| Type of Resources |
Finding Tools |
Search Strategies |
- Books
- Print
- E-Books
- Digitized Libraries
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- Library Catalog
- LIBROS (Valencia Campus items)
- WorldCat (Items anywhere else)
- Catalog for the specific collection
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- Known (author, title)
- Short (keyword, subject)
- For more info on searching LIBROS, see Searchpath Module 3
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| Encyclopedias |
- LIBROS for one in VC Library
- Library's online reference database
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| Dictionaries |
- LIBROS for one in VC Library
- Library's online reference database
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- Articles
- from print periodicals
- from online periodicals
- scholarly or popular
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- Library Online Database
- index to periodicals
- online journal collections
- subject databases
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- Long (keyword, subjects, fulltext of articles)
- For more info on searching for articles, see Searchpath Module 4
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| Newspapers |
- Limited print in Library
- Full text in Library Online Databases
- Subject indexes in Library Online Database
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| Images |
- Library Databases
- ArtStor
- Academic Serach Complete (limited)
- Web>
- Search engines (use section for imagage).
- Specific collections
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| Video |
- Films, movies, DVDs
- LIBROS
- WorldCat
- Web
- 10 most popular video sites.
- Search engines like Truveo or Blinkx.
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| Web pages |
Search engines
Metasearch engines
Subject directories
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- Long (keywords, phrases, Boolean logic)
- For more info on searching the Web, see Searchpath Module 5.
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