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First Year Experience
Library Assignment 2
Finding materials in Library’s online collection
1. Describe what kind of information you can find on the Library’s website. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________
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2. Do a “Title” search in the online catalog and write down a title that contains the words critical thinking.
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3. Do an “Author” search in the online catalog and list the number of books written by John Langan (1942-) that the Library owns. ________________
4. Search for immigration or emigration as a keyword in the online catalog and write down the number of relevant materials you find. ______________
5. Use the online Periodical list and find three periodical titles that the Library owns. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________
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6. List three general online databases available under Library Databases. ____________________________________________________________________
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7. List three subject-specific online databases available under Library Databases and indicate the subject they cover. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________
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8. Access the Expanded Academic ASAP database. Search for a full-text article on international migration by using the “Relevance search” method.
Article title: _______________________________________________
Author: ___________________________________________________ Periodical title: ______________________________________________ Volume number: _____________________________________________ Issue number: _______________________________________________ Publication date: _____________________________________________ Page number: _______________________________________________ 9.
Access LexisNexis Academic database. Search for a newspaper article on
college success (or academic success) by doing a “Quick News Search” and by limiting your search to
articles published in the previous year. Article title: _______________________________________________ Author: ___________________________________________________
Newspaper title: ______________________________________________
Publication date:_____________________________________________ Section: _____________________________________________ Page number: _______________________________________________
Please send comments, suggestions, or inquiries to Mona Florea, Reference/Instruction Librarian.
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