Library Instruction

General Outline—Ag230a

Lesson Objectives:

1. Know the Agriculture Librarian and other sources of help

2. Quick refresher on Library Catalog, Library layout, Periodical List, and Agriculture subject page

3. Know advanced searching of WebSPIRS databases, i.e. Agricola, Biological & Agricultural Index, and Biological Abstracts

4. Know how to use the SFX button

5. Know basic searching of EBSCO databases & Science Direct

Library Page, The Research Station

http://www.csuchico.edu/library

Help

Research Tutorials (ChicoRio)

Ask a Librarian

Library Catalog

Books, etc.

Periodicals List

Agriculture Resources page

Databases, Books, Reference Resources, Websites for Agriculture

Databases for journal articles

Info button & full-text databases

AGRICOLA and Biological & Agricultural Index and Biological Abstracts

Search Strategy 

Commands

Boolean Operators (and, or, not)

Truncation
Nesting

Limits

Language

Qualifiers

Results

arrangement

SFX Link

ILL (Interlibrary Loan)

Science Direct and EBSCO

Commands

Limits

Qualifiers

Results

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