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» <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ccalibskills-modarts">RSS Feed</a>Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17313891690440067632noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338684704124055681.post-89938899452701484652008-11-17T14:11:00.000-08:002008-11-17T15:47:25.828-08:00Publishing timelinesSometimes you need current sources, sometimes not. When it comes to research, however, it always helps to keep in mind the speed at which certain kinds of publications come into the world. Newspapers: Published daily or weekly. Most of this content is less than 24 hours old, though some in-depth articles have been worked on for weeks or months.Magazines: Published weekly or monthly. Some news Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17313891690440067632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338684704124055681.post-45775606038768620242008-11-03T16:28:00.000-08:002008-11-03T16:41:53.829-08:00Citing your sourcesA few links to help you appropriately cite the sources you use in a paper:Diana Hacker's MLA List of Works CitedShows you how to format citations for a variety of media, such as articles, films, books, etc.KnightCiteAn online citation builder for your works cited page.How to CiteA more detailed CCA Libraries' guide to the hows and whys of citations.See also: the library skills tutorial on Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17313891690440067632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338684704124055681.post-85953991464937437402008-10-20T14:53:00.000-07:002008-10-20T16:28:00.640-07:00Literature sourcesLooking for articles on literary topics, author biographies, stuff like that? The full-text Literature Resource Center (LRC), which you can find on the articles page, has what you need. A couple of quick tips:Search by the name of the work (Moby Dick, for example), or do a "person search" for the author's name (Herman Melville, for example) instead of using the default keyword search.After you Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17313891690440067632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338684704124055681.post-20381864395044203622008-10-06T14:21:00.000-07:002008-10-06T15:17:52.601-07:00Finding articlesStart on the articles page.The article search box will search all of our article databases at once, but it's not as thorough as searching a database directly.Only some article databases include full-text articles that you can read online.Other article databases, called indexes, do not have full-text articles online. They can still help you find the article on the library shelves though.If you Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17313891690440067632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338684704124055681.post-32858619322294753982008-09-22T14:17:00.000-07:002008-09-22T15:30:24.754-07:00Public librariesThere are a lot of books, movies, and journals that the CCA Libraries just don't have. One reason that we're not too worried about this fact, however, is because we know that there are so many other libraries in the area, including a bunch of great free public libraries. See the map below to hone in on those library branches closest to home, and go get yourself a free library card. View Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17313891690440067632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338684704124055681.post-65472741932924569412008-09-08T15:07:00.000-07:002008-09-08T15:58:19.320-07:00The CatalogTo find a book in the library, back in the pre-computer dark ages, you'd first have to navigate your way through drawers and drawers full of thousands (if not millions) of typed index cards, filed alphabetically by subject, author, and title. These "card catalogs" have largely been disposed of in the last 30 years (many have been re-worked by a variety of artists).Nowadays, however, you can use Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17313891690440067632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338684704124055681.post-37824360604772039342008-08-21T10:06:00.000-07:002008-08-21T10:47:15.232-07:00English 1 WelcomeWelcome to the online library and research space for English 1. CCA librarians (Cody, Janice, and Xima) will be posting tips for finding, citing, appropriating, and otherwise using images, books, films in your English class every couple of weeks. You can subscribe to these updates in RSS, or just stop by whenever you want. This is also a space for you to ask questions. You can use the commentCodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17313891690440067632noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338684704124055681.post-74829617909852019222008-04-17T14:23:00.000-07:002008-04-17T14:55:41.062-07:00What it isThis site will serve as the online component for CCA Libraries' Research Skills program for the Fall 2008 English 1 and Intro to the Modern Arts courses. Please feel free to ask questions or chime in otherwise using the comments feature below each blog entry.English 1 students can monitor this site by stopping byhttp://cca-libraryskills.blogspot.com/search/label/english Or by subscribing to the Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17313891690440067632noreply@blogger.com0