Don't forget Krista's search tips!
Examples:
Tips for making Google work better for you!
See UWW's list for additional tips!
You can accomplish a lot of these same tips by using Google's advanced search!
If you are using Google Scholar (GS) - particularly if you are using it from off campus - you'll want to connect it with Hunter Library's resources. That means that when you search, GS will include full text options from Hunter library for you. Once you get that set up, here's what it looks like:
So how do you set this up? Follow these steps!
And that's it, you will now be linked to many of the library's holdings in Google Scholar. You can then click on "FullText@WesternCarolinaU" when it appears next to a citation and be taken to WCU's access to the content. If you are off campus, you will be asked to login.
Council of Scientific Editors Style offers three different systems for citing sources: citation-name, citation-sequence, and name-year (See links below for additional information).
Brief guidelines for most commonly used cite types:
Journal citation: Author(s). Date. Article title. Journal title. Volume(issue):page numbers.
Book citation: Author(s). Date. Title. Edition. Place of publication: publisher.
Book chapter: Author(s). Date. Title. Chapter Title. In: Editor(s) name, editor. Book Title. Place of publication: publisher. chapter pages.
Website: Title of Homepage. Date of publication. Edition. Place of publication: publisher; [date updated; date accessed].
CSE Style requires journal titles to be abbreviated (see Journal Title Abbreviations in left column).
On a white board, answer the following, briefly: