English 1A students:
Welcome to the Library!
Electronic Resources
& Instruction Librarian
Stephanie Tetter
THESE SLIDES ARE
AVAILABLE ONLINE!
http://www.mpcfaculty.net/stephanie_tetter
Click on “teach classes”
Look for
ENGL 1A Kempson Thompson
LIBRARY HOURS:
Monday – Thursday
8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday
8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
CLOSED WEEKENDS
LIBRARY CARDS: WHY DO YOU NEED THEM?
•To log into computers at the library
•To check out books and materials from
the library
•To access databases from
any computer off campus
LET’S LOOK AT DOING RESEARCH FOR
A WRITTEN REPORT
DO YOU HAVE A TOPIC?
Possible topic:
Columbine
CHOOSE A TOPIC THAT INTERESTS YOU!

Brainstorm a list of keywords for your topic:

Topic ideas:
September 11 WTC attack
Conflict in Darfur
Michael Phelps wins 8 gold medals at 2008 Olympics
Think of broad and narrow keywords:
BROAD
 9/11
 Darfur
 Olympics
NARROW
“World Trade Center Building 7”
Sudan AND genocide
M. Phelps AND “Olympic records”
Use Alternate words for the same general topic:
 “domestic terrorism,” Al Qaida AND terrorism,
“9/11 conspiracy theories,” Osama bin Laden
 U.N. AND Sudan OR Darfur, Janjaweed,
“ethnic cleansing” AND Africa
 “2008 Olympics” AND swimming, endorsements AND
“Michael Phelps” AND marijuana
YOU HAVE YOUR TOPIC, YOU HAVE SOME KEYWORDS,
AND YOU’RE READY TO FIND INFORMATION…
WHERE DO YOU BEGIN?
Ask your friends?
 Ask your instructor?
 Watch TV? (you can hope
“60 Minutes” or “Dateline”
will cover your topic)
 Google it? Search a
database?

Most people go
right to the
Internet/Web
LET’S LOOK AT SOME WEBSITES:
RYT Hospital-DeWayne Medical Center
Martin Luther King
Dihydrogen Monoxide
As a Researcher, You Need to
Critically Evaluate
All Websites !!
What about wikipedia??
From the blog
Use it as a RESOURCE and not a SOURCE, and
not asWIKIPEDIA
your sole source!
SO,definitely
WHAT ABOUT
??
What does that mean?
Click HERE to see some interesting information about
wikipedia
USE WIKIPEDIA AS A RESOURCE,
NOT AS A SOURCE
Some instructors will not allow wikipedia as a source…but the
sources listed at the end of wikipedia articles can be
GREAT places to look for sources of information.
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If the web isn’t totally reliable, how
can you use the Internet for research
and know that what you are looking at
is reliable / true / authoritative??
MPC pays a license fee for
REFERENCE DATABASES, including
some that are excellent for topics
such as those related to
news events

Let’s look briefly at one of these!

LET’S LOOK AT DOING ONLINE RESEARCH
USING THE REFERENCE DATABASE
“ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER”

Academic Search Premier is one of the
databases for which MPC pays a license fee
to a company called EBSCO. (Sometimes
the databases are referred to as “EBSCO or
EBSCOHost).

A.S.P. provides full text for more than 4,500
journals, including full text for more than
3,700 peer-reviewed titles (includes
professional journals and topical/specialty
journals)

Let’s look at a sample search…
To choose a periodical database, go to our webpage
and click on Alphabetical List of Databases and FullText Articles.
www.mpc.edu/library
Select Alphabetical List of Databases and Full-Text Articles
How do we
access the
databases?
SCROLL DOWN TO SELECT “ALPHABETICAL LIST
OF DATABASES AND FULL-TEXT ARTICLES”
This is a List of some of the
online sources available
through the MPC Library.
If you are off campus you will be asked to enter
a valid library card number
SEARCH SCREEN OF ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER
Enter your
search terms
here.
 If you want fulltext articles
ONLY, click
here.
 If you only
want scholarly
journals, click
here.
Some articles are full-text but not
all of them.
RESULT LIST
Search results default
to DATE
You may want to select
RELEVANCE in the
drop-down menu
LET’S DO
AN EXERCISE!
LOGGING ON TO THESE COMPUTERS:
Room 203
Room 204
Username:
ltcclass203
Username:
ltcclass204
Password:
12345678
Password:
12345678
Domain (“log on to”):
lobosmpc
Domain (“log on to”):
lobosmpc
SEARCHING EXERCISE
 Log
on to the computer.
 Navigate to the library website
(from www.mpc.edu, click on “Library”)
 Scroll to list of DATABASES
 Select Academic Search Premier
 Search for information related to your topic.
 Explore limiters, options
 You may print for free in this classroom.
 Return to tables in 10 minutes.
LOGGING ON TO THESE COMPUTERS:
Room 203
Username:
ltcclass204
Username:
ltcclass203
Password:
12345678
Room 204
•Your choice
Domain (“log on to”):
lobosmpc
Password:
12345678
Domain (“log on to”):
lobosmpc
HOW TO ACCESS & USE
EBSCOHOST
Topic suggestions:
•WTC
• Olympics
• Darfur
• Warren Buffet donation
•Your choice
Within the Library:
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Go to our web page – www.mpc.edu/library.
Click on Alphabetical List of Databases and Full-text articles
Click on Academic Search Premier
Type in your search terms (examples – top right corner) and
hit Enter or click Search.
Browse through the first 10 articles.
Choose one or two articles that you find interesting.
You may print (FREE!) or email the articles or citations.
Return to the tables in 8-10 minutes.
ARTICLES FROM MAGAZINES VS. JOURNALS:
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
ARTICLES FROM MAGAZINES VS. JOURNALS:
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
OTHER GOOD DATABASES:
Newsbank (NY Times, National Public Radio)
 LexisNexis (news and legal issues)
 ELibrary
 Let’s look at a tutorial for one of these!

LOOK FOR “VIDEO TUTORIALS” LINK
WHAT ABOUT FINDING A BOOK ?
Under “Books & More” click on
“Online Catalog”
QUICK SEARCH SCREEN:
SEARCH FOR “MUSLIM WOMEN”
QUICK SEARCH FOR “MUSLIM WOMEN”
We use the
Library of Congress
Classification system
(used by most academic
libraries). This is the
book’s “CALL NUMBER”
MPC has many thousands of books available
online
 The collections include up-to-date material on
general subjects and technical topics (we
would not be able to afford to keep these
current in print format)
 You can access the books using the Web
from anywhere
 It’s free!

CLICK THE LINK TO ACCESS THE BOOK
You may need to create a
free account
HERE’S THE BOOK!
If MPC doesn’t have anything,
you can search other
libraries by going to
“Links to Other Libraries”
FOR EXAMPLE…
This book is at MIIS,
and we can request it
for you by “ILL” or
Interlibrary Loan
LET’S DO ANOTHER EXERCISE!
Navigate to the
library catalog.
 Search for a
book.
 Create an ebook login if
you wish.
 Search other
libraries if you
wish.

If you have any questions
please ask a librarian!!
Thank You!
LOGGING ON TO THESE COMPUTERS:
Room 203
Room 204
Username:
ltcclass203
Username:
ltcclass204
Password:
12345678
Password:
12345678
Domain (“log on to”):
lobosmpc
Domain (“log on to”):
lobosmpc