SPEED, EASE, SUCCESS!
Finding Information In/Through The RCCD Library For
PHYSICAL EDUCATION

THREE ESSENTIALS

OWN

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

GET

THESE TWO CARDS:

o        RCCD Library Card - Ask at the Circulation Desk, DLLRC, 2nd Floor, East Wing

o        Print Card

TAKE

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]

BOOKS
Reference Books

For use in the Library
On the 2nd Floor, West Wing

ASK A LIBRARIAN
FOR HELP!

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

BOOKS
Circulating Books

For taking out of the Library
On the 3rd Floor (Main Stack)

ASK A LIBRARIAN
FOR HELP!

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.

MEDIA – DVDs, etc.

For use in the Library
At the Circulation Desk, 2nd Floor, East Wing

But first ...

ASK A LIBRARIAN
FOR HELP!

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.

MAGAZINES & JOURNALS

For use in the library
2nd Floor, West Wing, Periodical Display Shelves

ASK A LIBRARIAN
FOR HELP!

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.

LIBRARY CATALOG

Ask a Librarian
For Help!

[ See previous page ]

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Periodical Indexes

Ask a Librarian
for Help!

Several might be useful for physical education
and related fields/topics:

o        Start with: Expanded Academic ASAP

o        Also try: ERIC, Health Source, CINAHL, Career & Technical Education

o        And even these newspaper indexes: America’s Newspapers, The Press Enterprise, and ProQuest Newspaper.

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.

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Reference Resources

Ask a Librarian
for Help!

Several might be useful for physical education
and related fields/topics:

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

INTERNET RESOURCES

But use Web sites that give good, authoritative, reliable information!

Ask a Librarian
for Help!

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