Come see how to quickly determine whether the web site you found is useful and appropriate for your academic research by learning a set of easy identifiers to look for. This workshop also explains which internet resources you should visit first when trying to find authoritative websites.
A new tab has been added to the blog: Handouts. Scroll to the top of any blog page, and you will see a list of tabs underneath the image of the library — “home” “about” “handouts” “library databases” and “library websites”.
This tab will include a mix of both workshop handouts and of general handouts which have been created for classes that have visited the library. Currently the tab has handouts for the Rehabilitation Reference Center workshop last Friday, the Internet Evaluation workshop that will be taught today at 12:45, and two general library resources handouts for Nursing and Occupational Therapy. Check this tab often!
Imagine this scenario… your professor has asked you to write a paper citing 3 authoritative websites that back up the thesis of your paper.
Where do you start? How do you know what is authoritative? One good place to check first is The Sullivan Library’s Internet Resources page. It features a variety of web sites on many different subjects, including Criminal Justice, Education, Religion, Health Sciences, and many more!
For example, here are some of the links within the Criminal Justice category:
Bureau of Criminal Justice Statistics for the U.S. department of Justice
CrimeLynx, the criminal defense practitioner guide through the internet
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data from the University of Michigan
The following workshop handouts are available. If you would like any of these, please send an email to Nicole.Kranich (at) dc.edu.
Intro to Health Services Databases (doc) — for OT/PT/Nursing students. Covers 5 EBSCOhost databases, Rehabilitation Reference Center, and ProQuest. Also has a special section on how to initiate an InterLibrary Loan (ILL) request for an item that we do not own but that you need.
Research Made Easy (PPT) – 42 or so slides about research hints and tricks for anyone writing a paper. From getting the assignment to writing your thesis statement, this handout will help you get a better grade.
Citing Your Work with RefWorks (doc) – Screenshots of our RefWorks database. RefWorks is a bibliographic citation management system; in short, you can import citations from databases with the click of the button, or type them in manually. Once all your citations are complete, simply press a button to see your Reference List formatted in either MLA or APA styles. It’s that easy!
Database Searching (doc) – Learn the differences between searching Google and searching a database.
NowQuest & EBSCOhost (Academic Search Elite database) (doc) — Screenshots of our two most widely used databases. Learn how to find, save, print, and email articles for your projects.
ProQuest & Serial Solutions (doc) — screenshots of two more databases. ProQuest is another database for article searching, while Serial Solutions is useful when you have a article citation and you want to see if we own it electronically so you do not have to make a trip to the library!
Evaluating Resources (doc) — Learn how to evaluate periodicals and web sites.
Internet Research & Finding Books (doc) — learn the basics of Internet research, and also how to use our online catalog.
The next workshop that will be offered here at Sullivan Library is the Evaluating Resources: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down? workshop to be held Monday, February 1st from 11:15 AM – noon.
This workshop will cover three main topic areas: 1) evaluating websites 2) evaluating print and electronic journals 3) library lingo. After this workshop is over, you will know what the difference is between a popular magazine and a peer-reviewed journal, and also what is meant by “abstract”, “citation” and “full-text”, among other terms.
Registration is also available for the following workshop:
Research Made Easy
Tuesday, February 9th 12:45 – 2:45 PM
Be taught how to do research, from choosing a topic all the way to designing an effective thesis statement. Hints and tricks to understand the process are included.
Register by calling 848-7506 or by emailing Nicole.Kranich (@) dc.edu.
Sullivan Library’s Internet Resources on the Web page features a long list of websites which have been evaluated by your own Sullivan librarians. Featuring such categories as Education, Criminal Justice, Poetry, Native American Studies, and Religion, this is THE place to go when professors ask that you include authoritative websites in your reference list!
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