Accessing SLCC Library Databases

 

Students at the Salt Lake Community College have the same access to library research as do the professors. These instructions lead students through the SLCC library interface to the search tools appropriate for any student's field of study. There are other instructions in the "Research" topic of this website that provide further instructions about using the databases.

Purpose: Access the SLCC online library databases

Click the Current Students link on the header of the SLCC.edu website.
Click on the Library icon from among the icon selections.
The library has so many options on the library's home page. For instance, the primary links are represented by the big blue icons for the library print Catalog or their collection of EBooks. An alphabetical listing of the library databases is available at the Research Databases icon link.    However, for these instructions, you only need to look for a link under the "Help and Info" list of links. Review the list of "Help and Info" links. Click the printed link Research Guides.
The library has organized the databases by the fields of study of professor's on the campus. These instructions will follow the path with the English link; however, students will need to conduct research with a database appropriate for their own field. Click on the English button to continue following these instructions.
The field will expand to provide more options available under the English link. Click the new English link that has appeared in the bullet list.
On the new page, click the large Scholarly Sources icon.
This is the final library page before students will access an English discipline library database. The drop down menu pictured here simply leads to the other areas represented by the icons in previous step of these instructions. Other tabs provide recommendations for students who are in specific classes. The librarians have curated these resources according to student needs. For instance, students in my classes might be interested in only the databases available for their course.
The links are described by the librarians so that users can make informed decisions about their selection.
Be prepared to log in to the SLCC network to prove that you are a registered student.

All instructions and documentation written by:

Dr. Jason Lawrence, M.S., Ph.D.

Theory and Practice of Professional Communication

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Uploading Iphone Pictures to OneDrive

 

The Apple iCloud is an impressive tool for backing up iPhone storage. However, it is also a black box in which you cannot edit the content or delete selected content. Fortunately, there is a way to back up your photos to your OneDrive account. In OneDrive, you can organize your backup, prune the files, and share photos from the backup itself--keeping your phone storage clear for more photographic and video memories.

Purpose: These instructions are for adjusting the iPhone settings to back up photos and videos to OneDrive, instead of iCloud.

 

Open the Settings App.
Locate the Photos app in the list of app settings. Click on the Photos app settings.
Turn off the iCloud Photos back up. This will complete the preparation of the Photos app.         NOTE: The My Photo Stream setting may need to be turned off. It may interfere but I have not tested to see if this function of the iCloud is dependent on the iCloud backup.
Adjust the OneDrive Settings
Find the OneDrive app on your iPhone. Click on the app's icon. The app will open.
If you have not already logged into your OneDrive account, you will be prompted to login. You need to open the account settings of your OneDrive app. The account settings icon is on the upper left.  In the pictured example the icon is the "JL" circle by the word "Files.  Click on the icon. The account settings options will slide out over the screen.
This slide page lets you choose which OneDrive account you want to access. The pictured example only has one OneDrive account. Click on the Settings option.
Click on the Camera Upload setting.
Turn on the camera upload for your OneDrive, identified by your outlook email address. Click on Include Videos so camera upload will back up videos and photos together.  NOTES: Use Mobile Network is an option that will your data upload over both wi-fi and cell data transfer. If you leave it off, the camera upload will only happen on wi-fi. Organize New Uploads lets you choose how the camera upload will be organized in the OneDrive pictures folder. This example organizes the uploads by month.
Delete OneDrive Pictures
The camera upload sends all iPhone pictures to the Pictures folder. Open the Pictures folder.
The camera upload sends all iPhone pictures to the Camera Roll folder. Open the Camera Roll folder.
Click on the year you want to manage. Your screen may differ if you used the Organize New Uploads setting to organize in another way than monthly. In the pictured example, I will click on the 2020 folder.
The folders are numbered by month. Click on the numbered folder you want to manage.
Select the pictures and videos you want to delete. Click on the "..." button, on the top right of the interface, to open the management options.           NOTE: If you simply wish to share the pictures, you can share directly from OneDrive. Click the Share button to send the pictures to people with another app.
Click on the Delete button to delete all the selected pictures and videos.
OneDrive wants to confirm you really wish to delete the pictures and videos you selected. Click the red Delete confirmation button. The pictures and videos are now deleted from your back up.       Note: Untested. If the photos and videos are not deleted from your iPhone, then camera upload may upload them again.

All instructions and documentation written by:

Dr. Jason Lawrence, M.S., Ph.D.

Theory and Practice of Professional Communication

Artificial Intelligence writers, Internal Documentation, and Emergent Texts
Visit my Official Blog, my LinkedIn profile, or my Web Page.

Find a School: Southern Connecticut State University

Finding Full Text Articles

While a library database may have an abstract for a search result, that library database may not have the license to provide "full text" for that particular publication. These instructions begin with a search result that does not include full text. (These instructions are for Southern Connecticut State University. I wrote similar instructions for SLCC.)

NOTE: These instructions are for a Wall Street Journal article originally found on Academic Search Premier, while the "full text" was available on ProQuest Newspapers; your own results will be different if you are looking for your own article.

Purpose: How to use library databases to find the full text for an article.

