Week 3 ENG DQ
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Library Resources Students often say about an online library: “I can’t find any sources on my topic in the library.” “The library isn’t user friendly.” “The library doesn’t have much information.” While you are entitled to your opinion, these statements can be disproven easily. If you are searching in the library and “get stuck,” you can contact a librarian any time using the Ask a Librarian (https://www.apus.edu/apus-library/about- us/contact-us.html) feature. You can e-mail, text, chat, have screen-sharing sessions, review an extensive list of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), and ask for help with undergraduate and graduate sources.
If you find yourself making statements like the ones
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mentioned above, ask yourself these questions. Have you spent enough time exploring and learning the library? Have you asked for help?Though our librarians are readily available and eager to help, be sure you have tried to find the answer yourself before contacting a librarian. Don’t spend so much time on a problem that you become frustrated, but do spend enough time so that you learn how to use the library. You will be proud if you figure out the problem yourself. Also, you may have heard the theory that the best way to learn a new city is to get lost driving around in it. Get lost in the APUS library. You will find new routes to knowledge that you never knew existed.
Writing@APUS
Under Writing@APUS, (https://www.apus.edu/apus- library/resources-services/Writing/writing-center.html) you will find loads of helpful information. Click on “The Basics.” There are links to databases for many fields of study. Are you interested in General Studies? There is a link for that. Arts and Humanities? Business? Education? Health Sciences? Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math? Security and Global Studies? There are databases for all of the above. Use them.
Also notice these tabs under “The Basics”: Dictionaries; Encyclopedias; Citation Managers (online tools that help you keep track of resources and format citations); Research Guides (by program/your intended degree); and Technology. Under the Technology tab, you can download Office 365 for FREE and also acquire training and help using the software if needed. If you keep scrolling down “The Basics” page, you will find another important link: Library Tutorial Videos. There are many quick and helpful videos to assist you in learning how
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to use the library. Take some time right now and watch some of them.You will find great material here that will go hand-in-hand with the lessons in this course: understanding the assignment, types of essays, time management, choosing a topic, etc. (You will read more about these topics in previous and upcoming Lessons.) Other helpful tabs to explore under the Writing@APUS tab include The Research Process, The Writing Process, The Final Product, Math Writing, Scientific Writing, and Graduate Writing.