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LEARNING
STRATEGIES AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (SLS 1503)
LIBRARY
RESOURCE PAGE
LIBRARIAN:
Dr. Darlene Ann Parrish
The selected sources listed below are useful for
finding books and articles on various topics.
FINDING A BOOK
FAU LIBRARIES CATALOG
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Title and author searching: Go to "Basic
Search" screen and from the "Browse Organized Lists"
menu select "Title begins with" or "Author (last
name, first)."
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Subject searching:
Go to "Basic Search" screen and from the "Browse
Organized Lists" menu select "Subjects, All."
For example, type in the following Library of Congress
subject headings (type in dashes for subheadings):
Nutrition
Time management--Handbooks
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Keyword searching:
Go to "Advanced Search"
screen and type in your keywords using "Title
Keyword(s)."
(Example: money management and college)
FINDING AN ARTICLE
ELECTRONIC DATABASES
Journal articles can be found in electronic databases by doing a
subject or keyword search. Electronic databases are
available from the
FAU Libraries home page by selecting
"Indexes/Databases" under the heading "Quick Links."
When accessing the databases remotely, select the link entitled
"Off
Campus Connect"
for the EZproxy server.
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Academic Search Premier Gives references to
articles from journals, magazines and other publications,
many with the full text. Most effective way of
searching database for specific topics is by using keywords,
which is a "Basic Search."
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ABI/INFORM Complete This database is primarily a
business resource, but can be used to find articles (some
with the full text) on money management and time management.
User can search multiple databases simultaneously, including
the Wall Street Journal.
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Expanded Academic ASAP
Provides articles
from journals, magazines and newspapers on various topics,
including nutrition, money management and time management.
Subject and keyword searching can be used. There are
many full text articles included in this database.
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JSTOR This
is a collection of full text articles from scholarly
journals dealing with various topics. Articles can be
located by keyword searching or browsing contents of
journals.
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OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition
Provides access to articles on nutrition, time management
and money management and numerous other topics in journals
and magazines from multiple databases, including
Reader's Guide Full Text, Education Full Text
and others.
Paper issues of journals and magazines (current and older)
are shelved upstairs according to the Library of Congress
(LC) call number (e.g. HG179.M59) and can be located through
the
FAU Libraries Catalog by doing a title search.
Electronic issues of journals and magazines are available by
going to the FAU Libraries home page at
http://www.fau.edu/library and selecting
"Electronic Journals"
under the heading "Quick Links" and searching by
title.
EVALUATING INFORMATION
If you are not using one of the "Electronic Databases" listed
above or other databases via the
FAU Libraries Electronic Collection, you need to
consider some of the following questions when evaluating
information from the Internet:
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How authoritative is the source of information?
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How accurate is the information?
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How reliable is the information?
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How current is the information?
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How relevant is the information to my topic?
CITING REFERENCES
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REF LB2369 .G53
2003 Gibaldi,
Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research
Papers. 6th ed. New York: Modern
Language Association, 2003.
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MLA Style Electronic Formats (by Dr. Mary Ellen
Guffey)
This "quick" guide to citing sources found on the Internet
provides the important components of a citation, with
examples.
Ask-A-Librarian
email reference help
Reference desk phone number: 561-297-3785
Make an appointment with a librarian:
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