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FKCC Library Resources English Comp I DiStasio

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  • 1. English Comp I DiStasio
  • 2. Services Computers/wireless access Pay for print/copy Online help pages Ask-a-Librarian online chat service Interlibrary Loan obtain resources from other libraries
  • 3. Library Catalog books e-books audio books materials from other Florida community colleges materials placed on reserve by your professor
  • 4. Library Databases FKCC has access to over 95 databases - all free of charge to students with full text and multimedia. We can help you select appropriate databases to use for research.
  • 5. Your professor asked you to use scholarly articles. What are scholarly articles? http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/peabody/t utorials/scholarlyfree/
  • 6. Still need to find resources on the Internet? Be sure to evaluate your sources
  • 7. Accuracy Is the information accurate? Can you verify the information in another source? Does the page cite well-known sources or authorities?
  • 8. Authority Is the author identified? Is there reason given to assume that the author is an authority in the subject? Does the author provide contact information? If the author is identified as a corporation or organization is there information available about the reliability of the group?
  • 9. Currency Is the information current? When was the web site created? When was it last updated? Are the links working? Point of View/Bias Is the primary purpose of the site advertising or is it informational? Does the information contradict something you already know or have learned from another source? Does the author have an agenda or trying to sway his/her audience?
  • 10. Google search: Smoking AND Cancer AND Statistics http://www.smokinglungs.com/ versus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smoking .html
  • 11. Lets search the Library Catalog & Databases
  • 12. If you need help with research paper style and citation guides, you can visit our Research Blog: http://fkcclibraryresearch.blogspot.com/
  • 13. FKCC Library web site: http://library.fkcc.edu This Power Point will be available on the FKCC Library Research Blog: http://fkcclibraryresearch.blogspot.com