Information Competency Literacy Research Guides

Instructor: Ms. C. Cox
English 110

Purpose: to complete library research paper on self improvement. See assignment

DIRECTIONS: Complete this worksheet

1. What is a library database?

2. What is a library source?

General Onefile

On Library homepage www.cuyamaca.edu/library

Type in your keywords.
Check the box Full-text.
Use SUBJECT (top bar) and select subdivisions such as "health aspects"

Academic Onefile

On Library homepage www.cuyamaca.edu/library
Type in your keywords,
Check the box Full-text. Use SUBJECT (top bar) and select subdivisons such as "health aspects"

Health and Wellness At the library homepage, this database is listed under "Article and Database A-Z". Excellent for health, nutrition, disease topics
Check the box Full-text. Use Subject (top bar) and select subdivisions such as health aspects"

Academic Search Premier On Library homepage www.cuyamaca.edu/library Type in your keywords,
Check the box Full-text. Use SUBJECT (top bar)

STEP 2: Choose library sources

Database

Academic Search Premier

Academic Onefile

General Onefile

Health and Wellness

leads to
library citations

Citation

Edelen, Jeri.
"Children and nutrition"
Child Development
March 2, 2012, p.235.

leads to library source.
check full text

Article full-text.

"The formation of the ideas of children constitutes a study equally interesting from a literary and a scientific point of view..."

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