HANDOUTS

• Library Essentials - Word  
• Using Online Databases -
• Citing Sources - Word  PDF

ACTIVITY: (Keywords: What to do when you don't know what to do)

• Side A: Find keywords relating to "job market" in the Encyclopedia Britannica and "jobs" in the thesaurus.

• Side B:  Find keywords relating to "global awareness" in the Encyclopedia Britannica and "global" in the thesaurus. 

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ACTIVITY:  Jumpstart Your Research

Want books? Use:

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG

SEARCH STRATEGIES 

• Boolean - AND, OR, NOT  (Example: globalization AND employment)
• Field searching - Subject, Author, Title (Example:   SUBJECT: globalization)
• Quotation marks for exact phrase ("job market")
• Truncation - root + variants (*)  (employ* will find employee, employers, employment)
• Database Limiters: date, publication type, type, peer-reviewed, etc.   (note: peer-reviewed is scholarly publication)

Want articles? Use:

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

• Academic Search Complete
• Opposing Viewpoints Center
• Issues and Controversies on File

CITATIONS

• Citation Guide (NLC)
• MLA Formatting and Syle Guide from the OWL at Purdue

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

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