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Revised May 2008
Library Survival Skills Workshop Schedule
We meet
in Room 103, Library North.
Lost?
Wondering how to get started on your homework or paper? Welcome to Library
Survival Skills. Using this interactive tutorial, we'll show you what's available in
Pollak Library and how to find
it.
When you are
finished you will know how to:
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Find the library physically and electronically
(via the Internet) |
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Know what the
Library
Catalog is and how to find:
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a book by title, author or
subject/keyword |
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a journal/periodical
article starting from a
citation or abstract |
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Know what an index is and when and how to use
one |
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Distinguish between popular magazines and scholarly
journals |
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Access electronic databases to:
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find articles using subjects or
keywords |
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read and understand a citation,
abstract, and fulltext search result |
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Evaluate web sites |
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Obtain help in the library
(Hint: click on
Ask A Librarian
for several options) |
Next Section 
*Special thanks to
CSUF
Distance Education for invaluable programming and consultation services
Prepared by
Rosemary
McGill and Judy Ruttenberg. Maintained by
Barbie McConnell.
An administrative page of the Paulina June & George Pollak Library at
California State University, Fullerton.
(c)2000 California State University, Fullerton. All rights reserved.
Created January 3, 2000. Last Updated:
May 05, 2008 | 
