Library Instruction for
Your Associate Degree
Program
Off Campus Library Services Indiana Wesleyan University
800-521-1848
Home page: www.indwes.edu/ocls
Request form: www.indwes.edu/ocls/oclsform.html
Off Campus Library Services
Research involves locating magazines,
books, encyclopedias, websites, etc., to
give you information so you can write a
paper.
The Off Campus Library Services
homepage is the best place to start your
research:
www.indwes.edu/ocls
What is Available to You!
From the library homepage, you have
access to:
Magazine/journal articles are available through our article databases.
Reference books are available through our Virtual Reference Library database.
The online library catalog helps you find
regular books or search the e-book collection directly.
Journal search engine helps you locate full text articles at IWU.
What you will need before you
begin using a database…
A
library access number
This number will be emailed to you from OCLS to
your MYEMAIL account or call OCLS.
It begins with the numbers:
292240 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Or, you can use your MyIWU credentials
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Free software that will let you view articles http://get.adobe.com/reader/
Online Databases
Databases for IT
For more business specific topics, use
Business Source Complete, under
Business.
For more IT topics, use Academic Search
Complete, under General.
Locate one of the
previously mentioned databases. This
search will show Business Source Complete.
Click on Thesaurus to discover the best way to
search for your topic. Using “their” words helps you get the most relevant articles on your topics.
This one is a good example of one using “their” language, not yours.
If you do not see any match, think of synonyms and try again or go to the top search box and search by keyword. You will then get articles that contain
Check mark as many as you feel are
relevant to your research. You may want to check mark APPLICATION servers
We get quite a few results! You can check mark Full Text on the left side and limit to only the full text
articles. You can also limit to just the scholarly
articles and/or change the date range.
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Even limiting to a year range of 2011-2014 and only full text, there still are over 300 articles available and it is updated daily! ven
Finding e-books from IWU or a Local Library
Books, especially the
e-books
How can I access an e-book through IWU?
Click on: Ebrary or EBSCO eBooks. Authenticate (like you did for articles).
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Enter your topic to view a list of e-books that contain your term. They will be sorted with the most relevant listed first. To make the results more relevant, quotation marks were used around the term. Use “ “ when your topic is more than 2 words.
By clicking on the title or the Table of Contents, you have full access to the entire book!
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Navigation controls for the e-book are on the top and side of the window. They include details about the
book, downloading options, copying, printing, sharing a link, highlighting, adding notes, adding bookmarks, etc.
By creating an account, you can create your own “Bookshelf” of favorite books and can add notes and highlighting as well as download books..
It may be easier for you to use your local public library. Links to all Indiana public libraries and some other states are available by clicking on Other
libraries, (under Books).
Finding Appropriate Web Sites for Your Research
Web Sites
Use OCLS Webliologies
OR
Use a good search engine
Google:
http://www.google.com
Bing:
http://www.bing.com
Ask:
http://www.ask.com
Duckduckgo:
http://www.duckduckgo.com
Use quotation marks around a multiple
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You will need the author(s), date (if available), title of the page, and the URL for the APA citation.
Let’s Review: Recommended
Resources for Getting Started:
A good database for finding magazine articles:
EBSCO Business Source Complete (IT or business topics) or EBSCO Academic Search Complete (any IT and
non-business topics)
The best database to use for finding reference book
articles:
Gale -- Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) or CREDO or
You can also go to your local library and use their Reference
Dept.
To find a regular book, use the
IWU Library Catalog (or your local public library). Ebrary (ebook collection)
To find a website use a search engine:
Available from IWU or Your Own Textbook
APA Writing Helps
Help with APA Writing Style:
Click on: APA Style (under Key
Links)
View additional APA
Interpretation of a Database
Citation for APA
Author = Paul, I. Date = (2013).
Title of Article = Boxed software: Going, going, gone. Title of the Journal = PC World
Volume = 31 Issue = (8) Pages = 13-14 This is Database format NOT APA format!
Putting it into APA Format
Author, A. B. (Year). Title of the article. Title
of the Journal, Vol#(Iss#), ##-##. doi#
OR
Author, A. B. (Year). Title of the article. Title
of the Journal, Vol#(Iss#), ##-##.
Retrieved from journal publisher’s
home URL
Per page 17, (APA 6e Guide), the journal
publisher’s home
page should be added.
You can do a Google
search for: Benefits
Quarterly OR
Click on the title of the
article and then the journal title.
The publication page
may offer this URL, too.
Locating the Journal Publisher’s
Home URL
More About APA and Articles
from Library Databases
See APA 6e Guide @
http://www.indwes.edu/ocls/apa/apa6eguide.pdf
See pages 16-19
Newspaper, newsletter, magazine, journal articles
See additional help for understanding
DOI#’s (digital object identifier) and
publication’s web home page
http://www.indwes.edu/ocls/APA/ElectronicArticl esAPA.pps
APA References Entry for an
Article from a Library Database
Paul, I. (2013). Boxed software: Going, going,
gone. PC World, 31(8), 13-14. Retrieved
from http://infoidgscmb.com
APA Format for a Reference
Book Article
Use examples on pp. 14-15 of APA 6e Guide. In your paper, the entry should be double spaced.
Mobile technologies. (2013). In D. Batten (Ed.),
Gale encyclopedia of everyday law (Vol. 2,
pp. 1335-1339). Retrieved from
http://www.gale.com
APA Format for an eBook
BCS The Chartered Institute for IT. (2012). Cloud
computing: Moving IT out of the office.
Retrieved from http://www.ebrary.com
See page 14, of APA 6e Guide.
Note: Per page 14, for E-books, how you cite it depends on whether you download the book to an e-reader or simply look at it online.
APA Format for a Website
Knorr, E., & Gruman, G. (n.d.). What cloud
computing really means. Retrieved
from
http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-
computing/what-cloud-computing-really-
means-Use pp. 19-20 of APA 6e Guide. Note whether you use a technical report or a web page per pp. 19-20 in the APA 6e Guide. (In your
paper, the entry would be double spaced.)
Anytime from Anywhere!
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