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ACRL Standards Covered
1.3 Students will be able to locate and retrieve resources within the physical and digital library.
2.4 Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of Boolean logic and term truncation.
See all standards on the Springfield College Matrix for Information Literacy
Content Covered
This session will introduce students with relatively little or no previous experience with databases to article searching on library subscription databases.
Topics include but are not limited to:
- What is a database? What's in it?
- Databases A-Z page
- Subject Guide to Databases
- Basic searching in a relevant database
- Identifying parts of a database record
- Finding Full Text
This session can be modified to cover a specific topic or subject area (i.e., history, occupational therapy, etc.)
Running time: 20-50min
Similar Session: Database Overview
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Liaison Librarian |
Chris Bigelow![]() |
Contact Info:
Babson Library
Reference Office
(413) 748-3848
email: cbigelow@spfldcol.edu
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Subjects:
Information Literacy, EMS, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistant, Rehabilitation, Biology, Chemistry, Math, Physics, Computer Science
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