Thursday, November 29, 2012
Keeping track of citations to your articles via Google Scholar
To keep track of citations to your articles while writing a research paper, try Google Scholar. A tutorial is at
http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/citations.html
http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/citations.html
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
ESearch
A tutorial about ESearch is at http://www.emich.edu/library/help/esearch.php
Monday, November 19, 2012
Digital Public Library of America
The vision of a national digital library has been circulating among librarians, scholars, educators, and private industry representatives since the early 1990s. Articles about the Digital Public Library of America include:
http://readwrite.com/2011/10/21/meet_the_new_digital_public_library_of_america
http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/05/nonprofit-digital-public-library-of-america-to-launch-in-april-2013/
http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2011/10/ebooks/getting-real-about-the-digital-public-library-of-america/
http://readwrite.com/2011/10/21/meet_the_new_digital_public_library_of_america
http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/05/nonprofit-digital-public-library-of-america-to-launch-in-april-2013/
http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2011/10/ebooks/getting-real-about-the-digital-public-library-of-america/
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Finding Books in the Library's Online Catalog
To find books in our collection, go to http://portal.emich.edu:
1. Use the Keyword Anywhere tab for books by topic.
2. If you know the author of the book, pull down the Author tab and use the last name, first name
3. If you know a specific book and want to check to see if the library owns it, pull down the Title tab and do not use A, An, The at the beginning of the title.
Thursday, November 01, 2012
PsycINFO Basics
A tutorial for PsycINFO is on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyHsWUs7hII&feature=youtu.be
