Human Services 199 Orientation Melissa Rifino-Juarez, Instructor & Tatiana Shabelnik, Librarian May 1, 2007 Intro & welcome   Overview of the library: - The library is located on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors.  Circulation/Reserve:   3rd floor    Reference:   2nd floor    Computers:   2nd and 3rd floors      Circulating books:    3rd and 4th floors. - Library card & borrowing questions You get a library card at the Circulation Desk, 3rd floor. Borrowing period is 3 weeks for books, music cd's and pamphlets. Videos -- in-house use only; periodicals -- in-house use only; books on Reserve -- varies, check with the Circulation Desk. - Library FAQs   Library Web site -  the best place to start your research! The Research Paper: http://library.riohondo.edu/Research_Help/Research_Paper.htm   Develop your search terms for your topic: Example general idea for a topic: Drug treatment facilities Refined topic to: What drug treatment models/facilities currently exist; Theoretical foundation of drug counseling/drug education Search Terms Developed: Drug treatment facilities Drug treatment methods Rehabilitation services Drug rehabilitation treatment methods  Drug counseling Drug education programs Drug testing methods How to find books   Library Catalog Subject Encyclopedias How to find articles in online databases    [off-campus access] * Scholarly article "Articles in scholarly publications are usually published by academic publishers or by scholarly or professional societies and organizations. The intended audience consists of specialists in professions and academic disciplines, teachers, and researchers. These journals are often subscribed to by individual scholars or by college and university libraries. Articles in scholarly publications receive what is called in the academic world "peer review." Prior to acceptance for publication, all manuscripts of proposed articles are reviewed by scholars in the field to judge scholarly merit, research value, and accuracy. Scholarly articles normally indicate the credentials of the author, explain the methodology used in the research, and list footnotes or references to document the source material used in writing the article." (OhioLink) ProQuest  Proquest provides access to newspapers, journals, and magazines.  Begin by entering in your search terms in the fields.      Search examples:     Drugs AND counseling drug AND rehabilitation AND treatment AND models  drug education programs substance abuse treatment Health Reference Center – Academic Provides access to nursing and allied health journal articles, and a wide variety of personal health information.  The personal health information includes consumer health magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, newspaper articles, topical overviews, and reference books.   Health & Wellness Resource Center is a comprehensive resource for libraries, schools, and hospitals that provides integrated access to medical, health, and wellness information and includes the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.  Health & Wellness Resource Center provides up-to-date reference material as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources. Additionally, consumers, students, and professionals are provided with descriptions of and links to several pertinent Web sites, selected for their usefulness and appropriateness. Use the Thesaurus Develop alternate terms/keywords Use Boolean connectors   Google Scholar "Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research." (Google) Health/Medicine/Nursing Journals at RHC Library JAMA Journal of allied health Journal of strength and conditioning research New England journal of medicine Physician and sports medicine Strength and conditioning journal American journal of nursing Journal of Transcultural Nursing Nursing Nursing times Pediatric nursing RN How to find "authoritative" web sites   Rio Hondo College Library Subject Guides   Web directories & Evaluation Tool Evaluate Web Pages (from the RHC Library Website)