GOVT 2305 @ NLC Library 

HANDOUTS

    Library Essentials (MS Word) (PDF)

    Using Online Databases (MS Word) (PDF)

CITATIONS       

 Citation Guide

ACTIVITIES 

Start your research today! 

WANT BOOKS? 

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG 

WANT E-BOOKS?

WANT ARTICLES?

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

• Academic Onefile
• Issues and Controversies
• Opposing Viewpoints
• Biography Resource Center
• History Resource Center
• American History in Video
• World History Collection
• Academic Search Complete

SELECTED WEB SITES

Sites recommended by Mr. Floyd:

• Justice Talking
• FactCheck.org
• OpenSecrets.org
• Pro/Con.org

Other sites:

• Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century
• Best of History Web Sites
• Hotlinks - Govertment & Legal Sites
• Social & Behavorial Science - See Think Tanks

SEARCH STRATEGIES

• Boolean - AND, OR, NOT
• Field searching - Subject, Author, Title
• Quotation marks for exact phrase
• 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

Library Instructor(s):  Linda Plevak