Welcome Back! UNIV 101 Freshman Seminar

In this session we will look at finding Quality Resource materials in Journals, Magazines and on the Internet.

Periodical Databases can be found on our Online research page: http://www.ruidoso.enmu.edu/library/research.html

Remember that access to the databases is via your student ID# and that search the general databases category will give you the broadest range of source materials, while using the discipline specific recommendations will help you keep the sources within the scope of your course's field of study.

In seeking Quality look for: Academic Journal: •Reputation of the Source Publication •Author & his/her credentials •Currency of information: date •References and source materials

Website: •Sponsor of the site •Author & Creditability •Currency of information: last updated •References and support materials •Additional links

Welcome UNIV 101 class: Freshman Seminar

The Ruidoso Campus Library is here for you!!! ... M - Th 8am - 9pm, F -8am - 5pm and Saturday 10am - 4pm. As well as 24/7 @

http://www.ruidoso.enmu.edu/library

Things to do:

• Set Your e-mail: E-mail Setup


• Register with Illiad ILLiad logon and registration

With an active e-mail and Illiad account you can request any of the 400,000+ books or any journal articles available from the main campus collection.

Resources:

Search our catalog for books: Ruidoso College Collection

Books through Intra Library Loan: WorldCat (world-wide catalog of books)

Deciding on topics: try Points of View (from our online resources page)

For articles on your chosen topic: Wilson Select Full Text Plus , ProQuest Research , or Academic Search Premier (also from our Online resources page)

Access to these database sources is via your ENMU ID#. Also, it is recommended that you first restrict your results to full text retrieval and designate that you want scholarly or peer-reviewed journal articles.

Additional Sources:

New Mexico Newspapers : Albuquerque Journal, Las Cruces Sun, and Roswell Daily Record