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Contents• Overview -------------------------------------• Webb online catalog ----------------------• ISLE online catalog -------------------------• Claremont Colleges library ---------------• JSTOR ------------------------------------------• ProQuest -------------------------------------• Discovery Collection -----------------------• Encyclopedia Britannica ------------------• Librarian’s Index to the Internet --------• Oxford English Dictionary ----------------• Hacker’s A Writer’s Reference ----------
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OverviewGo to webb.org/library or use the drop down menu to get to the library homepage
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Overview
Select “Search the Library Catalog” for Webb and ISLE catalogs
Select “Online Databases” for the Claremont Colleges Catalog and all databases
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OverviewYou are automatically logged into the databases through Webb if you connect on campus
If you are accessing the databases from off campus, you can find the passwords in Student News under “Research Database Passwords”
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Overview – Print Resources
• Webb Library – The first place you should check for books.• ISLE Libraries – Where you should check first if Webb does not have what
you want. Allow time for the books to arrive.• Claremont Colleges – Your last resource for books. Allow time for the
books to arrive.
Useful for any resource:• Oxford English Dictionary – Continually updated English Dictionary.• Hacker’s A Writer’s Reference – The electronic version of your Hacker
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Overview – Electronic Resources
• JSTOR – A full-text database of academic journals, images, and other primary sources. One of the main databases used in higher education.
• ProQuest – A full-text database of primarily newspapers and magazines. Also a highly used database in education.
• Discovering Collection – Databases focusing on primary sources, biographies, and multimedia in primarily history, literature, biography, science and social studies.
• Encyclopedia Britannica – This is a great resource for initial research and for sharing information with a group.
• Librarian’s Index to the Internet – A collection of websites that have been vetted by librarians as useful and credible for research.
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Webb library catalog
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Webb library catalog
• The catalog uses Boolean search terms (and, or, not)
• Keyword searching will get you the most results
• For research, it often helps to search by Subject if Keyword gives you too many results
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Webb library catalog• Spelling is critical in our catalog,
which means that “celt” will return zero results in a subject search and “celts” will return seven
• Using an Asterix (celt*) will return the most results (celt, celts, celtic,…)
• If you can’t find anything, vary your search terms.
• Sometimes it helps to do a keyword search first, then find what subject terms are used in the results
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Webb library catalog
• The search results are sorted by Title automatically. This can be changed to Author, Call Number, or Publication Date
• Select any result to view more details
• Add any or all results to your list
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Webb library catalog
• The detailed description will give you specific information about the work
• Selecting any hyperlinked text, such as subjects, will run a search for those new parameters
• Always be sure to hit the back button in the catalog, and not the back button on your web browser
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Webb library catalog• To view the items you
have added to your list, click the “My List” tab at the top of the screen
• This list can be edited, printed, or saved as a notepad document
• WARNING: If you leave your computer for a long period of time, the list will delete itself
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Webb library catalog
• When printing, you may specify a title for the book list, add additional text, and you have three format options– Bibliography: gives you the
bibliography in MLA style, WITHOUT call number
– Brief: gives you Title, Author, Publishing year, Availability, and the Call Number
– Full: gives you all the information found on the detailed results page (see slide 11)
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ISLE libraries’ catalog
• To search ISLE libraries, select the “Other Libraries” tab on the left side and then select which library you want to search
• The easiest way is to select all
• Run your search the exact same way you would run a search through the Webb catalog
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ISLE libraries’ catalog
• The search results and lists are treated the same as a regular Webb catalog search
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ISLE libraries’ catalog
• In order to get a book through Interlibrary Loan, we need the Title, Author, Call Number, and the Library name
• To find out which library holds the book you want, click on “Show Copies”
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Claremont Colleges library
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Claremont Colleges library
• We are able to get a book from the Claremont Colleges if you need it and can not find it anywhere else
• You can link to the website through our library homepage or go directly to http://libraries.claremont.edu
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Claremont Colleges library
• As with Webb’s catalog, Claremont uses Boolean search terms
• If you can’t find what you are looking for initially, edit your search terms to make your search broader
• Remember to check spelling
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Claremont Colleges library
• Results are automatically sorted by relevance, but that can be changed to date or title
