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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

http://libguides.polk.edu/apa

Database and Catalog Search

Getting Organized by Narrowing Your Topic

Narrowing Your Topic
This handout may help you organize your thoughts

AskALibrarian

Contacting Your Instructor

Professor: Kenrick Pierre

KJPierre@polk.edu

Accessing Polk State College's Library Databases

Visit the libraries’ website www.Polk.edu/Library
In the middle of the screen, select Articles/Databases
After selecting a database you will most likely be prompted to sign in using your student credentials for Passport: Your student ID AND your Password for Passport (default password = two digit month and two digit year of your birth.

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

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 7th 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 7^th 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:

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:

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 7^th 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:

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:

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