This Tutorial has been developed
to help Midland College students get started doing library research
at the Fasken LRC. It is by no means comprehensive. The Fasken LRC
has many more resources to help students complete class assignments,
research, and compile term papers and reports. Librarians and staff
members at the LRC are here to help students and faculty. Come by
the library or call us with your questions. There are many books
in the collection and multiple electronic resources that will guide
you in your research.
LRC Staff
Director
John Deats
Director LRC
LRC 122 Phone: 432-685-4726
jdeats@midland.edu
Josh Knight
LRC Secretary
LRC 124 Phone: 432-685-6704
JKnight@midland.edu
Public Services Dept.--Reference,
Circulation.
Aline Collins
Public Services Librarian
LRC 120 Phone: 432-685-4559
acollins@midland.edu
Emma King
Circulation Clerk
Phone: 432-685-4560
eking@midland.edu
Part-time Circulation Clerk
Phone: 432-685-4560
Linda Hancock
Weekend Staff
LRC Phone: 432-685-4560
Instructional Resources--eBooks,
Databases, Distance Learning.
Instructional Resources Librarian
Phone: 432-685-6702
Technical Services Dept.--Automation,
Acquisitions, Cataloging, Serials, ILL.
Cecilia Miranda
Automation/Technical Services Librarian
LRC 110 Phone: 432-685-4557
cmiranda@midland.edu
Ellen Fino
Technical Services Clerk
LRC 110 Phone: 432-685-4703
efino@midland.edu
Joan Williams
Periodicals Clerk, InterLibrary Loans
LRC 105 Phone: 432-685-4558
jwilliams@midland.edu
Charlotte Sweatt
Part-time Technical Services Clerk
LRC 110 Phone: 432-685-4773
csweatt@midland.edu
Books 
The titles listed below are a few of the books in the LRC collection
that will help your research.You can find additional books by
searching the following Subjects in 
- Report Writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Research--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Academic writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Academic libraries--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Information Retrieval
Also, search Subjects for handbooks on research and writing in specific subject areas such as:
- Criticism--Authorship Exposition (Rhetoric)
- History--Research--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Psychology--Research--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Sociology--Research--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Books on research in the LRC Collection
Ballenger, Bruce. The curious researcher: a guide to writing
research papers. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2001
Berkman, Robert. Find it fast: how to uncover information on
any subject online or in print. New York: HarperResources,
2000.
Lee, Jane E. The easy essay handbook: a writing guide for today's
students. Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan Press, 2004.
Mann, Thomas. The Oxford guide to library research. New
York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005.
Quaratiello, Arlene Rodda. The College student's research companion. New York: Neal Schuman, 2007.
Shaw, Maura D. Mastering online research: a comprehensive guide to effective and efficient search strategies. Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer's Digest Books, 2007.
Style Manuals & Citing Sources There are several books in the LRC collection that will help you with
report writing and ascertaining correct bibliographic format for citing
electronic and printed sources. Some of this information can also
be found online.
Books
The Chicago manual of style. Chicago: Univ.
of Chicago Press, 2003.
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing. New York: MLA, 1998.
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington, D.C., 2001.
Turabian, Kate L. A manual for writers of term papers, theses,
and dissertations. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2007.
Online Guides
Nuts and
bolts of college writing
Online Resources for writers
The OWL
Online guides to citing sources
Besides the ones listed, you can find several excellent websites
by searching citing
sources in Google or similar Search Engine.
Citing sources(Duke)
Sources (Dartmouth)
Other Tutorials on Library
Research These are just a few of the several excellent tutorials
available on the web that you can explore:
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