{"url":"searching-the-collin-college-library-databases","title":"Searching the Collin College Library Databases","created_at":"2024-08-21T01:39:13Z","editing_roles":"teachers","page_id":9795461,"published":true,"hide_from_students":false,"front_page":false,"html_url":"https://collin.instructure.com/courses/936443/pages/searching-the-collin-college-library-databases","todo_date":null,"publish_at":null,"editor":"rce","updated_at":"2024-08-21T01:39:13Z","locked_for_user":false,"body":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eFinding Reliable Sources in the Collin College Library Databases:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eDatabases are simply groups of digitized information compiled by companies who sell this information to colleges, universities, and businesses.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eThis information takes the form of scholarly journal articles, high-resolution art images, streaming music and video, newspaper articles from all over the world, TV and radio transcripts, a vast collection of Ebooks, and much, much more. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eYou can trust this information to be reliable, current, scholarly, and free. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eThe college subscribes to over 130 databases and 45,000 Ebooks you can access 24 hours a day, anywhere in the world, with your Cougar Web login and Internet access.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eWikipedia and Google have made a huge impact on the research methods used by students today.\u0026nbsp; Both may be a good place to find general information about a specific topic, but do not trust this information for a research paper.\u0026nbsp; Anyone can add or edit information on a Wikipedia page, and anyone can put up a website containing false information.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eInstead, focus on using the more reliable sources found in Collin College's library databases.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"limiters\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccessing and searching the Collin Library databases online:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eHere's a tutorial that will show you how to find sources, including articles from scholarly journals (starting around the 5-minute mark), in the library databases. The College library recently shifted to a different search system called WorldCat, so the widget you use to access the databases might look different, but the databases themselves haven't changed (they didn't really give us much time to update -- sorry!). You can find more information about WorldCat here: \u003ca href=\"https://collin.libguides.com/CCDLS\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps://collin.libguides.com/CCDLS\u003c/a\u003e.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"width: 640px; height: 480px;\" title=\"Library Database Tutorial\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/P3qBYPjuPlI?feature=oembed\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eSelecting keywords within the library database system:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eOnce you get into the database, do a keyword search on your topic. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eHere are few ideas to remember about keywords:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eUse\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003esearch terms (k\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeywords\u003c/strong\u003e) and not natural language for your searches.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eFor example, type a keyword like: \u003cstrong\u003econsumerism\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eNOT: I need an article about consumerism.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eUse\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003equotation marks\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e(\u003cstrong\u003e\"...\"\u003c/strong\u003e) around phrases or words you want to keep together in your search.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eExample: \u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c/strong\u003ematerial culture\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eUse\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eAND\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003eif you want to combine several terms within one search.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eExample: \"material culture\" \u003cstrong\u003eand\u003c/strong\u003e consumerism\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eUse an\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003easterisk\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e(\u003cstrong\u003e*\u003c/strong\u003e) when you're not sure what ending for a search term might give you the most useful results.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eFor example, type consumer\u003cstrong\u003e*\u003c/strong\u003e for these search results: consumer, consumerism, consumers, etc.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e"}