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Using the Kilgore
College Library
Online Resources
Philosophy
Library Access 24/7
Did you know that you can do research without
actually coming to the KC Library on campus?
You have access to our databases and ebooks:
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As long as you are enrolled in the current
semester at KC.
As long as you have Internet access.
Randolph C. Watson Library
Homepage
http://library.kilgore.edu
Randolph C. Watson Library
Homepage
Logging in from Off-Campus
When logging in from off-campus, you will need
a username and password.
Username: KC ID
Password: 1st 4 of your last name, 1st four
of your first name, last 4 digits of your KC
ID.
Off-Campus Log In
So, if your name is Soft Kitty and your KC ID is
123456789, your login will be:
Username: 123456789
Password:
kittsoft6789
Finding Resources
Books
Ebooks
Enter search terms.
Enter
search
terms
Results List
Click Kilgore College, Watson Library
and Book to see what is in our Library.
Click here
Click here
Books and Ebooks
Ebooks can be read
from a computer.
Click here to access ebook.
You can check out
print books.
Detailed Record provides
citation information
Shows
citation
information
Use this information to
create your own citations.
Click Full Text to open the ebook.
Click here
Click Search within
to activate the Index.
Click here
Enter search terms.
Click on a page number
to go to that page.
See the page.
Click
here
To get a citation, click on Cite.
Scroll down to the citation format
required by your instructor.
Scroll
Copy and paste to your
bibliography page.
Check to see what
format your instructor
requires.
Interlibrary Loan
• If there is a book you need that we do not
have, we can try to get it through Interlibrary
Loan.
• Interlibrary loan takes time, so don’t wait until
the last minute.
Remember the citation information!
• Use the Cite feature.
• Use www.citationmachine.net.
• Use MLA style to format your citations.
– MLA is short for The Modern Language
Association of America
– The manual for MLA is called MLA Handbook for
Writers of Research Papers
– See the MLA tab in The Little, Brown Compact
Handbook
Remember the Hanging Indents
Capps, Donald. Men, Religion, And Melancholia :
James, Otto, Jung, And Erikson. New Haven
[Conn.]: Yale University Press, 1997. eBook
Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 5 Feb. 2015.
Place your cursor at the end of the first line. Hit
Enter. Now, you can indent the rest of the lines
in the citation.
Why Use a Database?
Anyone can create an internet site.
– It can be true.
– It can be fake.
You have to verify internet information.
– Who is the author?
– Does the site want to provide information, or sell
something?
– When was it last updated?
Databases
• Provide thousands of articles from journals,
newspapers, or books.
• The information is more accurate.
• Many articles are peer-reviewed.
• Your instructor may prefer database articles to
internet sites.
Click on A-Z Databases
Click on W
Click here
Click on World History in Context
Click
here
World History in Context
You could select a topic
in a subject area . . .
Or, use the Search Box
Enter search
terms
Click on the title to read an article
Click here
Read
For this Database, the Citation
Information is at the bottom of the
article
JStor
Click here
Enter your search terms
Enter
search
terms
Click the Title to open the article
Click here
Read the article
Citation Information Is at the Top of
the Article
Or, click Cite This Item
Click here
Copy and paste the citation to your
bibliography page.
Academic Search Complete
Click
here
Type in your terms.
Remember to click on Full Text.
Enter
search
terms
Click here
Click on Full Text to read an article
Click
here
Read the article
Click on the Cite icon on the
right side of the page
Click this icon
Scroll down to
MLA
Citations
• Each time you use someone else’s words or
ideas, you must provide a citation to give
credit to that person.
• You will include parenthetical citations in the
text of your paper.
• For each citation, you will provide a
corresponding bibliography.
Parenthetical Text Citations
To document your research, provide the last
name of the author and the page numbers on
which the information appeared in the book or
article used. Example:
Heidegger sought to explain the act of
being a person (Duignan 277).
If You Need Help with Research
• Call the KC Library and speak to a librarian.
• Come to the KC Library and speak with a
librarian.
• Use the Ask-A-Librarian email service from the
home page.
– Make sure your return address is entered correctly
– Your question should be answered the next
working day
Ask-A-Librarian
Click here from the home page
Enter your information and Submit.
Good Luck!