1. INTRODUCTION TO LIBRARY
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prepared by
Joyce Peterson,
Coordinator of Public Services Librarian
Langston University
February, 2012
How to find
Citation Styles

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The place to begin your
search for information is RESOURCES
the University Libraries
home page. Begin at the
Langston webpage at
http://www.langston.edu
Then click on Libraries on
the top set of links.
•Find books
Either in print in the
library or in electronic
format.
•Find articles
The library subscribes to
many databases that have
links to full-text articles in
a variety of subject areas.
•Ask a librarian for
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Find a Book RESOURCES
Click on Search the
Catalog link
• Enter by Title of
the book you are
looking for OR
•Enter by Subject of
the book you are
looking for OR
•Enter by Author of
the book in the
•Search box under
the “Find Books
Search the Catalog”
statement.
•Use the drop down
menu to limit the
search to Title,
Subject or Author.
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Find a Book
1
•(1) Enter the title
you are searching for 2 3
in the Search box
•(2) Choose TITLE
EXACT from the drop
down menu
•(3) Click the Search
box
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Find a Book
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Results screen:
(HARRISON LIBRARY)
•Information about
the book
•Table of contents if
available
•Additional Subject
headings to help
with your research
And
•The Holdings
information:
•Location Some titles now
•Call number have a copy of the
•And book cover and
•Status other information
(Charged/Not “About This Book”
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Find a Book RESOURCES
Results screen:
(ELECTRONIC BOOK)
•Information about
the book
•Additional Subject
headings to help with
your research
And
•The Holdings
information:
•Location:
ELECTRONIC BOOK
•Call Number:
Web access
•Linked Resources: After choosing to Click HERE…
Click HERE to connect you will be asked to enter your
to this book. 4x4 before linking to the digital
copy.
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Find a Book RESOURCES
“Click HERE to connect
to this book” will take
you to the digital copy
of the COMPLETE 255
page book.
• You may begin reading
the book from page one
(use the arrows to
move from page to
page) or by choosing
individual chapters.
•For more information
on how to use the
additional features of
the Ebrary Reader see a
librarian for help.
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How do you search for information?
Library
Databases
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Library Databases vs. Google
• Index published, copyrighted scholarly journal articles
• May search thousands of journal at one time making better use of your
time.
• Search terms may be combined to refine your results
• Find more suitable sources for your assignments that your professors
expect.
• Google searches the “free web” that mixes various sources from
commercial sites(.com), organizational sites(.org), governmental sources
(.gov) and education sites (.edu).
• May find articles that match your search terms but you may have to wade
through many (thousands) sites to find scholarly information and this
takes time.
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EVALUATING WEBSITES FOR AUTHENTICITY
Things to consider:
• Who wrote the page?
• What are the authors credentials?
• Can you verify the author’s credentials?
• Look for biographical information or the author’s affiliations (university,
department, organization, etc.)
• Did the author include contact information?
• What organization is sponsoring the web page?
Source: http://library.duke.edu/services/instruction/libraryguide/evalwebpages.html
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Find an Article
Using Library
Databases
To find an article needed
for your research go to
the Find Articles section of
the web page.
•Choose either Databases
by Subject or Database
List A-Z
DATABASE: is a usually large collection of data organized
especially for rapid search and retrieval. In our case the
databases the library subscribes to are to collections of Jp 2/11/12
journals in various subject areas.

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Database RESOURCES
List A-Z
This is a listing of the
databases that the
library subscribes to in
alphabetical order.
•Academic Search
Premier is a good place
to begin. It is a general
multi-disciplinary
database of more than
2050 journals with full-
text available.
Each database indexes different journals so you might want to search
more than one. For assistance with this see one of the librarians. Jp 2/11/12

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4x4
•Once you have chosen
a database to search you
will see this screen
asking for what we call
your 4 x 4.
This is the first four
letters of your last name
and the last
four numbers of your
social security number.
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Academic
Search
Premier
•Enter you search
term(s) in the
search box(es) .
You may want to
•Choose Full Text
And/Or
•Scholarly (Peer
Reviewed)
Journals
•Click on the
Search button
Scholarly/peer reviewed articles are usually written by an expert in a specific field
and reviewed by others in the field for authenticity and correctness.
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• Peer Reviews/Scholarly Journals
– “Peer Reviewed” articles are usually written
and read by experts in a specific field and
reviewed for authenticity and correctness.
– Contains citations that allow you to follow
the authors path back to the source of the original materials.
• Popular Magazines – News magazines, Weeklies and
Newspapers
– Summarize new ideas
– Highlight portions of research
– No reference citations
– Reflect authors bias on a subject
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Search
RESOURCES NEW
While searching
results you may ask
questions of a
• On the results
librarian using
screen you will find
the chat box
links to articles in
various journals in
the database you
searched.
•If the article is
available in Full Text
there will be a link to
the complete article.
• If no full text is
available and this is
an article you want
you may request the
article through
Interlibrary Loan. Jp 2/11/12

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Citation styles
Once you have found the
article you need for your
paper you will be required
to cite (give credit to the
author’s original comments
on the subject) the article.
Many of the library’s
databases have a way for
you for find the proper
citation style that your
professor requires. (APA,
MLA, Chicago, etc.)
From the results screen you can click on
and the various citation styles will be shown
on screen.
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Citation styles
When you see the correct
format for the style you
need you may then cut and
paste this information into
your paper’s bibliography or
works cited page.
Be sure to check the
spelling, personal names,
punctuation and other
corrections.
For additional help ask a
librarian or consult library
resources.
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REMEMBER: RESOURCES
If you cannot find the
information you are
seeking whether an
Article or book Ask a
librarian to further
assist you in
requesting the
material through
•Interlibrary Loan
Or
•Applying for an OK
SHARE card which can
be used at most
university libraries in
the state of
Oklahoma. Ask a
librarian about this.
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INTERLIBRARY
LOAN
•Click on the envelope
icon
•On the next screen enter
the Interlibrary Loan email
address (ill@lunet.edu) in the
E-mail to: box and enter
your information in the
comments box. (Your
email address and phone
number so we can contact
you).
•When the article arrives
you will be contacted by
one of the library staff
members. Jp 2/11/12

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• For more information and/or one-on-one
instruction time contact a librarian by:
• Phone: 405-466-3298
• Texting: 66746 keyword lion
• Chat with a librarian from the home page
• Or simply dropping in
Joyce Peterson
Coordinator of Public Services Librarian 405-466-3604
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