This document provides an overview of library orientation for CPD students. It introduces library services and materials, then guides students through exercises to find one newspaper/magazine article, one website, and one book related to their topic using library databases and the catalog. Students work with response cards to answer polling questions. The presentation emphasizes criteria for evaluating website authority and quality and demonstrates how to search the library catalog.

1. WELCOME CPD
STUDENTS!
Please sit near your group
members

2. Danielle Carlock
480 425 6765
d.carlock@sccmail.maricopa.edu

3. Learn about library services & materials
For your topic find:
• One newspaper/magazine article
• One website
• One book

4.  Some slides will give you a chance
to answer a question with your
ResponseCard (“clicker”)
 Use only buttons 1/A through 0/J
 Press a button once; the display on
your clicker will show your choice
 You can press a different button to
change your answer as long as
“polling: open” is displayed

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9.  The library website is at:
 http://library.scottsdalecc.edu/
 You can Google us or get to us from the SCC
Website
 Some important sections of the site:
• Databases
• Research Guides
• Library catalog
• How to get help

10. One member of each group-please write
your group’s topic down on one of the
small whiteboards

11. One newspaper/magazine article
One website
One book (textbook can count)
Let’s look at how to find these materials

12. Use search engines (databases) available
through the library webpage.
Library Databases/Search
Engines
Google
These databases are limited to
newspaper/magazine/journal
articles
Can be a needle in a haystack to
find newspaper/magazine articles
There is no charge to access the
articles
Often have to pay to access the
articles

13. Can only be accessed from through library
website
Must know your MEID or SCC login to get
access off campus
There are several dozen databases
Recommended databases: Academic One
File or National Newspaper

14. 1. Go to the library website:
http://library.scottsdalecc.edu/
2. Click on the Databases tab
3. Click on Academic One File
4. If off campus, enter your MEID or SCC
login when prompted
5. Begin your search!

16. 1. Type your search words into the box
2. Click on “limit to documents with full
text”
3. Look at the results in the “Magazines”
and “News” tabs
4. Click “Full text” or “PDF” to open, save,
email, or print articles

17. WORK WITH YOUR GROUP TO FIND AT
LEAST ONE USEFUL
MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FOR
YOUR PROJECT

18. There’s a lot of information out there. Be
choosy and find the best sites:
CRITERIA DESCRIPTION
AUTHORITY Can I trust the person or organization that
created the site?
CONTENT Does the site have information I can use?
CURRENCY Is the site up to date?
OBJECTIVITY Does the site present a balanced
viewpoint on the topic?

19. Look at the domain to get an overall sense
of what type of website it is:
DOMAIN DESCRIPTION
.EDU College/university or K-12 school; sites can be official pages
of the institution or personal pages (of faculty, students, etc)
.COM OR .NET Commercial organizations (i.e companies, corporations).
Might be the official pages of the company. May also be
personal pages hosted by a company.
.ORG Non profit organization (charities, foundations, service
organizations).
.GOV Official US government websites.

20.  http://www.google.com/advanced_search
Example: your topic is stress management
in college students. Sites in the .edu
domain might be best. Limit to that
domain.

21. Look on the page to see who created the
page:
• About us
• Bottom of page
See if there is any information about the
group or person’s credentials.

22.  “College students” and “stress management”
 Analyze two of the hits for authority:
• Stress management techniques for college students-
http://www.essortment.com/family/stressmanagemen_
sifb.htm
• University Health Center | A Wellness Lifestyle
Approach
• www.uhs.uga.edu/stress/wellnesslifestyle.html

23. CRITERIA DESCRIPTION
CONTENT Does the site have information I can use?
CURRENCY Is the site up to date?
OBJECTIVITY Does the site present a balanced viewpoint of
the topic?

24. WORKING WITH YOUR GROUP, FIND AT
LEAST 1 WEBSITE THAT MEETS ALL
THE CRITERIA OF A HIGH QUALITY
SITE:CRITERIA DESCRIPTION
AUTHORITY Can I trust the person or organization that
created the site?
CONTENT Does the site have information I can use?
CURRENCY Is the site up to date?
OBJECTIVITY Does the site present a balanced viewpoint of
the topic?

25. Use the library catalog on the SCC Library
website
Demonstration
Work with your group to find one book on
your topic