Speech 101 Orientation  -  Wendy Lai
February 28, 2006

• Intro & welcome
  
   

• How to find authoritative web sites  some suggestions
   

  • Rio Hondo College Library Subject Guides

  • Undergraduate Research Guides - from University of Wisconsin College Library

  • Web directories

    • Librarians Index to the Internet
      
       

• How to find an article in an online database that was published on your birthday

  NOTE:  Most databases do NOT contain any articles earlier than 1985 - therefore, if you
  were born prior to 1985, you will have to use a PRINT SOURCE (see next bullet point)

   

• How to find an article from a print source that was published on your birthday
   

  • Use the following print sources from the 2nd floor:
     

    • Time magazine (we have issues from 1971 in paper and from 1923 on microfiche)
       

    • Newsweek (we have issues from 1970 in paper and from 1967 on microfiche)
       

    • Los Angeles Times (we have from 1972 on microfilm)
       

    • New York Times (we have from 1950 on microfilm)
       

    • Facts on File Yearbook (we have from 1943 to 1999)
      
       

• How to print in the library
   

  • Buy a copy card for $1 - can be used to print and to photocopy
     

  • Release key procedure