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English
1A - Reading and Composition
Course:
ENGL 1A - Reading and Composition
Instructor: Glenn
Hassenpflug
Library Contact: Carolyn
Salus Singh
Locating Information:
Books
Locating
Information: Articles
Useful
Internet Links: Urban Legends
Citing Your
Source: MLA Style
Extended
Education Services
Shasta
College Library Information
Locating
Information: Books, Online eBooks, and Videos
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The Library
Catalog is your author, title, and subject guide to the 80,000 books
and videos as well as the 12,600 Online eBooks in the Shasta College Library
collection.
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Once you've found an item of
interest, scroll to the gray tool bar and click I Need Material.
The book's call number and id number should appear on the form. Add
your User ID (that is, the 14 digits under the barcode on your library
card) or your Alternate ID (your social security number) and click
on Send. You should receive the book at your Extended Ed site
within 48 hours.
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Online eBooks can be read by
clicking on the URL button in the Full Details box.
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Additional instructions on loan
policies for Extended Ed students can be found by clicking
Requesting
Library Materials.
Registration for
a netLibrary Online eBook account must be completed from an on-campus computer
but the eBooks may be
used from any where at any time. To create an account, visit the Library
and choose Online
eBooks from our home page. Ask for help at Reference!
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Locating
Information: Articles
The Library subscribes
to over 50 Articles
& Databases to help you locate magazine and newspaper articles.
The following contain current, full text articles on urban legends.
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Magazines and Periodicals
(EBSCOhost)
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National Newspapers (ProQuest)
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General Reference Center
Gold (InfoTrac)
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource
Center
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SIRS Knowedge Source
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To login on campus or from one
of the extended ed sites, click on the database's title.
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If off campus, click on the
satellite icon
and follow instructions.
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A Library Card is required
to access most databases from off campus. For information about acquiring
a Library Card,see "How do I get a Library Card?" on the Library's Frequently
Asked Questions web page.
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Useful
Internet Links: Urban Legends
Warning: Anyone can publish
anything on the Internet and the Internet provides the perfect forum for
myths to flourish. We tend to think that if we see a thing in writing
it must be true. How can you separate facts from myths? Consider
the information carefully. Is the source reputable? For science
or health information, is professional or scientific literature cited?
Trust your own experience. If something sounds farfetched, it probably
is. Take extreme caution when selecting Internet resources for your research
as most sites contain a strong bias and many contain unsubstantiated information.
To learn more about choosing reliable sites, consult a web site evaluation
tool such as Consider
the Source: Evaluating Research Tools, Thinking
Critically about World Wide Web Resources, or one of the other Internet
guides listed on the bottom of the Library's
Search
Internet web page.
Citing
Your Source: MLA Style
Books
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The official guide for this
style is:
Joseph Gibaldi's MLA
Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 5th ed. (Reference Desk
LB2369 .G53 1999)
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Another helpful (if not official)
book is:
Andrew Harnack's Online!
: A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources (Reference TK 5105.875
.I57 .H364 2000)
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College Library Information
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Updated: 10/16/06