ENGL 1302 @ NLC Library

Library Instructor: Sarah Garrett

HANDOUTS

    Library Essentials - WordPDF

    Using Online Databases - WordPDF

    Literary Criticism - WordPDF

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

    Important Questions: What is a database? Why would you use a database?

   Databases by Subject - Literature

SEARCH STRATEGIES

• Quotation marks for exact phrase
• Field searching - Subject, Author, Title
• Boolean - AND, OR, NOT
• Truncation - root + variants (*) 
• Database Limiters: date, publication type, type, peer-reviewed, etc.

OPTIONS FOR FULL-TEXT - Where is the actual article???

•  PDF or HTML in database
• A to Z Online Journal Locator
• IDB & ILL

NEED HELP? Contact Us!

Call: (210) 486-5388

Email: nlc-reference@alamo.edu

Practice, practice, practice......