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Careers/SDV Research Guide

Instructions for Completing Library Instruction for SDV

Instructions for Completing Library Instruction for SDV:

Step 1:  Watch the four videos and review the information below.

Step 2:  Complete and submit the SDV Library Instruction Activity. 

Step 3:  If requested by your instructor, complete and submit the Careers Worksheet. 

Navigating the Library Website (3:39)

Video created by TCC Librarians, September 2019. Licensed under  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. 

Career Databases (6:54)

Video created by TCC Librarians, October 2019. Licensed under  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. 

Evaluating Information Sources (3:08)

Video created by TCC Librarians, 2018. Licensed under  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. 

Library Policies & Procedures (3:59)

Video created by TCC Librarians, 2018. Licensed under  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. 

Each campus library offers technology to help you complete assignments.

Technology in the Campus Libraries

 Chesapeake Norfolk Portsmouth Virginia Beach

Computer Labs
(PCs, Windows, Microsoft Office)

 YES YES YES YES
Printing
(For more details, click here)		 YES YES YES YES
Scanners
(free)		 YES YES YES

YES
Copiers
(10 cents per page)		 YES YES YES YES
Graphing Calculators YES YES YES no
Headphones
(Checkout for in-library use only)		 YES YES YES no

Study Rooms
(For more details, click: Norfolk or Virginia Beach)

 no YES no YES
Webcams
(Portsmouth: checkout for use in Digital Media Lab)
(Virginia Beach: available in certain study rooms)		 no no YES YES

Specialized software:

  • Portsmouth has a Digital Media Lab inside the library, with Macs & PCs with specialized software for design (Adobe, Camtasia, iMovie, iPhoto).
  • Norfolk and Virginia Beach have Dragon (voice-recognition) software available for students with visual impairment.
  • Virginia Beach has specialized business and engineering software on select lab computers.

Citing

Introduction to Citing Your Resources

What is a citation?

  • A citation is the basic information required to identify and locate a specific publication (e.g. book, book chapter, article, website, video, etc).

  • Different academic disciplines have specific guidelines for organizing material and citing sources. These rules are published as style manuals.

Why do we cite our sources?

  • Citations let your professor or anyone else who reads your work, find the items you used in your research. The key to a successful citation is providing all the information needed for your reader to find the book, article, or other item you are citing.
  • Citing builds your credibility and shows that your ideas are shared by other experts in the field. Citing scholarly, peer-reviewed sources lends extra credibility to your work.

  • Citation avoids plagiarism! Citing your sources properly gives credit to the original author. 

Sources Created by TCC Librarians for MLA 8th Edition

MLA 8th Edition Help

APA Guides (Created by TCC Librarians)

APA 6th Edition Help

APA 7th Edition Help

AMA

AMA is used by some disciplines in health professions and has been designed specifically for use in medical fields.

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AMA Manual of Style
Call Number: R119 .A533 2007

 

 

 

 

Legal Citations
The Bluebook is used to create citations for legal documents.

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The Bluebook (20th Edition)
Call Number: Reference KF245 .B58 2015

 

 

 

 

Chicago/Turabian

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The Chicago Manual of Style (University of Chicago Press)

 

 

 

 

CSE (Council of Science) Format

Developed by the Council of Science Editors (CSE), CSE format is used for scientific publishing. The latest update is the 8th edition, published in 2014.

 

 

GSA (Geological Society of America) Format

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A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (8th edition)
Call Number: LB2369 .T8 2013

 

 

 

 

Additional Web Resources

 

Formatting Websites

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Below are some options to help you generate a citation. Remember to check citations as no generators are error-free.