Library Research: Beyond Books and Databases
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Information by Subject and College Divisions
All Guides (PDF)
Library Research Guides:
Choose a Current or Controversial Topic (PDF)
How to Search the Catalog (PDF)
Periodical Titles in the library
Scholarly vs Popular (PDF)
Evaluating Sources (PDF)
APA Style (PDF)
MLA Style (PDF)
Guide to Remote Access to Databases (PDF)
Library of Congress Classification System (PDF)
Topics
Choose a Current or Controversial Topic (PDF)
Black History Month Library Resources
Finding Information
Books
Magazines and Journals
Periodical Titles in the Library (PDF)
Database Page
Scholarly vs Popular (PDF)
Subject Directories and Search Engines
Other Libraries
Public
San Jose Public Library
Santa Clara County Libraries
Silicon Valley Library System
San Francisco Public Library
Planetree Health Research Center
Academic
San Jose State University Library
San Jose City College
De Anza College
Foothill College
Mission College
West Valley College
Santa Clara University
Stanford University
Evaluating Information
Evaluating Sources (PDF)
CARS Evaluation Checklist
Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness and Support
Tips for Evaluating Sources
Checking for signs of bias, assessing an argument, authorship, sponsorship, purpose and audience, currency.
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Uses some fictitious examples to prove that evaluating a web site requires good critical thinking skills.
A Student's Guide to Research with the World Wide Web: Learn to evaluate different types of websites for relevance, authority, and accuracy.
ICYouSee: a guide to critical thinking about what you see on the Web.
Using Information
APA Style (PDF)
MLA Style (PDF)MLA Citation Style | Cornell University Library
Citation Machine No method to create MLA citations for information from library/subscription databases
Noodletools Noodlebib Express: A free software tool to create reference list citations for the following formats: APA, MLA, or Chicago/Turabian. Many choices and very detailed, but may provide more accurate citations than other free tools
The OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University Writing help and teaching resources