Assignment for James Braswell: 3 definitions of good health

I had two questions at the reference desk and Mel had the same question yesterday on the following:

Students have the assignment of finding three sources (any format - magazine, newspaper, book, etc) providing 3 definitions of good health. I spoke to the instructor, James Braswell via phone. He said that students are to find 3 sources outside of the textbook that provide at least 3 components of good health. These can be dealing with personal hygiene, diet, wellness or any other aspect "good health."

I tried to use Acaedmic Search Premier because there is the option of limiting results to magazines, journals, etc. I had little to no success. I am still looking and I will email one student a bit later. This is a heads up to everyone else. If anyone has any sugesstions, please share.

CETL Calendar

For students and faculty asking at the Reference Desk for classes, if it is not a library class, it could be taking place in CETL. To get to their calendar through the WSSU Web site, go to: http://cf.wssu.edu/workshop/ws_registerDirectURL.cfm?ws_sponsor=CITTLE.

There is another calendar that pertains only to their lab. It is a public folder in Outlook. Go to “Public Folder,” go to “All Public Folders” > “CITTLE Labs” calendar > “Multimedia Lab” calendar.

Dr. Davis assignment/200 black males from NC

Hello all

We can use the African American Studies Center for the assignment that we all know about, where students have to find 200 black males from North Carolina. I found two "tried and true" resources.

African American Studies Center
I used the African American Studies Center database.

When you access it, go to "Search" in the top left, and then click on "biographies."

You can set your search limits to "males" and birth place to North Carolina. Then click search, and it gives 173 males born in North Carolina.

Africana Encyclopedia (DT14 .A37435 2005 )
The students can look up "North Carolina" as an entry or browse the names for those affiliated with North Carolina.

There are probably other resources, but these are the simplest to explain.

JSTOR new look

Hello all

We have another surprise with a database. If you have not noticed, JSTOR has a new look. This is a heads up just in case someone has an instruction class this week. You may want to take a look to make sure that you can navigate it the same way you were used to in the past.

Reference Desk Outlook

In order for the Outlook email to update on the pc at the Reference Desk you have to click on "Send/Receive" on the toolbar. Be sure to do this each time you are scheduled at the desk and check the email.

Follow-Up Dr. Simmons

Last week, I sent an email about Dr. Simmons sending her students to the library to find scholarly articles using "print journals only." I spoke to her on the phone Thursday evening and told her that the students would have to locate the articles electronically. She said that she would change her assignment and instruct her students to as us how to use the databases to find articles on their topic.

The topics are very general and they only have to find one article. I would suggest showing them Academic Search Premier, limiting the search for their topic to full-text, Scholarly (Peer reviewed).

Dr. Simmons/English assignment (IMPORTANT)

Hello All

Dr. Simmons has required her students to find a "peer-reviewed article from the journals that we have in the reference section" on a specific topic. I have helped two of her students and Mr. Foster has helped a couple of students as well. As we know, it is almost impossible to do this without an index of some sort.

I have helped them find articles on the databases, and I also called her to explain to her the problem with her assignment. While I wait for her call back to me, this is just a heads up in case one of you get approached by one of her students.