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Guide to Subject Guides - subject guide template (OLD)

Feel free to use this guide to create a subject guide using the side-navigation layout.

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On using this box:

  1. IMAGE - Select an image that represents the subject in question. Websites like Pixabay and Flickr are great for locating Creative Commons-licensed works that you can reuse on your guides. Size the image to around 300px wide
  2. FLOATING BOX - Use the pencil icon in the upper right to change this box to a "Floating" box after you copy it.
  3. FRIENDLY URLs - Give all the sub-pages on your guide friendly URLs, then update the links below to make sure they link internally.

Welcome to the [Subject] Research Guide! This guide has a snapshot of the resources available at the DVC Library, so be sure to Ask a Librarian if you need more help!

Photo of Aztec Stone CalendarBooks/eBooks will take you on a deep dive into a broader topic. You can get background, history, context, and multiple perspectives.

Articles are a good if you need very specific or very recent information on a topic. You can search for articles in the databases that the library subscribes to.

Web searching can be a good place to start learning about a topic, but often it can take a lot of work to identify if a website is a good source or not.

Exploring a career in [subject]? Take a look at this page to find career-oriented resources for [subject].

Citations are how you indicate to your readers what in your paper is your ideas and what are the ideas of others. Plus they're a required part of writing a research paper.

Current Issues in ______

Use this box if you want to feature a "current awareness" element. Try using an RSS feed of headlines from a notable journal or trade publication in your subject. See the example from the Engineering, Electronics, and Energy Systems Guide included below for how this works.  Select <Add/Reorder>, then select <RSS Feed> to enter the URL of the feed and configure (how many elements to include, etc.)

Current Issues in Engineering, Electronics, and Energy Systems

Engineering and electronics headlines from IEEE Spectrum, published by the professional association called the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

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