I.
Purpose of Library Tutorial
The purpose of this tutorial is
to:
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acquaint you with JSRCC Library's
services, policies, and procedures.
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introduce some basic skills on
using the library including how to find, interpret, and cite resources.
II.
Instructions
Completing this library tutorial counts for 10% of your SDV-100 grade.
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Review:
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All the information on this
web page.
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Both video clip demonstrations:
- Part IV - A: Library Catalog - finding
books in the catalog.
- Part V - B: Academic
Search Complete - finding articles in a database.
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Go to
the SDV-100 Library Quiz on your
Blackboard and answer all 20 questions.
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III.
Introduction to JSRCC Library Services
JSRCC has three libraries: Downtown, Parham, and Western.
The libraries are open throughout the day and evening. There are also
some weekend hours during the fall and spring semesters.
Hours of operation are posted
on the web and on library entrance/exit doors.
Your
JSRCC student ID card
will entitle you to
check out books from JSRCC libraries.
All materials borrowed from the Library must be
checked out at the Circulation Desk. You can borrow or
check out up to 15 items at any one
time. Most books can be checked out for 28 days. You can renew
most books for an additional 28 days if no one else has requested the item.
One renewal is permitted, either in-person or by telephone, if
you renew before the book is due. If the book is past
due, you must check
out the book/s in person again at the Circulation Desk.
Reference books
(encyclopedias, directories, etc.) and
periodicals (magazines, journals, and newspapers) cannot be
checked out of the library.
For lost, damaged, or unreturned materials,
borrowers will be billed a replacement fee (minimum $50.00)
and $15.00 processing fee. Nonpayment of lost/damaged
materials or materials not returned to the library may lead to the
block of college privileges, including registration, grades, and
transcripts.
Some instructors
request materials (textbooks, study guides, sample tests, articles, etc.)
to be placed on Reserve at the library's Circulation Desk for students in their classes to
use.
These instructors will let their students know when course material is available
on Reserve at the library's Circulation Desk. Since not all
instructors request course materials to be placed on Reserve, the library
does not have all textbooks used for every JSRCC course. Registered borrowers may
use these items for
in-library use only.
Most reserve materials have a 2-hour loan period.
Coin-operated photocopy
machines are available at each Library to allow you to make photocopies
of pages from Reserve material, Reference material, etc. Copies are
$.10 a page. Photocopy machines will give change for dollar
bills after copies are made.
Quiet Study is expected and enforced. Please respect one another's
privacy and the learning environment and keep noise and conversation to a
minimum. Pagers and cell phones should be turned off or set to
vibrate before entering the Library.
No fax machines or telephones are available
in the libraries for students' use.
Career,
test preparation, oversize, ESL (English as a Second Language),
and juvenile books
are set aside at some of the Libraries for your convenience.
Best sellers and
audio books are available at all three campus locations.
Popular DVDs are also available at all
three campuses. You can check out up to two DVDs for a loan period of one
week.
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IV.
How to Find Books at JSRCC Libraries
To find books as well as other print,
audiovisual, and online material available at JSRCC
Libraries, search the library's online catalog, called
VCCSLinc.
This online catalog is shared by all libraries of the Virginia Community College System.
A. Holdings Information
To search JSRCC Library holdings only:
From the Basic Search screen, make
sure J. Sargeant Reynolds CC appears in the Select College
window on the right or select it from the drop down menu.
The holdings information will indicate
who owns the item and whether the item is available. You have two options for
viewing the holdings information:
- OR -
The following is an example of a holdings
record in the library's online catalog:
The library owns
two copies of the book, The Community College Experience by Amy
Baldwin. The Western campus library's copy is checked out and due back
by 9/30/08. The Downtown campus library's copy is on the shelf and
available for check out.
Click here
to view a demonstration on how to find books on college study skills
in the library catalog using a basic search. Demo video clip will open up in
a new window. Clip is 2:24 minutes long. When the demo video
clip is finished, close the demo window to come back to this tutorial.
B. Locating a Book on the
Shelf
JSRCC Libraries
as well as most academic libraries use the Library of Congress Classification system
to arrange books on the shelf by subject area. The Library of
Congress classification system uses a
combination of letters and numbers (call numbers) to arrange
materials on the shelves . Knowing the letters for
the subject area
you are interested in researching gives you a place to start browsing the shelves. View
the
Library of Congress Classification Table
for more information.
Reading Call
Numbers
When using the library's online catalog, make sure you write down the
complete call number of the book
that you are interested in. Each book in
the library has a unique call number. A call number is like an
address. It tells us where the book is located in the library.
Call numbers appear:
*Note that the same call number can be written from
top-to-bottom, or left-to-right.
C. Borrowing From Other
Libraries:
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Search the
online catalogs
of public or academic libraries in the Richmond area or search
WorldCat to
find out whether these local libraries own the book you want.
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If the book you want is available through an
academic library in Richmond, come to the Reference Desk of the JSRCC Libraries to get a
RALC Borrowing Pass (Richmond Academic Library Consortium)
which will allow you limited borrowing privileges at one of the
other local college or university libraries, such as Virginia Commonwealth
University (VCU) or University of Richmond.
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If none of the local
libraries own what you need, double check with a reference
librarian, who may recommend the
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service,
by which our library borrows printed material from other libraries
across the state of Virginia and nationwide. It usually takes at least a week to obtain
material through ILL.
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V.
How to Find Articles at JSRCC Libraries
A. Databases Available
The best source to
find articles is through our licensed library databases which
provide access to over 10,000 full-text scholarly journals, magazines and
newspapers. There are over
200 databases to choose from. Some of our
most frequently used or
popular databases include:
If
you are not sure which databases to use for your specific topic, consult
with our
Reference Librarians who can recommend the most appropriate
databases to use for your topic.
B. Search Techniques
There are various
online search techniques you can use to
refine your search and find more precise results in both the library's
online catalog and licensed databases. If you need help in formulating
these search strategies, consult with our
Reference Librarians.
Click here
to view a demonstration on how to find articles on college study skills
in the Academic Search Complete database. Demo video
clip will open up in a new window. Clip is 3:50 minutes long. When the demo video
clip is finished, close the demo window to come back to this tutorial.
C. Off-Campus
Access to Library Databases
When
you click on any database link from off-campus, you will be brought to a
Virginia's Community Colleges login screen first. The following
screen will appear:
Simply type in your
My
JSRCC login (your
Blackboard
username & password).
You
will then be connected to the database. If you don't know your
username or have forgotten your password, simply click on
Look up your username and set your password
on the My JSRCC login screen at
https://jsr.my.vccs.edu/jsp/home.jsp or go directly
to
https://jsr.my.vccs.edu/jsp/userconfig.jsp?action=reset.
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VI.
How to Cite Information Sources
When you quote or paraphrase the idea of another person in your research
paper or speech, you must provide a proper citation for the source in a
works cited list to:
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Give credit to the author or
creator
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Enable a reader to locate the
source you cited
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Demonstrate the accuracy and
reliability of your information
If you use ideas of others and present them as
your own without citing these references, you
are committing plagiarism, which is subject to disciplinary
actions ranging from warnings and a failing grade to being expelled from the
college. (See
Students Handbook, Policy No. 1-34 -
Academic Honesty)
Go
to the library's
Citing Information Sources web page to
learn more and find examples on how to cite sources in MLA or APA style.
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This page was created on 9/3/02 and last updated on 7/3/08.
