Library Research Presentation

Prof. Hinshaw

MSA 600

Overview

Ask A Librarian Searching for Journal Articles Documents on Demand Resources by Subject Finding a Book Style Manuals

Off-Campus Library Services

OCLS assists students in two ways:

Research assistance (Reference Librarians)

Access to resources (Documents on Demand)

Reference Help

(Ask a Librarian)

(800) 544-1452

http://ocls.cmich.edu

Ask a Librarian

Chat w/ a Librarian

http://ocls.cmich.edu

Ask A Librarian Request Form

Hello, I would like some help finding articles on

my topic.

What we provide

Assistance with electronic resources

Search strategies Literature searches

Finding Articles

Student topic

What are the benefits to using open source

software?

Finding Articles

Recommended databases for Business What other subjects does your topic span?

•Technology•Sociology•Public Administration•Education• • •

Click on the button

I want this article but how do I get it?

I don’t see a link for PDF or FullText?

The article is available in the database listed above

Click the button to bring up the article

Click on the Full-text link to bring up the article in HTML format

After clicking you will be taken to that database or

directly to the article.

What if I click the button and the article is not available?

What if I click the button and the article is not available?

Click on the link under Interlibrary Loan

Ordering books & articles

Documents on Demand

Provide the full text of articles – electronically or by mail

Send books – owned by CMU Libraries or borrowed from other libraries

Provide 24-48 hour delivery of CMU-held materials

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OR

Articles are available on this site for 2 weeks

Please save to your computer, flash drive, etc.

Resources by Subject & Finding

Books and eBooks

MSA sample projects&

APA Citation Style Resources

Choose APA style, then resource type and fill in the text boxes with the information you have from the article, book, website, etc.

A citation will be generated for you.

OWL provides examples for citing references in APA

style.

Questions?(800) 274-3838

(800) 544-1452

http://ocls.cmich.edu

Ask a Librarian

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