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Library Catalog Searching Guide for Career Exploration

Learn to effectively use library catalogs for research on your major using MLA guidelines and online resources. Find, access, and cite relevant books for your career exploration paper.

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Library Catalog Searching Guide for Career Exploration

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  1. OPACS and SearchingLIBS100 2 March 2005

  2. Review of Mid-Term • Don’t cite EBSCO, similar to citing library where you find book • Pay attention to MLA style guide and link to other types of sources • Need to alphabetize • If you don’t understand requirements, ASK!!!

  3. Questions?? • Questions about Career Exploration Paper Part A?? • Make appointment if you need help

  4. LIBS100Word of the Day OPAC Online Public Access Catalog www.ocpl.lib.ny.us

  5. What is a Library Catalog? Tool that provides access to resources within a library or links to remote resources. www.ocpl.lib.ny.us

  6. Conduct Search • Perform an Onondaga County Public Library Search to find books on your major. • Print out book information • Is this book in the library currently? • How could you obtain access to it?

  7. Work on CE Part A • MLA guidelines • Abbreviated guide on green handout • More types of sources available from http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/MLA/bibliographymla.htm

  8. Work on CE Part A You must work on paper during remainder of class time Class is NOT optional, you must stay until the end (unless you turn in completed CE PartA in class)

  9. Work for Monday, 2/7/2005 • Read article • Interview for CE Project Part A • Work on CE Project Part A- don’t procrastinate!

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