Given the density function, calculate the expected value $E(X)$

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Given the density function$$f(x)=\begin{cases} \frac{x^2}{2}&\mbox{if }0\leq x<1\\ -x^2+3x-\frac{3}{2}&\mbox{if }1\leq x<2\\ \frac{(3-x)^2}{2}&\mbox{if }2\leq x<3\\ 0&\mbox{else}\end{cases}$$

Calculate $E(X)$

Can you please tell me if I do it correct? Because I would do it like that in the exam and I hope it's good:

$$E(X)=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}xf(x) \;dx = \int_{0}^{1} x\frac{x^2}{2}\;dx + \int_{1}^{2} x(-x^2+3x-\frac{3}{2})\;dx + \int_{2}^{3} x\frac{(3-x)^2}{2}\;dx$$

I leave further calculation away to keep it short, just this part I'm not sure if it's fine like that?

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Seek and you shall find. Anyways, yeah, you are doing that correctly.