These instructions begin with search results, rather than explain how to find search results. Use this link to find instructions for finding search results. The library database provides tools to find "full text" sources for which your local library has a license.
While many search results include full text, as either HTML or PDF, the pictured article here is a search result that does not provide a full text result. Look for the Find Article @ SCSU link  at the bottom of the entry. This link will help you find the "full text." Click on the link.
This screen provides information on the SCSU collection of any publication source. Click on the icon of a computer laptop to find the library's online resources for that publication.
The library has subscriptions to many library databases that have a license for either "abstract-only" or the "full text." By using the Find Article @ SCSU link, the results will only be library databases that have "full text." For the example pictured in these instructions, there are two different ProQuest databases that have a full text license. For these instructions, I clicked on the first link to ProQuest Newspapers Wall Street Journal.
For the example pictured in these instructions, the interface looks like the picture here. Scan the entry for the option to search within the publication. Different library databases place the search field in different parts of their interface. In order to directly to the article I want, I typed in the first words of the article's title. The first words of your own title search may be different.
The list of search results will load. However, the first result on the list is the article I am looking for. At the bottom of the entry is a Full Text link. Click the Full Text link to read your article.
IMPORTANT: if you use the full text article you find, be sure to cite the library database you used to read the full text. In the case of these instructions, the database is the ProQuest Newspapers Wall Street Journal.
Many library databases provide the citations for you. Search the interface for some kind of option. The library databases differ wildly. For these instructions, click on the Cite icon available in the upper right of the ProQuest database pictured in these instructions.
A dialog box appears. Click on the Citation Style drop down menu to select the citation style you need for your paper. For these instructions, I have selected MLA 7th edition. Upon the selection of the citation style, the citation format will automatically generate. Copy and Paste the citation to your Works Cited page.

All instructions and documentation written by:

Dr. Jason Lawrence, M.S., Ph.D.

Theory and Practice of Professional Communication

Artificial Intelligence writers, Internal Documentation, and Emergent Texts
Visit my Official Blog, my LinkedIn profile, or my Web Page.

Find a School: Southern Connecticut State University

Making a Call in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams has replaced Skype for Business. That means organizations can still perform conference calls but Microsoft has added the power of their OneDrive cloud solutions to the conference technology. These instructions are for students, employees, and faculty who wish to call other people on the SCSU network.

Purpose: Make a call to a SCSU class peer or a fellow SCSU colleague.

Log in to your Microsoft Account. Click on the Teams icon from the list of Apps.
To make a call, click on the Calls button from the side navigator. While there are many ways to make a call, these instructions will make a call from the SCSU email directory. Click on Make a Call, at the bottom of the screen.
An interface pops up, with suggested names from your contact history. Activate the Type a Name field with a click of your mouse. This field operates just like the address field of an email. Type the last name of the SCSU person you wish to call. A list of matches will automatically populate. Select the name you wish to call. MULTIPLE CALLERS: After adding the first name, and before clicking Make the Call, you can add additional names to the call.
For audio-only calls, click on the phone icon. For audio/video calls, click on the video icon.
The call will begin as soon as the recipient answers the call. An audio-only call will only display your initials icon, without any picture. An audio/video call will display the video feed as shown in this picture.

All instructions and documentation written by:

Dr. Jason Lawrence, M.S., Ph.D.

Theory and Practice of Professional Communication

Artificial Intelligence writers, Internal Documentation, and Emergent Texts
Visit my Official Blog, my LinkedIn profile, or my Web Page.

Find a School: Southern Connecticut State University

Using Blackboard to Email Students or Groups

Blackboard provides a way for students to contact each other, even if they haven't exchanged emails. In my own classes, I create a "Communication Hub" where I place all the announcements and communication tools. On my blackboard site, the tool is called "Blackboard Email." This tool lets students email eachother or email the group to which they have been assigned.

Purpose: These instructions will help students using blackboard to send email messages to select students or to groups.

Classes will differ according to the customization preferences of the instructor. Click the email link. In my classes, click Blackboard Email.
A screen will open with several options. Choose All Student Users if you wish to send an email to the entire class. Choose All Instructor Users if you want to send an email to the professor and any instructor assistants. Choose Select Users to pick one or more fellow classmates you wish to email. Choose Select Groups if you are assigned to a group and you want to send an email to your group members or the members of another group. For these instructions, choose Select Users.
The left box is a list of all the students in your class. The right box is a list of the student(s) you wish to email. When the page first loads, the right box will be empty. Select the name you want to email and click the arrow icon to move the name from the left box to the right box. Continue to select names if there are more than one. NOTE: the list of names are whited out to protect the privacy of students. Selected names are blacked out.
Blackboard will not send messages if they do not have a Subject. Of course, you will want to write a message in the Message field.
Click the Submit button when you are ready to send your email.
ALTERNATIVE Instead of choosing Select Users, you can check Select Groups. The same box interface will appear with the list of groups. Select the group you wish to email in the same manner as described above.

All instructions and documentation written by:

Dr. Jason Lawrence, M.S., Ph.D.

Theory and Practice of Professional Communication

Artificial Intelligence writers, Internal Documentation, and Emergent Texts
Visit my Official Blog, my LinkedIn profile, or my Web Page.

Find a School: Southern Connecticut State University