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Citing Your Sources MJC Library Catalog Library of Congress Articles & Databases Research Help Scholarly v. Non-Scholarly Internet Tutorials

MJC Library Catalog

• MyAccount - Log in to MJC Library Catalog
• Placing Holds

Library of Congress Classification & Call Numbers

• Library of Congress Classification Chart - Douglas College Library
• Library of Congress Classification Outline - detailed outline
• Understanding Library of Congress Call Numbers

Article & Research Databases Guides (Finding Articles at MJC)

• CountryWatch - html
• Gale PowerSearch - online demo
• Gale Virtual Reference Library Search Tips - pdf
• EBSCO:Basic Searching for Academic Libraries Tutorial - online demo
• EBSCO:Advanced Search with Guided Style Tutorial - online demo
• Expanded Academic ASAP - pdf
• Facts on File News Services Databases:
  • World News Digest
  • Issues and Controversies
  • Issues and Controversies in American History
  • Today's Science
• FirstSearch - html (also see FirstSearch Database Information Area)
• LexisNexis Academic - online tutorial

Research Help

• Citing Your Sources
• Finding Articles at MJC
• OWL at Purdue: Online Writing Lab:
  • Annotated Bibliographies
  • Avoiding Plagiarism
  • Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
• Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources - University of Maryland
• The Seven Steps of the Research Process - Cornell University
• Tips for Writing a Science Research Paper - Today's Science (MJC Library Database)
  

Scholarly vs. Non-Scholarly Periodicals

• Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from other Periodicals - Cornell University
• Journals - Scholarly or Popular - Humbolt State University
• Scholarly Journals v. Popular Magazines - UT San Antonio
  

Internet Use and Evaluation

• Evaluating Web Sites - MJC Research Guides
• Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial - UC Berkeley
• Internet Detective - Internet tutorial regarding online research
• The Good, The Bad & The Ugly or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources - New Mexico State University
• Web Page Evaluation Checklist - UC Berkeley

Tutorials

• Define the Research Topic - CSU Information Competence Tutorial
• MJC WebCT Student Tutorials
• TILT: Texas Information Literacy Tutorial