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My name is Kathy Clarke, and I'm the Communication Studies librarian. Feel free to email me with any questions you might have about the library! If you need urgent assistance, please contact the Carrier Library reference desk at 540-568-6267 with your research questions!

Video Presentations

All together, the following modules are the video version of my face-to-face "how to use the library" speech. If you are writing a research paper, especially for 280, these are for YOU! (Note: If you are Dr. Smilowitz's SCOM 280 class, CLICK HERE!)


  1. Key Tools on the Library Web site (1:59)

  2. Choosing a Topic and thinking of Keywords (4:48)

  3. What's Scholarly / Peer-Reviewed? (2:56)

  4. Boolean Searching in Library Databases (4:45)

  5. Getting Full Text (3:56)

  6. Creating your Bibliography the EASY way (3:24)


(Note: Smilowitz students, please skip
#2 (Choosing a Topic... 4:48) and
#4 (Boolean Searching... 4:45) and view
Searching in the Official Searcher (10:00) instead.

    TOTAL: About 23 minutes!

Send me comments about one of my presentations so I can make them better!

 
Quick Links to Journal Article Databases

Communication Studies News

Access Library Resources from Home 11/10/2009
What's New in the Collection 11/5/2009
EBSCO databases now support multiple folders in MyEBSCOhost 8/27/2007
more news...


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  • How do I tell if a periodical is refereed or peer-reviewed?
  • How can I request that the library purchase or subscribe to a book, journal, or other resource?
  • How do I create an annotated bibliography in APA style?
  • How do I renew an item checked out to me?
    • more FAQs...

    Liaison Librarian

    Kathy Clarke
    clarkeke@jmu.edu
    (540) 568-2911
    115 Carrier Library

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