FrontPage Welcome to the Concordia College-Selma Library Wiki! 
"Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant." —Mitchell Kapor
It makes online research a bit difficult! There is simply more information out there than can be absorbed in a lifetime. While pursuing your degree you simply don't have time to be diverted from your goals. We want to help guide you in your academic endeavors.
We want you to use our printed information resources. There is a wealth of material right here on our book and periodical shelves and archives. However, we know you like the immediacy of electronic information. Please realize that we have BOTH forms of information here in the library and that only using one form of information limits you.
That being said, we have prepared some assistance for you in your use of electronic information. We also have guidance for using the "bricks and mortar" library as well. Please see the "Library Manual Online" link further down.
Please use these guides! And don't feel the need to digest all of this information at one time. There is simply too much instructional material using these various links. Pick and choose. Select what you most need now and come back for more later.
We hope you will come back to this wiki several times as your "information literacy" skills develop.
(Need something we don't have? We can always try to arrange for an Inter Library Loan - ILL - and try to obtain the book, journal, article, whatever for you from another institution. Ask at the Circulation Desk.)
Keep in mind many of the following sites will have references to things that are specific to that website, school, or library and thus may not be accessible to you. However, you certainly will benefit from using the portions available to you in these information resources.
Also, please feel free to give us your comments and suggestions as we want this wiki to evolve and change with your academic needs. After writing to us (use the e-mail addresses on the right side of this page or use this link http://ccslibrary.pbworks.com/contact.php ) we will set you up to leave comments and possibly even edit the wiki itself. So please collaborate with us. We need your ideas to strengthen the library and improve this wiki!
One word of note. Concordia College-Selma does not endorse the opinions or viewpoints that you may encounter on any websites you may visit as you use this wiki. This wiki and the sites listed are for informational and instructional purposes only.
Recent print additions to the collection
The Library Manual Online
The Online Catalog
Destiny Quest
Library News
Student News
Ellwanger Hunt Learning Resource Center Physical Layout
Library Anxiety? You are not alone!
Glossary of Terms
Dewey Decimal System
Evaluating Online Information
Encyclopedias
Free eBooks
A listing of the available print periodicals and journals in our library.
The link here to open access journals...no cost.
The following resources are all on the main library web page. The following links simply describe the resources; return to the main library page to use them
The Black Studies Center
Available Databases on the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL)
Wilson Web Online Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
American History Online in Video
African-American History Online
Bloom's Literary Reference Online
Issues and Controversies
CQPress Global Researcher
LexisNexis
Click the following link for a number of information literacy tutorials!
delicious.com/acclibrary/info.literacy>tutorials
American FactFinder
Web Pages Selected by Librarians
Research 101
Plagiarism
Citation Help
Business
Government
Newspapers
Philosophy
Social Work
Geography
Latin America
History
American Rhetoric
Science
Teaching children's science
Other Useful Web Sites
Wiki Warning!
Using Google
Alternative Search Engines
A Little Music
Mathematics
The Concordia System
HBCU Connect
Textbooks
Sports
Comments (2)
J. Scott Whiting said
at 10:18 am on Jul 13, 2009
This wiki will prove useful in assisting students with their information needs 24/7.
J. Scott Whiting said
at 11:40 am on Oct 28, 2009
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