Friday, October 11, 2013

Homework due Tuesday, Oct. 15 by midnight


I. Extensive Reading Suggestions
  1. Post three titles of books you might like to read for fun on your blog.  I will be looking at all of the suggestions and dividing you into groups based on your choices
II. PSU Scavenger Hunt Step 2:
  1. Find an article in your field of study! Copy the chart below and post the information in it on your blog by Tuesday at midnight.  You'll also be printing out a copy of the article you found to bring to class with you on Friday.
    1. Go to the Penn State library homepage: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/
    2. Hover over Research at the top (with your cursor), and then choose "Research Guides."
    3. Click on the letter of your field (for example, N for Nutrition).
    4. Take a look through the various tabs (articles, tutorials, books, etc.) to make sure you know all of the options that this research guide gives you.  
    5. Find the name of a librarian who specializes in your field of study and post it in the chart below on your blog.
    6. Choose one of the tabs that gives ideas about how to find articles (for example, choose the tab called "articles and databases").
    7. Click on one of the databases.
    8. Search for a specific topic within your field of study once you are in the database (you may need to log in using your PSU username and password).
    9. Find an article that looks interesting to you, and post the information about it in the chart on your blog.
    10. Email it to yourself
    11. Print it and bring it to class on Wednesday.

    Name of a librarian who specializes in your field of study

    Title of the article you found

    Author

    Journal name

    Year published

    Database you used to find the article

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