Library Research in Critical Thinking (READ290)
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Goals and Objectives

  • Knowledge of library services & resources; library collections and material formats
  • Knowledge of indexes, abstracts, articles, scholarly journals, popular magazines
  • Search skills and strategies
  • Skills to use web-based databases including browsing, downloading, saving, printing/emailing information

  • Citing references: print, electronic, and web-based literature

Books

To locate books on critical thinking, use the following catalogs:

CSUF OPAC -- Books, journals, and other materials in the CSUF Library
CSU Link -- Books, journals, and other materials in 7 CSU libraries and Claremont Colleges Libraries
Melvyl -- Books, journals, etc. in UC and other libraries in the state of California
WorldCat -- Books and other materials from libraries worldwide

Journal Articles

To locate journal articles on critical thinking, use the following electronic journals and indexes/abstracts/full-text databases.  They are available via the Library's home page under Find Articles & More.  To learn about these databases, see All Databases Described or go to the web sites of the databases.

Electronic Journal Collections
JSTOR
Project Muse

Databases with Full-text (or Selected Full-text) Articles
Expanded Academic ASAP
Factiva -- Select Publications Library
Lexis/Nexis Academic-- Select General News Topics

Indexes/Abstracts Databases
ERIC
PsychInfo
Social Sciences Abstracts

Referencing Electronic Information

When citing electronic and Internet references, consult your professor for the appropriate style manual required.  For citing references in MLA style, please refer to the official MLA web site.  Xia Li and Nancy Crane created one of the first reference works for citing electronic information: Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information.  Pollak Library also has a web page, CyberCitations, linking to style guides such as MLA, APA, Turabian, and Chicago.

Sample Citations from ERIC and PsycInfo

 

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