Citation Made Easy In EBSCO

In keeping with the Mike's most recent post, did you know that you can get a quality, up-to-date citation in APA, MLA, or Chicago style for articles found in any EBSCO database?

There are 2 different ways to do so. The first is to e-mail yourself the article using the envelope icon. You can send it to any email address you'd like, but make sure you click the citation format button and select the style you'll be using. EBSCO will then e-mail you both the whole article and a citation as attachments.
The second way to retrieve a citation is to click the gold document icon. This will link you directly to a citation of the article in every available style.

I just checked the APA and MLA citations against the official style guides and they seem to match up...but I'll always advise you to check it yourself before submitting a Works Cited page! These steps will just save you some time and point you in the right direction.

CiteMe in Facebook

If you think your Facebook account is only good for viewing baby pictures and following the daily activity of your friends and family, there is ONE application that the librarians heartily approve of. The application is called CiteMe and is easy to use, coming from WorldCat.org But, like citation generators, you need to verify with your MLA manual and teacher if the citation is 100% correct.

In order to use Citeme through Facebook you will need to have a Facebook account. Once you have an account you can search for the CiteMe application and use it to find and generate citations along with WorldCat.org .Here is a link to a brief video from SELCOtv, a Minnesota Library Cooperative, that is helpful for learning how to use CiteMe: SELCOtv 68 Using Facebook's CiteMe

Follow these steps to access this application in Facebook:

1) Use the search box in the upper right-hand side of Facebook to search citeme (no spaces)






2) You might need to click on the Application link to the left if CiteMe (see below) isn't included in your results. Then click View Application:






3) when you reach the CiteMe application information page, just click the Go to Application to begin using:

Internet Public Library 2

Librarians and searchers all over have used the Internet Public Library or the Librarian's Internet Index (LII) for years. These directories offer reviewed content organized by topic. It's a great way to find reliable hits on lots of topics.
This month, they combined to create ipl2. It describes itself as " a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment. "
In January 2010, the website "ipl2: information you can trust" was launched. Ipl2 combines the collections of resources from the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII) websites.

Go here to try out the ipl2.

Need textbooks now?

We understand that sometimes you just can't afford to get a certain book right away, or maybe it's not in the bookstore yet. You don't have to fall behind--possibly it has been place in the reserve section of the Seminole State Library!

Here you can find some of the course textbooks, other kinds of books (like novels you might read in an English class), articles, CDs and videos. When professors place materials on reserve, they are kept at the Circulation Desk and are listed in the online catalog as "Reserves". While we don't generally carry textbooks, we'd be happy to see if we have what you are looking for, by phone or in person.

To use the materials, bring your student ID to the Circulation Desk and ask for the titles. Staff members can tell you how long you may use the materials, and whether or not they may be taken from the library.

Want to look yourself? No problem. They are listed in the online catalog as "Reserves".

If you don't see a particular title listed, your professor may not have put books or other materials on reserve for that class yet. Check with your professor if there are questions.

If you have any other library questions, call 407-708-2618. We'll be happy to assist.

Welcome to the Library Blog for Seminole State College of Florida

Our blog provides information posted by library staff such as quick research guidance, descriptions of tools to make your research easier, places to look for free information, new resources just added to the collection, library news and events, and even some fun stuff here and there. It will be updated frequently so check back here to see what's new. Comments and questions are welcome!

This blog will also serve as the home of our Seminole State Library Reference Chatting service, located on the middle right of your screen. Just look for the gray "Ask A Librarian" box. Any time you see that a librarian is available, just log in and talk to us. Questions about research, finding information, topics to get you started, bar bets, anything at all!...We're here to help. You can also use the links below the Chat box column to access all of the Seminole State library resources. Please refer regularly to the library's website www.seminolestate.edu/library for in depth library and researach information.

The Community College Times, a bimonthly newspaper published by the the American Association of Community Colleges, is ceasing its print edition and moving to a freely available online format.

Check out the article on Seminole State College titled "More traditional college-age students look to CCs". Pamela Mennechev, Seminole State's director of admissions and recruiting is interviewed, and two students Kristen Bennett and Josh Janousky are mentioned.

Browse around a little while you are there. RSS feeds and email alerts are available.

Essential Web Tools for Students

To start off the new year, here are 15 web-based and social tools to help you through this term. From staying organized to improving your study habits to making sure you cite your research sources properly, these web links can help you be a better student.

Tips for searching with Keywords

The most common way a search engine is used is by putting words you are likely to find in your results in the search box. Those are called keywords. The same applies to using databases. Databases are actually set up to use keyword searches. The keywords can be any string of letters that you type into the search box, which the database then looks for in all of its records. The database can't understand English, so it just matches the string of letters. There are specific "operators" you can use to make keyword searching more effective.

Say you wanted to search for swine flu. If I just type that in it will return results that find swine in one part of the article and flu in another. A solution is to put quotes around phrases so the it is considered (searched for) as one word:

"swine flu".

Another tip is to think up as many synonyms for your concepts as you can, then join them with the operator OR, then put that in parenthesis:

("swine flu" OR H1N1).

Now if I wanted to see what the connection swine flu would have with respiratory complications or pneumonia, these two concepts can be joined by the operator AND.

("swine flu" OR H1N1) AND ("respiratory infections" OR pneumonia)