Trip to the Library

I went to the library on Tuesday afternoon for about an hour and searched the library for information and books on steroids.  In complete honesty, that was my first time in the library this entire school year.  I was not exactly sure how, or even where, to begin my research.  I talked to the librarian for a couple minutes and she explained how to find books in the library and how to figure out where I was in the first place.   She also reminded me about the online catalog that the Clemson website offers for the library.  This was extremely helpful for finding the sources I needed to get. 

            The first thing I did in the library was go to the fifth floor and get on my laptop.  I opened up the Clemson website and got onto the library catalog portion of the site.  I went to the search bar and typed in steroids in sports.  Several results came popping up, showing me that there were available books on steroids in the library.  Several of the books that were visible were electronic resources.  I opened up a few of these sources and read about them to see if I could use any of the information for my paper.  Many of the electronic books that I opened were very essential to my topic and I was able to use this information for brainstorming body paragraph topics.  After getting information from a couple of these electronic resources, I made a list of the topics I want to discuss in my research paper.  I used this list to narrow down my sources that I continued to look for.

            I found a hard copy of a book that I think will be useful when writing my research paper.  I had to go to the federal documents section of the library and search for a document that was a hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House of Representatives.  I skimmed through the book and saw some good information that would help me when trying to validate a point I make in my paper.  I decided that the smartest decision would be for me to check the book out, so I brought it the front desk and did so.  After I checked the book out I looked around some more for other books on steroids, but most of the other books were not as beneficial to my paper as the ones that I already saw.  My trip to the library was quite successful and I am glad that I finally know how to maneuver around and find books on my own.