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    This library session covers how to locate background information, books, and articles for research projects using the Pace University library resources. It discusses using reference sources, searching the library catalog for books, and finding articles in databases. Finally, it provides guidance on citing sources correctly using the MLA documentation style.

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    This library session covers how to locate background information, books, and articles for research projects using the Pace University library resources. It discusses using reference sources, searching the library catalog for books, and finding articles in databases. Finally, it provides guidance on citing sources correctly using the MLA documentation style.

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    Library Session:

    Locating Information Resources

    ENG 110
    Mortola Library
    Fall 2010
    Session Objectives
     Use reference sources to locate background
    information
     Locate books pertaining to your topic using
    the Pace Library Catalog.
     Find articles on your topic in library
    databases.
     Cite resources correctly using MLA
    documentation style.
    Reference Sources…
    Reference sources are an excellent place to
    start your research:
     Learn: Can familiarize you with a subject
    area or discipline.
     Connect: Can lead you to other useful
    books and articles.
     Focus: Can help you refine your topic.
    Finding Relevant Reference Sources
    1. Gale Virtual Reference Library
    2. Search the Pace Library Catalog…
     …by keyword for “[subject area] and
    encyclopedias”
     …by keyword for “[subject area]” with location
    limited to “Mortola Reference”
    3. If you are unsure of the subject area that your
    topic falls under, try a general source like
    Encyclopaedia Britannica.
    Search Tip: Boolean Logic
     Most electronic search tools (library catalogs and
    databases, Web search engines) allow you to
    combine concepts using the Boolean operators AND
    and OR.
     Use AND to combine concepts (authors and titles)
     (robert frost AND birches)
     Use OR to search for a single concept using
    synonyms or related terms.
     (fairy OR folk) AND tales
    Subject vs. Keyword Searching
     Keyword searches target entire records in the
    library catalog.
     “history of education”
     Subject searches target only the Library of
    Congress subject headings that have been
    assigned to materials. Search terms must
    match subject headings exactly.
     education, history
     curriculum change
    Pace Library Catalog

    Find out what we have and where to find it:


     To find materials on a given topic, perform a
    keyword search.
     To find books written by a person, perform
    an author search for “last name, first name.”
     To find books about a person, perform a
    subject search for “last name, first name.”
     i.e., Morrison, Toni
    Finding Articles Using Pace
    Library Databases
     Databases provide access to articles (citations,
    abstracts and/or full text) published in
    periodicals.
     Use a database that is appropriate to the
    subject area you are researching.
     Databases are subscription products available
    on campus or from home with your MyPace
    Portal username and password.
    Suggested Databases
     Academic Search Premier
     Broad coverage of many academic disciplines
     Research Library
     JSTOR
     Full-text content available from scholarly journals.
     New York Times Archive
     News coverage from 1851-2007

     Literature Resource Center


     MagillOnLiterature Plus
     Twaynes Authors Series
    Citing Your Sources
     When you build upon the ideas of others,
    you always need to give appropriate
    credit for those ideas.
     Failure to do give credit may be
    considered plagiarism
     Always use a conventional
    documentation style so that your reader
    can locate the sources you used.
    MLA Citation Style
     The MLA (Modern Language Association) style is generally
    used in the humanities.

     See the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers at the


    Mortola Library Reference Desk (Ref LB 2369 .G53 2009)

     Visit the guide to MLA citation style on the Library website.


     On the Library home page, under Library Services, click on
    How Do I …
     Then click on the link to Cite Resources
    Questions?
    Mortola Library Reference Desk:
    (914) 773-3505

    Library Home Page:


    http://library.pace.edu

    Douglas Heimbigner - Librarian:


    [email protected]
    http://LibraryPace.blogspot.com

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