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Research, Part I - Secondary Sources
1. Searching the web
Resource: Ch. 6 and the companion web site:
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/techcomm8e/links/6.asp A. Search engines and subject indexes/directories - Browse these links: (item on this page with an * are resources you will need to answer questions in A3)
- Internet Public Library - http://www.ipl.org/
- * Open Directory - http://www.dmoz.org/
- U.S. Government Resources - http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/fdtf/index.shtml http://www.usa.gov/
- The WWW Virtual Library - http://vlib.org/
B. Specialized search tools - Take the tutorial in the first link:
2. Searching the academic databases: View the video tutorial http://screencast.com/t/MAjLMGlrZl
- Usingpractice using the Search fields, selecting full text formats, and narrowing/expanding searches
- practice saving Saveand emailing files,an emailarticle files,in pdf format and one in html format
- practice putting articles into signa folder and signing in to My Ebscohost (create an account first) so that you can retrieve articles and searches at a later time from any location
- understand elements of a Citation Information(look Serialat the differences between MLA Solutionsand APA styles when you save articles)
