask.com

iseek.com -- http://iseek.com

Internet Pathfinders/Search Directories

INFOMINE -- http://infomine.ucr.edu

Internet Public Library -- http://www.ipl2.org

Open Directory -- http://dmoz.org

Yahoo! -- http://www.yahoo.com

WIKIPEDIA – NO CITING!

HOW YOU CAN USE IT

Almost anyone can edit - They must have an accountNo editors – Democratized & free informationNo fact checkers - CROWDSOURCINGNo accountability – Self correctingSporadic updates - SometimesNot controlled content –

Correct, no single entity controls the information!

Background Research -- References -- Search Terms

Best Wishes for a Great Semester!

Elena Heilman, Librarian

David Joyner, Evening Librarian