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ECO2023 Microeconomics, Prof. Pierre: Home

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This research guide will explain how to find and cite library materials appropriate for your research paper assignment for Professor Pierre.

Select the tabs at the top of the guide to explore those topics.

APA Information & Resources

Select the image below to view our APA Library Guide.

Database and Catalog Search

Getting Organized by Narrowing Your Topic

AskALibrarian

Contacting Your Instructor

Professor:  Kenrick Pierre

KJPierre@polk.edu

Accessing Polk State College's Library Databases

Image (gif) of login screen

  • Visit the libraries’ website www.Polk.edu/Library 
  • In the middle of the screen, select Articles/Databases  
  • The Borrower ID is your student ID (A12345678)  
  • The PIN is the last four numbers of your student ID (5678)

TIP: Sort databases by Subject to list the Health/Medical databases (and/or the Business related databases) together.

NOTE: The library is shifting to Single Sign On (SSO) access with Open Athens. Beginning March 2021, you will be able to access all library resources using your login information for Passport. 

Recommended Health & Medical Databases for this Assignment

Nursing and Allied Health Database (Proquest)

Citing your article:

  • Find an article and open.
  • Click on “Cite” button at top of screen.
  • Select APA 6th Edition from the dropdown (NOT annotated with abstracts)
  • Highlight APA citation.
  • Copy and paste (Merge Formatting) into Word document for References page.
  • VERIFY for accuracy (use citation generators as a starting point).

Sample Search in a Proquest Database:

https://proquest.libguides.com/pqrl/basic

Results & Narrowing Your Search:

https://proquest.libguides.com/pqrl/results

*Remember to select full text &

peer reviewed for this assignment

Health and Medicine (Gale OneFile)

Citing your article:

  • Find an article and open.
  • Click on “Cite” button at top of screen.
  • Select APA 6th Edition link at top of popup citation box.
  • Highlight APA citation.
  • Copy and paste (Merge Formatting) into Word document for References page.
  • VERIFY for accuracy (use citation generators as a starting point).

Sample Search & Results in a Gale Database:

Sample search in a Gale database

Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCO)

     or

CINAHL Complete (EBSCO)

Citing your article:

  • Find an article and open.
  • Click on “Cite” button on right side of screen.
  • Highlight APA citation.
  • Copy and paste (Merge Formatting) into Word document for References page. 
  • VERIFY for accuracy (use citation generators as a starting point).

Sample Search & Results in an EBSCO Database:

Image of EBSCO Academic Search Complete Search

 

Recommended Business Databases for this Assignment

Business (Gale OneFile)

Citing your article:

  • Find an article and open.
  • Click on “Cite” button at top of screen.
  • Select APA 6th Edition link at top of popup citation box.
  • Highlight APA citation.
  • Copy and paste (Merge Formatting) into Word document for References page.
  • VERIFY for accuracy (use citation generators as a starting point).

Sample Search in a Gale Database:

Sample search in a Gale database

Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

Citing your article:

  • Find an article and open.
  • Click on “Cite” button on right side of screen.
  • Highlight APA citation.
  • Copy and paste (Merge Formatting) into Word document for References page.
  • VERIFY for accuracy (use citation generators as a starting point).

Sample Search in an EBSCO Database:

Image of EBSCO Academic Search Complete Search

 

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