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An Introduction to Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Dr. Jun WangProfessor of Library & Information Studies

Coordinator of Bibliographic Instruction and Information Literacy

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Student Student Learning OutcomeStudent Learning Outcome

1. Be able to get on Delta College Library’s website and log on to the subscription online Databases on and off the campus

2. Be able to find controversial issues from the Browse Issues list in Opposing Viewpoints in Context and locate topic overviews, featured viewpoint articles, statistical resources, primary sources, articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers, and audiovisual materials from the database

3. Be able to conduct a Boolean logic keyword search in Opposing Viewpoints in Context to locate information on a specific topic or a topic that overlaps different controversial issues

4. Be able to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in MLA or APA style

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3Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.eduLibrary’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu

Click here to conduct a catalog search to find books and AV materialsClick here to conduct a catalog search to find books and AV materialsClick here to conduct a database search to find e-books, peer-reviewed research articles, multimedia materials, country studies, and much more.Click here to conduct a database search to find e-books, peer-reviewed research articles, multimedia materials, country studies, and much more.

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Introduction to Opposing Viewpoints in Context

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• Click Browse Issues to find a list of controversial issues

• Click hot issues under the following categories

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Choose a Controversial IssueIssue from Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Click on the topic

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Display Information on Your Topic

Objective Topic Overview

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Display the Objective Topic Overview

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Display & Tweak the Citation in MLA Style

Works Cited

"Air Pollution." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Detroit:

Gale, 2010. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 24 Oct.

2013.

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Display & Tweak the Citation in APA Style

References

Air pollution. (2010). In Opposing viewpoints online collection.

Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from Opposing Viewpoints in Context.

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Display a Viewpoint Article

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Learn to Cite the Retrieved Article by Using the Citation Tools

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Tweak the Citation in MLA Style

Works Cited

"Air Pollution Continues to Be a Serious Problem.“ Pollution. Ed.

Louise I. Gerdes. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2011. Opposing

Viewpoints In Context. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.

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Tweak the Citation in APA Style

References

Air pollution continues to be a serious problem. (2011). In L.I.

Gerdes (ED.), Pollution. Detroit: Greenhaven Press.

Retrieved from Opposing Viewpoints in Context.

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Conduct a Logic Keyword Search using Boolean operators (And, Or, and Not)

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Student Student Learning OutcomeStudent Learning Outcome

1. How to get on Delta College Library’s website and log on to the subscription online Databases on and off the campus?

2. How to find controversial issues from the Browse Issues list in Opposing Viewpoints in Context?

3. How to locate topic overviews, featured viewpoint articles, statistical resources, primary sources, articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers, and audiovisual materials from the database?

4. How to conduct a Boolean logic keyword search in Opposing Viewpoints in Context to locate information on a specific topic or a topic that overlaps different controversial issues?

5. Would you be able to evaluate and cite the retrieved sources in MLA or APA style?

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