COM ARTS 100 Study Guide - The Christian Science Monitor, The Wall Street Journal, Lexisnexis
30 Oct 2014
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Gather material from yourself for supporting details for your speech. Librarians are trained in library use and research methods. Can help you find your way, locate sources, even track down a specific piece of information. Catalogue- a listing of all books, periodicals, and other resources owned by a library. Allow you to search books by author, title, subject, or keyword. Tells you whether the book you want is available or checked out. Call number- a number used in libraries to classify books and periodicals and to indicate where they can be found on the shelves. Periodical databases- a research aid that catalogues articles from a large number o f journals or magazines. Abstract- a summary of a magazine or journal article, written by someone other than the original author. Proquest research library- a database that indexes more than 4,000 general-interest periodicals and academic journals. Provides full-text on more than half of them.
