COURSE SDEV 0170 @ NLC Library

HANDOUTS

    Basic Research 

    Evaluating Websites  

    Got Books? (E-books 2) 

    Using Online Databases

 Want books (and e-books 2)? Use:

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG 

Want articles? Use:

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

INTERNET SITES

     Hotlinks a.k.a. websites   (We've found some really good ones and linked them here for you).

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

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