• Be sure to check the status of a book before requesting it
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Claremont Colleges library
• In order to request an Interlibrary Loan (ILL), we need the Title, Author, and the Call Number
• Do research that requires ILL books early because it takes a while for them to get here
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JSTOR
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JSTOR• When you open JSTOR, check to make sure it says “access to JSTOR is
provided by Webb Schools”• Browse by discipline, do a simple search, or select Advanced Search
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JSTOR
• Use Boolean searching• Advanced search has
many options for narrowing the results– Type– Date Range– Language– Discipline
• Choose to show only content you can access
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JSTOR
• Narrow or expand search terms based on results
• Sort by relevancy or date
• Save, email, export or track citations
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JSTOR
• The results can be previewed as a page scan, a summary, or thumbnails
• Articles can be opened and saved as a pdf
• The Stable URL is found on the upper left of the result page
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JSTOR
• On the right side of the screen is a list of options for further searches through– Citations (Forward, as
found in JSTOR and Google, and Backward through the References)
– Further works by author– Google Scholar
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JSTORMyJSTOR allows you to save articles for future reference as long as you have access to JSTOR (regardless of what school you are attending… your documents from Webb will be accessible in college)
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ProQuest
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ProQuest
*When accessing ProQuest you may get “Authentication Error 1013”. If you hit refresh, the page should load without any further problems.
• ProQuest is another database that uses Boolean search terms
• One option for limiting results is the “scholarly journal” only box
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ProQuest
• If you need help finding subjects, ProQuest has a list of subject terms that you can search and then apply directly to your original search
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ProQuest
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ProQuest
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Discovering Collection
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Discovering Collection
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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Encyclopedia Britannica
• The online version of Encyclopedia Britannica can be searched like a database but can also be browsed like the print versions
• You are also able to search The Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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Encyclopedia Britannica• Search results give a
brief excerpt from the text to demonstrate how the search term is used in context
• You can save results to a workspace, which you can then share with anyone else. This comes in handy for group projects
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Encyclopedia Britannica
• The workspace requires a project name and a password
• Anyone who has that project name and password will be able to edit the project
• Anyone who only has the name will be able to view but not edit
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Encyclopedia Britannica
• Within the individual results, you can still save to a workspace and you are also able to email it out
• Words and phrases that are blue and underlined link to the corresponding articles
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Encyclopedia Britannica
• At the bottom of the articles is the citation in MLA and APA format
• Make sure that all the information is correct before using the citations in your papers
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Librarians Index to the Internet and Internet Public Library (ipl2)
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ipl2
• Ipl2 is a database of Librarian approved websites
• Use search terms or browse by subject/ category using the buttons on the homepage
• In can be accessed directly by going to http://www.ipl.org/
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ipl2
• Results of a search are displayed in a list
• Each link leads directly to the website that is advertised
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ipl2
• Browsing by subject is very easy with each of the subjects having clear headings and subheadings
• Remember, this is a work in progress and so some categories may not have resources yet
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Oxford English Dictionary
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OED
• The Oxford English Dictionary allows quick, detailed searches of words online
• It is a more reliable online dictionary than dictionary.com or other alternatives
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OED• Each entry may have multiple
definitions, go through each one• Related terms often have hyperlinks
• Tabs on top include pronunciation, spelling variations, and the etymology of the word
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Hacker’s A Writer’s Reference
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A Writer’s Reference
• An online version of A Writer’s Reference
• Go to “Documenting Sources” on either of the subjects to learn citations for that style– Humanities: MLA– Social Sciences: APA– History: Chicago– Sciences: CSE
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A Writer’s ReferenceDrop down menus provide easy access to the various citations MLA APA
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A Writer’s Reference
MLA APA
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A Writer’s Reference
• Sample Papers and Tips for Evaluating Sources are also available through the site
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