Finding your way around the Library - show the map
- Circ. - where you check out your books, pick up Prospector and ILL, Lost and Found, get change
- Reference - Where to ask questions about your searches, How do I find ...
- Reserves/Film/Video - Where your instructor has placed something for you to read or watch that can only be used for 2 hours in the library or overnight. Films/videos can only be watched in the Library (for students only)
- 2nd floor - circulating book collection, Archives, Shelving, Library Administration
Give a bookmark and highlight our hours
If they have fines they can't get into the databases, Prospector, or ILL
Then how to navigate the home page: http://library.auraria.edu
Page to reserve study room (hard to find)
http://host5.evanced.info/aurariacolorado/evanced/roomrequest.asp?mm=1
Search a book; title, author, keyword (most expansive), subject (keywords selected by someone else).
If we don't own it, Search Prospector (brown pages) - unified catalog of23 libraries, locally and one in Wyoming. Generally a shorter turn around time than ILL.
Search Journal Title when you have the name of the journal
Article Search; using federated box searches 12 databases at once and can get bogged down. Better go to databases A-Z.
We can search by subject and get a group of databases specific to the topic.
Can search in ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER - leads to Ebsco Search screen.
- Will require time and patience.
- Start with keywords and narrow the search down by using full text, peer reviewed journals, how far back you want to go in your research.
SPECIFIC DATABASES THAT ARE USEFUL
- CQ Researcher good for current topics
CQ Researcher is good researching pros and cons of both contemporary and historic topics.
ReplyDeleteEthnic Studies resources: Ethnic NewsWatch, covers all cultural groups in the U.S.; current topics. Also use OneFile and Academic Search Premier databases.
The following general databases are also useful: America History and Life and Sociological Abstracts
Might be useful: LexisNexis Statistical
Specific databases for:
Native Americans: The Bibliography of Native North Americans
Chicanos: Chicano Database
African Americans: Oxford African American Studies Center
There isn't a specific database for Asian Americans available on the market today.
There are a number of videos/dvd's on these topics. In order to search for the films, go to Skyline; do a keyword search for the specific group and add videorecording. Once you have a title and call number you can go to Reserves/Media, located on the first floor,north side by the windows.
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