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Accessing Information Resources at Central Methodist University

A guide to our library resources

What do I need to do to find Quality Information? o o o o o

Overview: What is your research question? Identify your topic and keywords Decide what resources you need Gather your resources, check credibility Reject any duds, refine search if needed

Overview: The Big Picture 

What kind of paper are you writing? –

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How many resources do you need? What kind of sources can you use? –

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Case study, compare/contrast, lit review, position

Print, web, articles, scholarly, etc.

What is your timeframe for writing the paper?

Identify Topics and Keywords   

Write down your topic Identify the main concepts Write down synonyms for your search terms –

Example: You want to write about how juvenile offenders are punished.

Make a List of Main Concepts and Additional Terms To Describe Your Topic Topic Chart Concept 1

Juveniles OR Adolescents OR Teenagers

Concept 2

AND

Offenders OR Criminals

Concept 3

AND

Law OR Punishment

Boolean Connectors

The Or Connector Tells The Computer To Retrieve Items With Either Term. Example: Gets articles with (teenagers or juveniles or adolescents)

The And Connector Tells The Computer To Retrieve Items With Both Terms.

Example: Gets articles with both law and punishment.

What kind of resources do you need? 

Books –

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Articles –

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Check the Quest and Mobius Catalogs Check the databases

Web Resources –

Evaluate sources and use Google Scholar

Finding Books 

The library has two catalogs for books on its web page –

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QUEST: This smaller catalog is for our cluster and contains items from CMU, UCM, MO Valley, and SFCC MOBIUS: This larger catalog contains items from libraries all over the state

Both catalogs are linked off the “Catalogs and Databases” web page.

CMU webpage Library link

Library Homepage

Click here to search

Choose Catalogs and Databases for all resources

Or choose subject guides for specific depts. or classes

Use these to find books

Quest Catalog: contains books for CMU, UCM, Mo Valley and State Fair

Type your search terms here and hit “Search”

Click titles for more info and to request an item

These are the search results

Click here to request this item

Or use this box to limit to books at CMU

MOBIUS Catalog: All academic libraries in MO

Enter search terms here

Results are here. Click on a title for more information or to request an item.

Click here to request an item

Choose your Cluster (we are QUEST)

Enter your name and ID number plus CMU

Choose your pickup cluster & location. You can choose any MOBIUS library Click submit. You will get an email when the book has arrived

Finding Articles Databases are services the library subscribes to, in order to provide access to quality information They are not the same as web pages or web resources, but they are free for students! The best general databases to start with are ProQuest Central and Credo Reference

General, multipurpose databases

Newspapers Subject Specific Databases

Click any of these links to reach a specific databases

Which Database? 

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Credo Reference –

Reference materials like encyclopedias and dictionaries

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A good place to start!

ProQuest Central – –

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Contains scholarly journal articles, some in full-text Searchable by subject area

Newspapers –

Lexis-Nexis: all content is full-text

Credo Reference: A good place to start!

ProQuest Central: Our largest database

Enter your search terms

Or Choose a specific subject area to search

Enter your search terms

These are all the results

Narrow results for full-text or scholarly items

Or by material type or date

Narrow results by subject area

Click on the title to see the whole article

Email, print, or cite the article

Use these buttons to share your results

Click here for Full-text

Subject Area Resources  

Choose “Subject Guides” on the library homepage Choose your subject and use the guide to find the resource tools you need!

Click here for Subject Guides

Choose the area you need

MLA & APA guides are here too!

Subject Resources

Newspapers  

Use Lexis-Nexis or ProQuest Central Newspapers to find news articles Newspaper content is full-text

ProQuest Central

Click here for News and Newspapers

Lexis-Nexis

Enter Search terms here. Put titles or proper names in Quotes

Hit Go!

Click on the article you want to view

Web resources 

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When using Google to search, combine terms with AND, OR, and NOT, and use “Quotes” to search for titles or proper names Look for authors, publication dates, and advertising to evaluate the quality of a web page

Put titles in “quotes” and combine terms with AND

Google Scholar  

Allows you to find scholarly content in the web Set preferences for CMU to link to full-text content

scholar.google.com

Click here to set preferences

Find Central Methodist in “Library Links” This will give access to some of our full-text material

In conclusion     

Identify your search topic and terms Look in the QUEST and MOBIUS Catalogs for books Look in the databases for articles Evaluate web resources! Questions or Problems? Ask Us!

Contact Information 

Cynthia Dudenhoffer – –

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Smiley Library – –

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[email protected] 660-248-6292 [email protected] 660-248-6271

Webpage –

http://www.centralmethodist.edu/library/index.php