0.0 Getting Started:

• 0.1 Welcome
• 0.1a Worksheet
• 0.2 Expectations

1.0 Developing Your Topic

• 1.1 Where do I begin? The Search Process
• 1.2 Exploring Your Topic
• 1.3 What Are Some Good Background Sources?
• 1.3a Practice Using a Background Source
• 1.4 Focusing Your Topic
• 1.4a Formulating a Research Question
• 1.4b Formulating a Research Question - Practice
  

3.0 Searching in the Catalog

• 3.1 Searching the Catalog
• 3.4 Availability
• 3.5 Subject Headings
• 3.5a Subject Heading Search 
• 3.5b Subject Heading Example
• 3.6 Search Strategies - Narrowing Your Results
• 3.7 Actual Results 
• 3.8 Power Searching 

4.0 Obtaining Books & Media

• 4.1 Locating Items in Penfield
• 4.2 Call Numbers: Finding the Book on the Shelf

5.0 Evaluating Materials

• 5.1 Four Big Criteria: Evaluation of Sources & Information
• 5.1a More on Scholarly and Research Publications
• 5.2 Practice Evaluating Books

6.0 Periodical Indexes

• 6.1 Periodical Articles and Indexes
• 6.2 Searching a General Database
• 6.3 Results List
• 6.4 Full Record
• 6.5 SFX Find Text:  See if in Penfield Library or Online
• 6.6 Articles Not Available at Penfield Library Through Interlibrary Loan
• 6.7 Determine if a Journal Title is Available
• 6.8 Advanced Searching Techniques
• 6.9 Evaluating Articles
• 6.10 Other Databases

8.0 Internet Resources

• 8.1 Internet Resources - an Introduction
• 8.2 Addresses, Links, and URLs
• 8.3 Evaluation of Web Sites
• 8.4 Search Engines
• 8.5 Shortcut to Quality

9.0 Legal & Social Issues

• 9.1 Values & Issues - Introduction
• 9.2 Copyright and Student Work
• 9.3 References and Footnotes

10.0 Penfield Library Services

• 10.1 An Introduction to Penfield Library Services
• 10.2 Reference/Information Desk
• 10.3 Circulation
• 10.4 Periodicals/Media Desk
• 10.5 Other Services
• 10.6 Conclusion

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