Search Facts.com, Points of View Reference Center, Opposing Views in Context, CQ Researcher Online, or Proquest for Articles.
Search Google for Websites.
Search LIBROS (Library Catalog) for Books and Other Materials
For LIBROS Valencia Campus Basic Search. For LIBROS Consortia Advanced Search.
Use View My Account to renew books.
Type your name (last name, first name) and your banner number from your ID.
- For basic information on some topics, search Facts.com, Points of View Reference Center, Opposing Views in Context, or CQ Researcher Online.
- For information on almost any topic, Proquest, or Academic Search Complets .
- Other resources:
- For Databases Available Off Campus.
- For a list of All Databases.
- For a list of Databases by Subject.
- Use eJOURNAL FINDER to see if journal title is available in full text.
Use a search engine to find web pages.
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If you are looking for a particular movie, search LIBROS by the name of movie as "Title."
OR
Use the Browse Movies by Category web pages.
Browse by category, click on image or title to get call number and request at desk.
OR
Look by subject or title in Films on Demand.
For Music try one of these sources
For Items on Reserve for a Course
The Research Process
- Choose your topic.
- Create your search strategy.
- Search for resources.
- Evaluate.
- Search again and evaluate.
- Use the information for your paper.
Class Activities
Task
Activity and Directions
1. Create a word cloud
- Type your words into the designated computer
- LeAnn will save the Word document to Student Folder "Homeless"
- LeAnn will use Wordle (http://www.wordle.net/) to create a word cloud.
2. Find books
- Use a catalog to find a book.
- Search by author or title of the book.
- Book exercise
4. Select a quote and cite it.
- Select a quote from "50 Essays".
- Open a Word Document and type the quote.
- Below the quote in the Word document write the citation for "50 Essays."
- Write your name on the document and print it.
- As a group, choose 1 quote and save it the the homeless folder on the student folder.
5. Find information
from a Database
Use a database.
- Choose one of these databases and search it for something relating to homeless.
- You will need to save the item to the Homeless folder on the Student Folder.
- Ask LeAnn for help with this after you have selected your item.
6. Add material to the glog.
- LeAnn will edit the class glog.
- Your group may edit the group glog.
Sample Glogs
