HPU Discovery
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Finding Books
Books are Arranged by Subject Using the Library of Congress Classification System.
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Books are Arranged by Subject Using the Library of Congress Classification System.
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Subject Terms
Go to description sections and look for Subject Terms. Find potential terminology for searches
HPU Discovery is our one search tool for physical collections, streaming videos, and online articles.
Note: It does not search all our databases
Recommended Databases
Also see: Opposing Viewpoints (Gale)
Advanced Search
Construct Advanced Searches by combining your terms in different boxes and connecting with ANDs (outside) ORs (inside) with similar related terms.
Do not filter by full-text as you want to do a comprehensive search of the literature and do not want to limit yourself on what is owned by a particular database.
Article Record EBSCO
Databases Citation Tools
Any EBSCO database
Google Searches
AND in Google is automatic no need to add
OR must be capitalized to search as command
NOT is - (negative sign)
Google Searches
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is only "scholarly literature" be aware that your results may include predatory journal publications. So look into the publication. Explore the Advance Search thru the three-line icon on the top left side to conduct more precise searches.
Same as quotation search "mental illness "
Same as searching with OR
Same as searching with NOT
Google Scholar @ HPU
Access Google Scholar via HPU Databases to see links on the far right of what we have access.
Databases Citation Tools
Google Scholar @ HPU
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Citing Sources
https://hpu.libguides.com/styleguides/apa
Citing Sources
Reference Citation
Note: APA 7th edition no longer requires “Retrieved” before URLs. Only in websites that content is designed to change over time.
General copyright dates are not sufficient to use as the publication date. If no creation or publication date is given, use n.d. If the author and website are the same, omit the website.
Website Template
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of page. Website. http://xxxxx
Author no date
Corporate author
Content changes
over time
Databases Citation Tools
PsycNET
It only provides citation information in APA style, but it is really accurate as this database is from the American Psychology Association.
Citation Styles Handouts
There are numerous handouts on all the different styles available online, these handouts are short guidelines to help you understand the actual rules in the citation style manuals. Look for handouts published by univeristies like the Purdue OWL.
Citation Management Tools
Management citation tools are more sophisticated tools to store all your sources bibliographic information so you create your own library of sources.
Then you can easily create bibliographies or sync to your documents and input the citations you need from your own library. Always check the proper citation style handout and manual to make changes in citations.
ZOTERO
Zotero is a Free management citation tool. That works by speaking to your internet browser and identifying references using icons.
Example of a Zotero Library
Organize in folders
Sources in a particular folder
Bibliographic information of one source. Use to create citations!
Creating a bibliography from a folder in Zotero.
Learn more about ZOTERO at https://hpu.libguides.com/zotero
Selecting the citation style you want the bibliography to be.
Dropping note
citations in Word.
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