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English 155: Professor Anderson
Library Research Handout
Narrow or Broaden Your Search (Boolean Searching)
Use AND between terms to narrow your search
example: television and violence and children
Use OR and/or truncate (*, ?) words to broaden your search
example: children or youth or adolescents
example: child* (will find child, children, etc.)
(check online help for correct truncation symbol)
Paraphrasing and Quoting
Quote from a source:
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Paraphrase your source when:
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For more information on how to properly paraphrase and quote, see the University of Wisconsin-Madison's guide to Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources (http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/QuotingSources.html).
Helpful Links
- Guide to finding information on controversial and current issues (http://library.csun.edu/mfinley/issues/index.html)
- Developing a search strategy (http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/search.html)
- How to find a book in the library (http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/i-opac.html)
- How to locate articles online or in the library (http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/locatearticles.html)
- Types of periodicals - scholarly popular, etc. (http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/pertype.html)
- Learn how to cite in MLA citation style. (http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLA.html)
Contact information
If you have questions as you do research for your project in this class, go to Ask-A- Librarian (http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/askus.html), or contact me directly at danielle.skaggs@csun.edu or 818-677-6808.
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