
ENGL 1302 @ NLC Library
HANDOUTS
- Library Essentials - MS Word

- Using Online Databases -


- Developing a Search Strategy -


- Literary Criticism -


- Citing Sources -


ACTIVITIES: Narrow your topic
Want books? Use:
ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG
Print
E-books
Want articles? Use:
ELECTRONIC DATABASES
INTERNET SITES
SEARCH STRATEGIES
- Boolean - AND, OR, NOT (Connect search words with AND to narrow your topic, OR to broaden your topic)
- Look your search words up in the Subject Guide or Thesaurus. Then do a subject field search.
- 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???
NEED HELP? Contact Us!
Call: (210) 486-5388
Email: nlc-reference@alamo.edu
Library Instructor(s): Laura Tull, Julie Nichols
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