College of San Mateo

LIBR105

Lesson Four

Periodicals and Periodical Indexes

Learning Objectives:

The goals for this lesson include:

• To learn how to use electronic and print indexes.

• To learn how periodicals are formatted.

• To learn about interlibrary loan resources.

Reading Assignments:

Quaratiello, Arlene Rodda. The College Student’s Research Companion. 4^th ed. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2007.

• Read Chapter 4, “Finding Periodicals,” pp. 57-81.

Read the following tutorial on the College of San Mateo Library website: "Online Databases: Magazines and Journals." 22 August 2007.

Homework:

Complete the Lesson Four Graded Assignment .

• E-mail it to Mark Fink at finkm@smccd.net .

• Read the LIBR105 blog entry for this assignment, which can be accessed here: http://libr105.wordpress.com/

• Respond to the question posed by the instructor that pertains to this assignment. 
• Add your own comment(s) and/or questions to the blog.

Return to the LIBR105 Course Syllabus or go on to Lesson Five.