Exercise for Week 1 - notes for week one of the course PDF

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LIB 102

Exercise for Week 1: Library Resources and Services 1. List 3 ways in which you can get to the CSI library website homepage

2. It is 10 pm and you are working on a paper at home. You need help finding the full text of an article. List 3 ways you can get help from the library/librarian

3. The database Academic Search Complete is a good starting point for finding articles on many of the topics students write about. Tell me a quick way to get to this database

4. Librarians have compiled research/resource guides for many of the subjects taught at CSI (eg.: business, nursing, psychology, English…), as well as some course guides. Tell me how you can find a research guide for your major? If you can, list its URL

5. You are finishing up your paper for a psychology class and having difficulty citing the 2 sources you used in your paper. Where can you find a good APA citation guide?

6. Using OneSearch on the library homepage, find out if the library has the 2014 book Research strategies: finding your way through the information fog by William Badke. If we do, what is the call number of the book?

7. To locate a print book in the library, you need to have its call number, and pay attention to the location of the book. In the search results, you will see the following location designations. Answer the question under each designation: * Available at Staten Island Textbook Reserve (P120 .L34 L36 2013) Where would you go to locate the book? * Available at Staten Island Stacks - 3rd Floor (PE1127 .L47 L36 2005) Is this a book that you can borrow for 3 weeks? * Available at Staten Island Reference (Z710 .B23 2014) Where would you go to locate the book?...