CRES 110 - Interdisciplinary Methods in Critical Race & Ethnic Studies: Welcome!

• Welcome and introductions
• A review of library basics
  • Discussion of library research in the era of COVID-19
  • Services and resources available to students during the pandemic
• Using the library's catalog, Melvyl
  • E-books
  • Using the "Cite" option
• Using the library to complete course assignments
• Review of A-Z databases
• Finding databases by subject
• Demo of Academic Search Complete
• Bibliographies
• Archival documents
  • UC Merced Library Special Collections
  • Calisphere
• Citation management and formatting
  • Citing sources
  • Review of bibliographic citation managers
• Review and questions

By the end of this session, you should be able to:

• Use Melvyl, the library's catalog, to find research materials available online full-text. These materials will include e-books, streaming videos, encyclopedias, and other materials.
• Use the library's Special Collections archive and the University of California's digital archive, Calisphere, to find online archival documents.
• Choose appropriate databases to find full-text articles from scholarly journals that are germane to your topic.
• Find citations in APA format for your research materials.
• Choose a bibliographic citation manager like RefWorks, Zotero, or Mendeley to help you manage your research.

Library services ARE available, even if the library space is temporarily closed!

A guide to library resources and services while socially distancing: https://libguides.ucmerced.edu/lib-services

NEW: Curbside pickup of some print library materials - http://library.ucmerced.edu/news/2020/curbside-pick-library-materials-now-available