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An Introduction to Gale Science in Context Dr. Jun Wang Delta College Library Slide 2 2 Expected Learning Outcomes Be able to locate Gale Science in Context from Delta College Library web page Understand the characteristics and the search options of the database Be able to conduct a topic or keyword search and locate needed scientific information Be able to narrow the search from magazines, journals, and newspapers Be able to evaluate, print, e-mail, and cite the retrieved sources Slide 3 3 Librarys Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu Slide 4 4 Slide 5 5 Find Overviews on a Broad Topic 1 3 2 Slide 6 6 Select a topic from the Topics list to get an overview of the broad topic Slide 7 7 Slide 8 8 Topic overviews from Reference Folder Slide 9 9 Slide 10 10 Topic overviews from Reference Folder Slide 11 11 Slide 12 12 1 2 How to Cite Your Sources? Slide 13 13 Cite Your Sources in MLA Style Do not use this part of the information in your citation! Slide 14 Tweaked Citation: An Exercise Hannah, Elizabeth L., et al. Drug-Resistant Escherichia Coli, Rural Idaho. Emerging Infectious Diseases 11.10 (2005): 1614+. Science Resource Center. Web. 2 Nov. 2010. If there are more than three authors, you may list the first authors name, followed by et al. Or, you may list all authors names. Reverse only the first authors name. Slide 15 Tweaked Citation: An Exercise (with all authors) Hannah, Elizabeth L., Frederick J. Angulo, James R. Johnson, Bassam Haddadin, Jacquelyn Williamson, and Matthew H. Samore. Drug-Resistant Escherichia Coli, Rural Idaho. Emerging Infectious Diseases 11.10 (2005): 1614+. Science Resource Center. Web. 2 Nov. 2010. Slide 16 Online MLA Citation Guides 16 http://www.deltacollege.edu/dept/library/IC/mla.html Slide 17 Google Image Search Slide 18 18 Pop Quiz How do you find Science in Context? What kind of information can you find in the database? Given a topic, such as Escherichia Coli, how would you conduct a search and locate needed scientific information from the database? Would you be able to print and e-mail the retrieved sources? Identify two citation guide/tool to help you cite the retrieved sources