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Instructor:
Goodman
English 110
PURPOSE:
Aren't we always trying to improve
ourselves? Perhaps yes, perhaps no. It seems as though we are. But
what is self improvement really? This
research guide has been designed to help you complete your research
assignment.
This research guide has been designed to
help you with your
research
assignment. Most of this work can be done on the
Cuyamaca College Library
Website.
STEP 1: Selecting a Topic
Before you begin using search tools to hunt down the
sources your will need to write your essay, you need to select a
topic.
- Mental Health (stress, anxiety)
- Medicine (alternative, natural, vitamins, protein
bars, sunscreen)
- Fitness (yoga, pilates, walking)
- Diet and nutrition (diets, organic foods)
- Television benefits
- Recreation (sports, reading, travel, massage)
- Personal finance
STEP 2: Find Books
One research tip we can suggest is to look at books with "How to"
in the titles. For example, you may want to find a book
DIRECTIONS FOR TOPIC IDEAS:
1. Go to the
Library homepage.
2. Click on "Library Catalog". At the
Library Catalog screen, and locate the word "BROWSE"
3. Click to open "BROWSE". Type in the phrase "How to".
4. You should get a list of book titles with the phrase "How to"
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To find books in the Cuyamaca Library, click on
Library Catalog,
which is on the library website under "books."
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You may also want to order titles from the SDSU
Library or from the Grossmont Library. Usually, we can get
books from either of these libraries in two business days.
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To order a book from another library, fill out the
interlibrary loan form.
STEP 3:
Find articles
DIRECTIONS to find articles: 1) Go to
Library homepage. 2)
Click on Databases A-Z. 3) Select a database.
Note: if you use one of these
databases from a remote location, you must enter your
campus username and password.
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Infotrac:
periodical database |
leads to
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Citation
"Children and nutrition"
Resto, Jeri
Child Development 2:5 (2,123:March) 235.
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leads to
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Article text.
"The formation of the ideas of children constitutes a
study equally interesting from a literary and a scientific point of
view..." |
STEP 4: Find print reference Sources
- The African American Woman's Health
Book / Valiere Alcena
RA 778.4 A36 2001
- Encyclopedia of Mental Health /
editor-in-chief, Howard S. Friedman
RA 790.5 E53 1998
- The Encyclopedia of Obesity and Eating
Disorders / Dana K. Cassell and David H.
Gleaves
RC 552 E18 C37 2000
- The Encyclopedia of Understanding
Alcohol and Other Drugs
HV5017 O37 1999
- The Family Mental Health Encyclopedia /
Frank J. Bruno
RC 437 B69 1989
- Handbook of Emotions / edited by
Michael Lewis, Jeannette M. Haviland-Jones
B 561 H35 2000
- Health Issues / edited by the editors
of Salem Press
RA 425 H39 2001
- The Nutrition and Health Encyclopedia
QP 141 T88 1989
- Reader's Guide to Alternative Health
Methods / John F. Zwicky
R 733 R4 1993
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Heath Information
about Sexually Transmitted Diseases
RC 200.2 S387 2001
- Women's Encyclopedia of Health &
Emotional Healing: Top Women Doctors
Share Their Unique Self-Helf Advice on Your
Body, Your Feelings and Your Life / by Denise
Foley, Eileen Nechas and the editors of
Prevention Magazine
RA 778 F66 1993
STEP 6: Find online reference
sources
We have added new online databases to our collection.
Please view them at
Databases A-Z.
STEP 7: Find
Websites
| The MLA
Handbook is located in the general stacks under the
call number LB 2369 G52, as well as on the Reference
shelves under Ref LB 2369 G52 (books in the
general stacks may be checked
out). Important
Note =>When using a magazine or journal
article from a database, such as Infotrac
Onefile, you must cite it differently than
you would if you used a paper copy.
Here is an example of a citation in MLA
style for a source found in the database Infotrac Onefile.
Phinney, Alan. "Cinderella Cactus."
Sunset Oct. 2001.
Infotrac Onefile. Gale Group. Cuyamaca College
Lib.,
El Cajon, CA. 17 Dec. 2003
<http://web6.infotrac.galegroup.com>
The
above citation in MLA Style would be very different if you found a copy
of this article in an actual magazine.
Phinney, Alan. "Cinderella Cactus."
Sunset Oct. 2001: 78-80.
For additional
help on how to format your citations, take a look at our
MLA Style Guide.
Or try
one of the following guides:
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