1. INFM 225
Florence Tang
Liaison to the College of
Continuing and Professional
Studies for the Atlanta
Campus
678-547-6261
tang_fy@mercer.edu
2. Cornell University Library definition
of a reference librarian
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/vocab.html
Reference Librarian
Reference librarians are
specialists in the field of
information retrieval. Generally
they have a Masters degree in
library science… They are
available at reference desks to
help you find the information
you are looking for.
4. Questions? Ask the Reference Desk!
(678) 547-6282 (Atlanta)
http://libraries.mercer.edu/swilley
/reference/email-reference
Reference Hours
M - Th
F
Sat
Sun
9AM-10PM
9AM-6PM
10AM-6PM
1PM-9PM
Add askmercer as your buddy!
5.
6. Remember to start your research
early. Not everything can be found
full-text online or at all hours.
o Interlibrary Loan
o Interlibrary Use
o Print copies of books and
journals
o Databases unavailable from
off-campus
o Reference Librarian
13. “Scholarly” Journals
• Periodicals used by researchers
to share their findings with one
another and the public.
• They contain articles describing
new research or ideas written
in a formal manner that
includes background
information, methods
used, results/interpretation and
significance.
• Research articles are peerreviewed
14. Scholarly Journals
How do I tell?
• May contain graphs and charts.
• Written by a scholar in the field or
by someone who has done
research in the field. Degrees
attained and institutional
affiliations are often included by
the authors’ names.
• Always cite their sources in the
form of footnotes or
bibliographies
• No glossy pages or pictures
29. Do not
• Share your GALILEO
password or MUID with
others.
• Upload an article to a
webpage that others can
access.
• Copy and paste sections
of an article into your
paper without using
quotations.
30. APA
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ed. Reference List
Every source cited in-text needs to be listed in the
reference list and vice versa.
Include enough information so that the reader can
locate each source.
o author name
o date of publication
o title of work
Order list alphabetically by the author’s surname
(or first word in group, association, agency, etc.; or
title if there is no author).
Be consistent.
32. Journal Article
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of
article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number),
pages. http://dx.doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy
Book
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter
also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.
Web Document
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of
document. Retrieved from http://Web address
