Hendrik Meijer Library Orientation

• Information literacy

• Finding books

• Finding journals, magazines & newspapers

• Finding additional sources

• Finding Internet sources

Information Literacy

• Recognize the information need

• Find the information

• Evaluate the information

• Use the information effectively/responsibly

• Reassess the need

Finding the Information

Choose the sources

Current information? Books vs. magazines

Scholarly research? Journals vs. magazines

Print? Indexes to print sources

Develop Search Strategy

• Use synonyms– cars or automobiles or autos

• Use Boolean AND, OR, NOT– (cars or automobiles) and design

• Use stem searching– computer$ or computer*– will find computer, computerization, computerized, etc.

• Field searching– keyword– subject– author

Library Research Through MCC Website:

• http://www.muskegoncc.edu

• http://www.muskegoncc.edu/library

Click on Library

or

Hover over Library to see menu

Use WebCat, the

online catalog.

Click on WebCat

orsee helpful hints

for using WebCat.

For stem searching,

use $

Note Call Numbers.

HV = Criminology Section

KF= Law Section

QP= Physiology Section

RM= Medical Section

Locations in library

Find a book thatlooks good, then

click on VIEWto see details

Works Cited information

Subject term:Marijuana—Therapeutic use

Questions about WebCat?

WebCat:

• Use to find books, videos, CDs, DVDs

• Use to find instructors’ reserve materials

• Magazine, journal & newspaper articles are NOT located in WebCat

Finding Digital Books

• Many different databases of digital books

• May search through full text, keywords

• Approximately 24,000 books available

Ebsco ebooks

Oxford Reference

Safari Tech

When off campus, usethe Research Databases

from Off Campus.

Use Digital Books from Off Campus.

Digital Booksoff campus

eBooks

Clicking on eBooksbrings up the off-campus

login page.

Use your network login:

firstname.lastname and

your password

then click “Login”

Enter search terms. Then, click on “Search”

Good titles! Let’s opennumber 1.

(Click on the title)

Click on eBook Full Textto read this book.

Finding magazine or newspaper articles

• Use FirstSearch, InfoTrac, LexisNexis, EbscoHost or New York Times

• Google is not the best source to locate published research articles

Let’s go back to theOff Campus Database

Access page to search for magazine and

journal articles.

Scroll down the page for:

InfoTracFirstSearchand other

periodical databases.

InfoTrac is a goodplace to startwhen looking

for magazines &journals.

Many databases to choose

Academic OneFile

Subject Guide Search

Search subjects for

school violence

Click to beginsearch

4804 articles on

School Violence

Click “Subdivisions”

to see thesubdivisions under

school violence

Of the 4804 articles, 44 are on the

causes ofschool violence

Click on“Causes of”to see the 44 articles

Click on title to view article

Print/Saveoptions

Summaryof

article

Works Cited informationAt bottom of article

Periodical DatabasesInfoTrac, FirstSearch, LexisNexis

• Use to find high-quality journal, magazine and newspaper articles

• Up-to-date and comprehensive

• If you find little with a subject search, try a keyword search

In addition to books and the magazine, journal and newspaper databases, we have some excellent

databases containing reports and other specialized information.

Two of these that are most helpful to students for research papers are:

Opposing Viewpoints (InfoTrac)and

CQ Researcher (CQ Electronic Library)

From the Off- Campus page,

click on InfoTrac for the

Opposing Viewpoints database.

Opposing ViewpointsIn

Context

Enter search terms,or, browse

subjects below

Search for

“fracking”

From theOff Campus

page, click on

CQ ElectronicLibrary

Select

“CQ Researcher Online”

Browse recent reports

or

enter search terms above

Find databases byyour subject area

“Periodical lists” is used to find a specific magazine,journal or newspaper by

its title.

Student Support

Internet Searching

• Subject catalogs (mel.org, lii.org)

• Search engines (google.com, yahoo.com)

• Evaluate

Advanced Search

Limit to .gov or .edu

Evaluating the Information

• Authority – What are the credentials?

• Accuracy – Facts? Data? Misspellings?

• Objectivity – Bias?

• Coverage – What is missing?

• Currency – Up-to-Date?

Fall/Winter Hourshttp://www.muskegoncc.edu/library

• Monday – Thursday 7:30 am to 10:00 pm• Friday 7:30 am to 4:30 pm• Saturday Closed • Sunday 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Library : 231-777-0269Circulation Desk : 231-777-0270Reference Desk : 231-777-0326

Spring/Summer Session Hours

http://www.muskegoncc.edu/library• Monday – Thursday 7:30 am to 9:00 pm• Friday 7:30 am to 4:30 pm• Sunday 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Library : 231-777-0269Circulation Desk : 231-777-0270Reference Desk : 231-777-0326

Questions?