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Page 1: Print and Electronic Resources at the ACC Library as well as some great resources on the Internet

Print and Electronic Resources at the ACC Library

as well as some great resources on the Internet

Page 2: Print and Electronic Resources at the ACC Library as well as some great resources on the Internet

The electronization of the library:

online databases and Internet

replacing/supplementing

print resources

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Is the traditional bricks-and-mortar library

an endangered species?

• Information in the form of reference resources, periodicals and books are increasingly

available from home

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Is the traditional bricks-and-mortar library

an endangered species?

• Print information is still superior to online information in terms of quantity and quality

Page 5: Print and Electronic Resources at the ACC Library as well as some great resources on the Internet

Is the traditional bricks-and-mortar library

an endangered species?

• ACC Library print resources are still indispensable: e.g., business reference, literary criticisms, among others

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Electronic Resources

• ACC Library website (CARL catalog and subscription databases)

• Internet resources

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Reference• Virtual reference (retains element of

human interaction)• Dictionaries, encyclopedias,

handbooks, manuals, directories, legal resources, etc.

• Resources can be general or subject-specific

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Reference

• Factual answers to who, what, when, where, why, how

• A few words or sentences: names, dates, statistics, brief explanations or narratives

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ACC electronicreference resources

Library Web page:

http://www.arapahoe.edu/custom/LibraryDatabases.html

(special passwords available for access from home)

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ACC Online Reference*accessible off-campus

• Encyclopedia Britannica* and World Book

• Associations Unlimited

• Statistical Universe

• Biography and Genealogy Master Index

• Contemporary Authors and Contemporary Literary Criticism Select

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Internet Reference Resources

• www.ipl.org

• www.refdesk.com

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Periodical Resources

• scholarly & trade journals

• magazines

• newspapers

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Periodical Resources

• primary, peer-reviewed

• secondary

• current information

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ACC Print PeriodicalResources

• 300 subscriptions (listed in “periodicals list”), available in hard copy and microform

• newspaper, magazine indexes, including Psychological Abstracts

• book review indexes• interlibrary loan

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ACC Online PeriodicalResources (Subscription-based)• AskERIC• EBSCO Host• InfoTrac Magazine Index• Ingenta• Newsbank• OCLC• ProQuest

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Internet PeriodicalResources

•findarticles.com

•infotrieve www3.infotrieve.com

•magportal.com

•Electric Library elibrary.com

•Internet Public Library ipl.org

•AJR Newslink newslink.org

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Internet Periodical Resources

Electronic journals, e-zines, newsletters:• Directory of Scholarly Electronic Journals and • Academic Discussion Lists dsej.arl.org• Electronic Journal Miner coalliance.org/ejournal• E-zines.com• Harrasowitz de/ms/ejresguide.html#Journals• New Jour gort.ucds.edu/newjour• Newsletters, Journals and Zines on WWW• loria.fr/~charoy/zines.html

• E-journals.org

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Book Resources:Library Catalogs

• CARLweb on ACC Library page

• other CARL library catalogs

• Prospector catalog

• ACLIN catalog

• OCLC

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Book Resources:Library Catalogs

also useful for--

• interlibrary loan requests of books

• identifying libraries for walk-in use and checkout of books and periodicals with statewide library card

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Book Resources:Online Full Text

• netLibrary on ACC Library page

• IPL Books Collection at ipl.org/div/books

• Project Gutenberg at promo.net/pg

• National Academy Press at nap.edu

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Creating Effective Library Assignments: Ideas and Principles

• www.polk.cc.fl.us/it/library/infolit/assignments.html (also contains links)

• www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/ivc/library/ideas.htm

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Selecting and Writing a Research Topic

Print Resources at ACC Library• Taking Sides (reference)• Opposing Viewpoints (circulates)• CQ Researcher (ref/circ)• 10,000 Ideas for Research Papers (ref/circ)• Encyclopedias (reference)• Newspapers and magazines• Table of contents and indexes of books

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Selecting and Writing a Research Topic

• Print Resources at ACC Library:Manuals of style, such as MLA,

and how-to term paper manuals

searchable on CARLweb catalog

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Selecting and Writing a Research Topic

Online Resources:• A+ Research and Writingwww.ipl.org/teen/aplus• Writing a Research Paperhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/• A Guide for Writing Research Papershttp://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml