Research Tools & Help Information for Current Students at the Florida Keys Community College in Key West, FL
Research Tools & Help
The library provides classroom and individualized instruction to our students so that they learn to effectively retrieve information, organize their research and communicate their findings. Custom-designed instructional sessions to support instructors' curriculum is available. To schedule a session, please contact Beverly Westermeyer, at 809-3256, or email: beverly.westermeyer@fkcc.edu
On this page you can find:
Articles & Resources
Assessments and library surveys
Ask a Librarian
Library orientations
Reference websites
Subject and Research Course guides
Tip sheets & tutorials
LIS courses
Articles & Resources
Most of our databases have tutorials available which tour the user through their database.
Literary Reference Center (EBSCO) - Includes plot summaries and synopses; literary criticism; author biographies; book reviews; classic & contemporary poems and short stories; full text of selected classic novels, author interviews; and images of key literary figures.
Tutorial: http://support.epnet.com/training/flash_videos/lrc/LiteraryReferenceCenter.html
Literature Resource Center (Gale) - Literary criticism, biographies , reviews and full text of many works.
Tutorial: http://www.gale.cengage.com/media/training/LRC/Basic%20Search/LRC-Basic.htm
Assessments & Surveys
Student Instruction Survey
The feedback received from this tool is used so that our library can meet your instructional and research needs.
Help
Chat live with a librarian using our online reference service.
Ask-a-Librarian is made possible by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant administered by the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services.
Or contact an FKCC Library staff member with a reference question.
Orientations
The orientation link below requires power point software or the free viewer.
Reference Websites
*Annotated Bibliographies at Purdue University
*APA Style Guide
*Chicago Style Guide
*Citation Machine
*EasyBib free Bibliography & Citation Maker
*Florida Electronic Library
*Internet Public Library
*Library of Congress Virtual Reference
*Library Spot
*MLA Style Guide
*NoodleTools
*Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University
*Reference Desk
*Research and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker
*WorldCat Citation Tool (how to video)
Subject and Research Course Guides
Our subject course guides are designed to help you locate the best resources on a broad subject or for a specific course. We currently have a course guide for Nursing and Marine Science and will be expanding with other concentrations. Some of the links below are power point files which require the free viewer.
Minority Literature LIT1352
Reading REA0002C
Speech Communication SPC1608
Do you need help starting your research?
Research starter What information to use? Which datababases to use?
Our research guides are interactive and we welcome your comments.
Business Guide
Citation Guide
Intro to Ethics Guide
Literary Criticism Guide
Marine Sciences Guide
Nursing Guide
Speech Communications Guide
Tip Sheets & Tutorials
Documents below are PDF files and require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.
*APA Style MS2007 * APA 6th edition update tutorial
*APA Format Tips
*Evaluate Web Information
*InterLibrary Loan
*LC Classification
*MLA Style MS2007 *Summary of the MLA changes from Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue Univeristy
*MLA Format Tips
*Powerpoint
*Popular vs. Scholarly
*Print Card
*Save & Email
*Why Create an Outline
LIS Course
The following course is available to students to take for credit:
LIS 2004: Introduction to the Internet is a one unit course that is taught completely online. This course introduces students to the concept of using the Internet as an information retrieval tool, and teaches strategies for locating and analyzing information. This one-credit course is designed to help students develop the basic information literacy skills necessary for college course work, general research, and for lifelong learning in an information-centered society.