Citation Help

Do you know you can email yourself an article with the citation from resources found on our Library Website? Many of our most heavily used databases have this option. Stop by the Library Information Services desk and ask a librarian how.

More New Databases!

The Seminole State library is always doing our best to provide you with quality article databases for your research. This term we added some of our most scholarly, research-oriented databases to date: the Springer e-journal collection!

These databases are very heavy on scientific research, though they do branch out into other fields of study in the individual subjects. Here's what we have available to you:

*Behavioral Science eJournal Collection
*Biomedical and Life Sciences eJournal Collection
*Business and Economics eJournal Collection
*Chemistry and Materials Science eJournal Collection
*Computer Science eJournal Collection
*Earth & Environmental Science eJournal Collection
*Engineering eJournal Collection
*Humanities, Social Sciences, and Law eJournal Collection
*Mathematics and Statistics eJournal Collection
*Medicine eJournal Collection
*Physics and Astronomy eJournal Collection

Or you can elect to search them all at once by using the link for the Springer eJournal Collection in our database list. Try these out next time you're digging through journals; there are thousands of exclusive publications available here!

IRS Tax Forms

If you lke to file your taxes early to get your refund sooner than later, check out these handy links to websites you might need. Note: We also have a number of paper forms, schedules, and guides available in the Library at the Information Services Desk.

IRS Forms and Publications–Download your federal tax forms and guides here
Free File–IRS tax efiling software

Google Art Project

Google has unveiled Art Project, a website with 1,061 high resolution artworks from a star studded cast of cooperating museums. Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels You can virtually move around the museum’s galleries, selecting works of art that interest you, navigate though interactive floor plans and learn more about the museum. These include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, London’s National Gallery, the Uffizi and the Hermitage.

This is FYI, Cezanne's "Card Players and Girl" from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Find us on Foursquare!

All four of our Seminole State College Library locations are now established on Foursquare, a popular social media platform that allows users to "check-in" at their favorite spots around town using your smartphone. Connect with friends, bookmark information about us, leave comments about our libraries, and who knows- you might become the "mayor"! Check it out next time you stop by the libraries!

What is so "scholarly" about scholarly sources

Your teachers will often ask you to use scholarly sources for your papers and projects. Many of the Library's databases consist entirely of scholarly articles, for instance, JSTOR, PsycArticles, and Medline. Nearly all the other databases have an option on the search screen to limit your search to all scholarly (all peer reviewed) results.

But what is it about a book or an article that makes it scholarly? "Scholarly research" boils down to a system for verifying facts and logic. It's a set of checks and balances to prevent errors, nonsense, and lies from being passed off as good information. A scholarly researcher first learns the ideas and findings of others in the field. The researcher then develops a hypothesis and designs and implements a methodology to prove or disprove that hypothesis.
Scholarly also means "by scholars and intended to be read by other scholars." Popular sources have articles that are intended to be interesting and comprehensible for as many people as possible. They have to leave out some details and simplify others. Scholarly sources have more detailed, advanced, sophisticated information. And it's closer to the source, not translated for you by another non-expert.

In the peer review process, an article being considered for publication is inspected by two or more other subject area experts. They question whether the author did enough background research, used a solid methodology, collected data properly, and interpreted statistics accurately. They look for logic flaws, signs of bias or agenda, outdated or discredited information, and more. The article may be rejected; if it is accepted, the author must fix all the problems before it can be published

RefWorks is here!

That's right- the Seminole State Library has recently acquired access to RefWorks, a popular citation and bibliographic management program! It will allow you to retrieve citation information from journal articles found in many of our databases, store and organize your sources, and create a list of your references...from anywhere!

You'll find RefWorks listed along with our other databases here. Once you have opened it, you will need to create a separate account so that you may manage your research from any computer you access. It may be advantageous to view the official RefWorks user guide in order to get a full overview of its potential. There's a lot it can do for you!

Check it out and tell us what you think!