Yuba College Orientation - abridghed

1. Welcome to the Library!
Orientation to Research
(Abridged)

2. Library Hours
Including the Cyber-Lab
Monday - Thursday: 7:30 AM to 8:00 PM
Friday: 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM
in Cafeteria Building 300!
Virtual Library Hours
Monday - Thursday: 5:30 AM to 7:30 PM
Monday – Thursday: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM

3. Types of Informational Sources
Books Blogs
Newspapers
Social Media
Interviews
Journals
Radio &TV
Magazines

4. Informational Formats
• Web-Based Resources
Internet vs. Subscription Resources (Databases)
• Books
• Journals & Periodical Articles (magazines)
• Other Resources (presentations, conversations, Emails, etc…)

5. Review of Information Time Frame
Time Frame Report of Event Where to Find
TV, News Websites,
Seconds/ Minutes News Organizations
Social Networks
Library Research
Day / Days+ Newspapers Databases,
Online newspapers
Week / Weeks+ Magazines Library Research Databases
6 Months+ Journals Library Research Databases
1+ Years Books Library Catalog
2-10 Years Reference Sources Library Catalog

6. Where to find sources
Books Articles
•Library Catalog
•NetLibrary •Library Databases
•Google Scholar
•Google Books
•Anthologies
•Amazon.com
(articles within a book)
•Worldcat.org
More comprehensive More current

7. http://yc.yccd.edu/academics/library.aspx

9. New Catalog Features
Place requests
Renew materials
View account information
Keep reading history
Save searches

11. Dewey Subject Classification
000 Generalities
100 Philosophy & psychology
200 Religion
300 Social sciences
400 Language
500 Natural sciences & mathematics
600 Technology (Applied sciences)
700 The arts
800 Literature & rhetoric
900 Geography & history

12. To Refine Online Searches
1. Identify multiple keywords
2. Conduct searches using different
combinations of synonyms and
related items
3. Find new terms in the sources you
locate and search with them
4. Use quotation marks around words
you want linked
5. Use words AND, NOT, OR to combine
search terms
From “Sequence to Academic Writing”

13. Plagiarism …
Taking someone’s work, words, or ideas
and using them as your own.!!
 Paraphrasing
 Summarizing
 Quoting

14. Reference Resources =
• General and Specialized Encyclopedias,
handbooks, dictionaries, etc.
Don’t always come up in the catalog
Great for Preliminary Research:
Finding Facts
Quick Overview, basic understanding
Checking Facts
Ask a librarian for assistance

16. Library in MyCampus Portal

17. http://youtu.be/IHZWVVcmzY8

18. Evaluating Resources
Digital or Print
From “The Writer’s Harbrace handbook”

19. ebrary

20. Credo Reference

29. Search Engines
Google -- http://www.google.com
Yippy.com -- http://www.yippy.com/
Ask.Com -- http://ask.com
iseek.com -- http://iseek.com

30. Internet Pathfinders/Search Directories
INFOMINE -- http://infomine.ucr.edu
Internet Public Library -- http://www.ipl2.org
Open Directory -- http://dmoz.org
Yahoo! -- http://www.yahoo.com

31. WIKIPEDIA – NO CITING!
 Almost anyone can edit - They must have an account
No editors – Democratized & free information
No fact checkers - CROWDSOURCING
No accountability – Self correcting
Sporadic updates - Sometimes
Not controlled content –
Correct, no single entity controls the information!
Background Research -- References -- Search Terms

32. Best Wishes for a
Great Semester!
Elena Heilman, Librarian
David Joyner, Evening Librarian