Thursday, February 26, 2009

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