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    This document provides resources and tips for students using the online library at Empire State College. It includes links to videos on getting started, subject guides for researching topics, tutorials on evaluating sources and research skills, and databases for searching journal articles and company/industry information. Contact information is provided for live chat, email, and phone reference help from library staff.

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    Overview handout for navigating and effectively using the Empire State College Online Library.

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    Online Library Cheat Sheet

    Get Started Videos: tinyurl.com/esclibvids

    Click on: Resources by Subject (left side of library home: www.esc.edu/library)


    Library Home & Sample Subject Guide:

    Search Tips

    Double quotes for exact phrases: "drug abuse" or "mad cow disease" AND to narrow search/combine different keywords: teenagers AND "drug abuse" OR to broaden search/combine synonyms: teenagers OR adolescents Parentheses to group synonyms: "drug abuse" and (teenagers or adolescents) Peer-review tutorial: www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/pr/ Primary vs. Secondary sources: tinyurl.com/primaryvsecondary Look for "Scholarly" or "Peer-Review" option on results pages (tinyurl.com/escpeer) Critically EVALUATE your sources!: tinyurl.com/escrattrap

    Help: www.esc.edu/askalibrarian

    Online Reference: Live Chat, Online form, E-mail, Phone Library Workshops: learn more!: subjectguides.esc.edu/workshops Library Skills Tutorial: commons.esc.edu/informationskills How Tos: subjectguides.esc.edu/tutorials Research Toolbox (free web tools): subjectguides.esc.edu/toolbox
    2/1/13 State University of New York

    Online Library Empire State College

    Research Services:

    RefWorks (organize & format citations, integrates w/ Word): www.esc.edu/refworks Online Writing Center: www.esc.edu/online-writing-center/resources/

    Search Tools:

    Subject Guides (Resources by Subject) All relevant resources by subject (reference, databases, web sources, stats, etc.) A-Z List of All Databases (click Article Databases) Sample of Resources: ABI/INFORM Academic Search Complete Annual Reviews in Social Sciences Business Source Complete JSTOR Mergent: in-depth company & industry research & data tools Sage Journals Online Science Direct Westlaw Campus (business, news and law) and newspaper, image and streaming video databases Full-Text Journal Finder: www.esc.edu/fred (tutorial: tinyurl.com/escfulltext) Search for or browse available journals by title or subject (good when you have a specific citation in hand):

    Online Library Empire State College

    2/1/13 State University of New York

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