Library Research Assignment

Directions: Visit the college library website and answer the following questions. Make sure you type your answer in a different color and keep the original question.

1. How do you gain online access to the library from your own computer? What should you do if you have trouble loggin in?

2. How do you find the hours, locations, and contact information for the libraries in the college system?

3. How can you get a library card? Be specific.

4. How can you get advice from library staff: by drop-in visit, appointment, phone, e-mail, text message, chat, or other technology? Be specific.

5. What resources-such as the library catalog and databases-can you search in the library, from campus terminals, or from your computer?

6. Where can you study individually or meet with a group in the library? Be specific with locations and campuses.

7. Where can I find the database "Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center?" Be specific.

8. Find one article from the database "Jstor" that discusses equal pay and the government. The article must be published after 2012. Provide the complete citation information.

9. Find one article from the database "Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center" that discusses global warming. The article must be published after 2012. Provide the complete citation information.

10. What is the call number for this book and where is it located? Life upon these shores: looking at African American history by Henry Louis Gates. *Note: there may be multiple locations and call numbers, provide them all.