Library - Workshops
LA Mission College Workshop Schedule Spring Semester 2013
| Workshops are 50 min long | ||||||||
| Date | Time | Workshop | Where | Date | Time | Workshop | Where | |
| 4/8 , Mon | 12:15pm | Databases | LRC205 | 4/29, Mon | 12:15pm | Databases | LRC205 | |
| 4/9 Tues | 2:15pm | Research | LRC205 | 4/30, Tues | 2:15pm | Research | LRC205 | |
| 4/10, Wed | 10:30am | Databases | LRC205 | 5/1, Wed | 10:30am | Databases | LRC205 | |
| 4/11, Thur | 12:15pm | MLA | LRC205 | 5/2, Thur | 12:15pm | MLA | LRC205 | |
| 4/15, Mon | 12:15pm | Research | LRC205 | 5/6, Mon | 12:15pm | Research | LRC205 | |
| 4/16, Tues | 2:15pm | MLA | LRC205 | 5/7, Tues | 2:15pm | MLA | LRC205 | |
| 4/17, Wed | 10:30am | Research | LRC205 | 5/8, Wed | 10:30am | Research | LRC205 | |
| 4/18, Thus | 12:15pm | Databases | LRC205 | 5/9, Thur | 12:15pm | Databases | LRC205 | |
| 4/22, Mon | 12:15pm | MLA | LRC205 | 5/13, Mon | 12:15pm | MLA | LRC205 | |
| 4/23, Tues | 2:15pm | Databases | LRC205 | 5/14, Tues | 2:15pm | Databases | LRC205 | |
| 4/24, Wed | 10:30am | MLA | LRC205 | 5/15, Wed | 10:30am | MLA | LRC205 | |
| 4/25, Thur | 12:15pm | Research | LRC205 | 5/16, Thur | 12:15pm | Research | LRC205 | |
The workshops are:
MLA-This workshop gives examples of citing print and electronic sources.
Other topics include:
- Understanding plagiarism, copyright and intellectual property
- Format of a research paper
- Mechanics of writing
- Parenthetical documentation
Research Strategies- The students will learn the process of research using print and electronic library resources.
This includes:
- Choosing a topic
- Plagiarism, copyright and intellectual property
- Writing a research question and choosing keywords
- Identifying appropriate library resources for the topic
- Searching using Boolean terms (and, or, not)
- Revising the research question
- Keeping track of search information and collecting bibliographic data
Library Databases- This workshop introduces the library’s electronic resouces.
Topics covered are:
- Identifying appropriate resources for the topic
- The basics of online searching
- Searching Ebscohost(journals) and Proquest(newspapers) databases
- Collecting articles and bibliographic data
- Explaining the difference between a magazine and journal
Email David Garza or Donna Ayers with any questions, or call the reference desk at (818) 364-7600, ext. 7105