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OBJECTIVES

Select, use and locate appropriate library resources

(books and journal articles) to gather information on a
topic
use the library website
http://www.uprm.edu/library/en

BASIC INFORMATION RESOURCES

Newspaper Articles
covers the latest news on all topics
Magazine Articles
covers many topics and very little analysis
Web Pages
all topics available via the internet but needs to be
evaluated

BASIC INFORMATION RESOURCES

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
factual and background information/overview of topic
Books (print and electronic)
deeper analysis of a topic
Journal Articles
more current and specialized focus on a topic information
comes from a valid source (scholarly and peer-reviewed)

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5 BASIC RESEARCH STEPS

Identify and develop your topic
Find background information
Search catalog and databases

Evaluate all information found

authority (authors credentials)
accuracy (verify same information
in other sources)

objectivity (fact or opinion)

currency (up-to-date information)
coverage (information is complete)
Cite your resources using MLA

FINDING BOOKS: USE THE CATALOG

FINDING BOOKS: USE THE CATALOG

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FINDING BOOKS: RESULTS PAGE

FINDING BOOKS: BOOK INFORMATION

FINDING BOOKS: BOOK INFORMATION

WHERE ARE THE BOOKS?

Library Collections
Reference 1st floor
Circulation 3rd floor
Puerto Rican 3rd floor
Online
Databases under Ebooks
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks

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REMOTE ACCESS

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WHERE ARE THE JOURNAL

ARTICLES?

Print
Serials shelves on 1st and 2nd floor
Online
Databases

FINDING JOURNAL TITLES: USE THE CATALOG

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FINDING JOURNAL TITLES: USE THE CATALOG

Literature Databases

Academic
Search
Complete

ERIC

Essay and
General
Literature

Humanities

Humanities
and Social
Sciences

Dissertations
and Theses

Literature
Resources
from Gale

FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES: USE DATABASES

Literature Databases

Academic
OneFile

eBook
Academic
Collection

Gale Virtual
Reference
Library

JSTOR

Linguistics
and
Language
Behavior
Abstracts

Literature
Resource
Center

MLA
International
Bibliography

Readers
Guide

Opposing
ViewPoints

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FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES: USE DATABASES - JSTOR

FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES: ANALYZING RESULTS

FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES: RESULTS LIST - JSTOR

HELP?
Library Facebook
Library Email
https://www.facebook.com/Biblioteca Databases
UPRM
cre@uprm.edu
Library Twitter
General Questions
http://twitter.com/BibliotecaUPRM
http://refvirtual.upr.edu/email.html
Library Chat
library@uprm.edu

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GOOD LUCK
WITH YOUR RESEARCH!!
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