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ACA 115/ACA 122 - Library Instruction and Resources Module
Research Guide & Exercises
The Library Website
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Citation Help
Citation Guides and Quick Tip Sheets
Citing information resources one uses in a paper or project is very important. It is vital that a student provide the resources where they found the information they paraphrase
or the quotes they use in their work in the proper citation format. This can be in MLA, APA, or other formats that the course instructor requires.
The guides and links in this section will enable persons to properly use in body citations and create works cited or bibliography pages.
Internet Searching and Evaluation of Academic Information
- Researching Information Resources: Websites vs Online Databases. Learn where to locate information useful for academic research.
- Evaluating Websites 101. Learn how to evaluate information on the internet and determine if it is useful for academic research. Produced by the CSUF Pollak Library Channel.
- Evaluating Websites 102. This short video describes how to evaluate and compare websites. Produced by the University of California Irvine Science Library.
- Peer Review in 5 Minutes In 5 minutes, viewers of this video will become familiar with the peer-review process and understand its significance to new knowledge production and scholarly research. Video creation by the North Carolina State University Libraries.
- Researching Online for College Students: Five Easy Steps Produced by Dr. P. Price, this video briefly describes how to evaluate web sites to determine whether they are suitable for use in academic papers.
- Using the Internet Public Library (IPL). This short video describes how to use the Internet Public Library Directory of peer reviewed websites.
- Using the Librarians Internet Index (LII). This short video describes how to use the Librarians Internet Index Directory of peer reviewed websites.
- Wikipedia: Beneath the Surface What is a wiki? How does information get into Wikipedia in the first place? Who creates it? This short animation introduces viewers to what goes on behind-the-scenes so they can make the best use of what's on the surface. Video creation by the North Carolina State University Libraries.
Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is the premier database covering social issues, such as Gun Control, Genetic Engineering, Censorship, Endangered Species, and Terrorism. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center brings together viewpoint articles, topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, biographies of social activists, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, newspaper and magazines articles, as well as links to more than 1,800 editor reviewed and subject-indexed web sites.
NetLibrary and Other eBook Resources
View the video tutorials below to learn how to access and use eBooks in NetLibrary. The Jim & Patsy Rose Library currently has access to over 47,000 titles in NetLibrary, covering all subject areas in both fiction and non-fiction.
- Access NetLibrary Collections. Learn how to access the Rose Library's NetLibrary collections regardless of where you are located. This tutorial also includes how to access online and context-sensitive help.
- Search for eBook Content. Shows how to create searches and includes how to use discovery tools, spell-checker, and navigation links to enhance your search.
- View eBooks and eJournals. How to use NetLibrary's online reader to view eContent, search within or across titles for specific content, add bookmarks and personal notes, navigate within an item, have words pronounced for you, and more.
- Create an Account. Learn how to create your own NetLibrary account, set your account preferences, and select the language display. See how to set security questions for your account.
NC Live, EBSCOHost, and Other Databases
EBSCO is a worldwide leader in providing information access combining technology with data to meet the information needs of students and faculty. NCLive provides many of the EBSCO databases currently available through the Rose Library.
ProQuest Databases
The Jim and Patsy Rose Library subscribes to ProQuest Newspapers.
Library Catalog and Database Exercises
The assignments below will open as read-only documents. To do the assignment on your computer and submit as an attachment you must open the assignment, then do a file save as in order to answer the questions. Use the same file name and add your name at the beginning of the file name. When you finish answering the questions, save the file, and then email it as an attachment or upload the file in Blackboard to your instructor.
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