Finding What You Need To Know About Pets

Information Matters: Finding what you need to know about Pets

Why should I learn about pets?

There are approximately 74.8 million owned dogs and 88.3 million owned cats in the US.

Petting a dog will lower your heart rate and blood pressure.

Children practice reading to therapy dogs.

Therapy animals visit nursing homes and hospitals.

Pets require proper care and socialization.

Looking for Information about Pets on the Internet

Go to Google.com, Bing.com, Yahoo.com, or other Internet search engine.

Search for information by putting in keywords such as “cat care” or “therapy dogs”.

How do I Know the Web Sites are good ones?

Check out Web sites that are

Accurate

Authoritative

Objective

Current

Easily accessed

(See the Library’s 24/7 page for more about Web site evaluation.)

Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month

October is extra special—it's Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month!

Find behavior, pet, and medical care information.

www.aspca.org

Humane Society of the United States

Established in 1954, The HSUS seeks a humane and sustainable world for all animals.

Offers pet care information to help you develop a long and rewarding relationship with your pet.

www.hsus.org

Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

The College of Veterinary Medicine was founded in 1894.

Recognized as a leader in education.

The Veterinary Library offers a list of Internet resources.

http://www.vet.cornell.edu/

Remember to check out the Library’s 24/7 page

Find Books in the Oakton Catalog & I-Share

Find Articles in Magazines, Journals, & Newspapers

Find Facts in Online Reference Works

Find Research by Topics: "How Can I Find...?"

Find & Evaluate Websites

Find Citation Help

8 Steps to Research Success

Is there an article I can read?

The Library subscribes to more than 500 magazines, journals, and newspapers.

You can access most of these subscription databases at home.

See the Library’s 24/7 page for help in finding articles.

How do I search for articles?

Select a database like Academic Search Complete.

Enter dog ownership as your search term.

Limit your search to full-text and periodicals.

Wow! What a great list

A list of records will be displayed.

The list shows part of the abstract, the author, the publication, the date, and if the full text is available as HTML or a PDF.

How can I find more about one of the articles?

Click on the title of the article.

Read the full text.

Save the article or email it, along with the proper citation, to yourself.

Now what?

Enter to win one of 12 gift certificates to the cafeteria by finding a full-text article about pets and telling us how you found it, including the database you used.

Email your answer using the Email Reference Service Form (see the Library’s home page) Enter Information Matters as the Subject.

Email your answer by October 31 st .

Drawing on November 6 th .

Wait, there’s more!

Watch all 4 PowerPoint Presentations.

Receive a Got Research Workshop certificate after you complete all 4 exercises.

Ask your professor for extra credit when you have your certificate in hand.

How can I learn more?

Attend a Got Research Workshop . Check the Reference Desk for a list of upcoming dates.

Schedule a Research Consultation with a Librarian for help with a specific assignment.

Celebrating National Information Literacy Awareness Month This presentation was prepared by Robin K. Dillow and Uri Toch as part of Oakton Community College Library’s outreach efforts during National Information Literacy Awareness Month. For more information, contact us at [email_address] or [email_address] . October 2009.