SPEED, EASE, SUCCESS!
Finding Information In/Through The RCCD Library For
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
THREE ESSENTIALS
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THE RCCD LIBRARY – Go to http://faculty.rcc.edu/brewster , then click on: o RCCD Library = LAMP ( the library’s homepage @ http://library.rcc.edu ) o Library Guides - Click on the 5 guides under General Guides To Make The RCCD Library Yours |
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THESE TWO CARDS: o RCCD Library Card - Ask at the Circulation Desk, DLLRC, 2nd Floor, East Wing o Print Card |
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A LIBRARIAN TO LUNCH! o Or at least ASK a Librarian for help. o We’re at the Information Desk, DLLRC, 2nd Floor, West Wing – Tel. 951-222-8652 o Also via via LAMP, General Information, Staff – click on Riverside Faculty for our contact numbers to make an appointment for individualized, specialized assistance with your research projects. |
RESOURCES
In the DLLRC [Riverside City College’s Digital Library & Learning Resource Center]
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BOOKS For use in the Library ASK A LIBRARIAN |
o Check the GV section, counter-height shelves, 2nd Floor, West Wing o Search LAMP – Library Catalog – KEYWORD and type a word or phrase descriptive of your topic, then a word typically used for reference books - like encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, manuals, etc. For example: § physical education encyclopedias § sports dictionaries § exercise manuals § physiology handbooks |
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BOOKS For
taking out of the Library ASK A LIBRARIAN |
o Go the GV section, 3rd Floor, West Wing o Search LAMP – Library Catalog – KEYWORD § Type a word or phrase descriptive of your topic. § From the resulting list of titles, click on those that look likely to give you information you need. § In the resulting full descriptions of these items, note the SUBJECT (headings) and click on those most relevant to your research. § This will lead you to other items in the RCCD Library collection that have been assigned these same subject headings, about these same subjects. |
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MEDIA – DVDs, etc. For
use in the Library But first ... ASK A LIBRARIAN |
Search LAMP – Library Catalog – KEYWORD o Type and type a word or phrase descriptive of your topic. o Then click on the down arrow to the right of the MATERIAL TYPE text box and from the drop-down window, click on VIDEO : SLIDE o What results (let’s hope!) is are video items about the topic of your interest o Note the CALL NUMBER of an item you wish to view, then go to the Circ Desk, 2nd service point and Circ Staff will assist you. |
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MAGAZINES & JOURNALS For
use in the library ASK A LIBRARIAN |
Search LAMP – Library Catalog - PERIODICAL TITLE o If you know the exact title of a magazine/journal you want. Search LAMP – Library Catalog – KEYWORD o Type a word or phrase descriptive of your topic, then the word periodicals o What results (let’s hope!) is a list of the hardcopy (paper issue) magazines and journals we subscribe to about your topic. |
RESOURCES ONLINE!
Via LAMP - accessible 24/7 from ON or OFF campus!
From
OFF campus when you click on any of LAMP’s Electronic Resources, a window
pops open asking for:
Your User ID = your 7 digit RCCD student ID number;
Your Password = first letter of your first name and up
to six letters of your last name.
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LIBRARY CATALOG Ask a Librarian |
[ See previous page ] |
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ELECTRONIC
RESOURCES Ask
a Librarian |
Several might be
useful for physical education o Start with: Expanded Academic ASAP o Also try: ERIC, Health Source, CINAHL, Career & Technical Education o And even these newspaper indexes: NOTE: On the initial screen of each of these are directions about getting started. Click too on the many other links each of these offer - for example, HELP - to learn how best to use them. |
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ELECTRONIC
RESOURCES Ask
a Librarian |
Several
might be useful for physical education o These general encyclopedias: Grolier Encyclopedias Online o These subject-specific encyclopedias: Access Science and The Encyclopedia of the Life Sciences o The social issues/controversial topics databases: Facts.Com and Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center |
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INTERNET RESOURCES But use Web sites that give good, authoritative, reliable information! Ask
a Librarian |
Search for these using WEB SUBJECT DIRECTORIES – these index reviewed and recommended Web sites that give good, authoritative, reliable information. Examples: o LAMP’s Internet Resources, Internet By Subject – From the resulting table of various categories, click on those of interest to you: for example, Current Issues & Hot Topics, Education (K-12), Education (Higher), Health, Internet How-To, Job Search, Etc. o Also, scroll down to the bottom of this table and see below it links to several other WEB SUBJECT DIRECTORIES – a good one always to start with is the Librarian’s Index to the Internet. |