ENSL 110 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
ENSL110 May
Current Library Hours:
Monday – Thursday
8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday
8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
CLOSED WEEKENDS
Why get a card?
Because you can…
•use the library computers
•check out library books,
DVDs, etc.
•check out course reserves
•use the group study rooms
•get a CSUMB library card
•Access databases from
off campus
2/27/2010
Let’s look at doing research for a
written report
Do you have a topic?
Many possible topics related to ADDICTION
QUESTION: Is addiction a choice? Or a disease?
Choose a Topic that interests you!
 Brainstorm a list of keywords for your topic:
 Topic ideas (related to addiction):
Drugs / alcohol
Compulsive gambling
Internet Addiction
Food, shopping, sex
Think of broad and narrow keywords:
BROAD
 Drugs
 Internet
NARROW
“prescription drugs” AND addiction
“Video games” OR “online gaming”
AND addiction
Use Alternate words for the same general topic:
 Drugs, alcohol, methamphetamine, “medicinal marijuana,”
“recreational drugs,” “fetal alcohol syndrome, “prescription
drugs” (also slang or street names of specific drugs)
 Addiction, compulsive (“compulsive shopping” or “compulsive
gambling”) or compulsion
 Internet, online, “Facebook addiction,” “Online gambling”
Once you have your topic, and 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
So, what about wikipedia??
Use it as a RESOURCE and not a SOURCE, and
definitely not as your sole source!
What does that mean?
• 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.
Use wikipedia as a RESOURCE,
NOT AS A SOURCE
???????????????? Soooooo…
 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 these
 Let’s look briefly at one of these!
Let’s look at doing online research
Using the REFERENCE DATABASE
“Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center”
 Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is
one of the databases for which MPC pays a
license fee
 OVRC 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…
How do we
access the
databases?
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
Let’s Do
an Exercise!
Logging on to the 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 Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
• 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 the computers:
Room 203
Room 204
Username:
ltcclass203
Username:
ltcclass204
Password:
12345678
Password:
12345678
Domain (“log on to”):
lobosmpc
Domain (“log on to”):
lobosmpc
What happened?
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Did you have a topic in mind?
Did you find information easily?
Did you try more than one search term?
What did you think of OVRC?
Let’s take a FIVE minute break and then
meet by the main entrance (in the lobby)
What About Finding a Book ?
Under “Books & More” click on
“Online Catalog”
Quick Search Screen:
We use the
Library of Congress
Classification system (used by
most academic libraries). This is
the book’s “CALL NUMBER”
List of items returned:
Library Locations
Ebooks are from 2 sources
• netLibrary ebooks:
need a username and password
to access if off campus
• Gale Virtual Reference Library:
Library card number used if
off campus
You may need to
create a free account
(NetLibrary)
Access with library card (Gale)
Link to video tutorials
Let’s Do
an Exercise!
Go to the computer.
Access the library website.
Search the Library Catalog.
Find a book or e-book on your topic.
If there is time to work on your own:
• Other good databases:
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Academic Search Premier
CQ Researcher
Health & Wellness
eLibrary
If you have any questions
please ask a librarian!!
Thank You!