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Lehigh Libraries and the Internet

Lehigh Libraries and the Internet. Stacey Kimmel-Smith Help Desk Manager and reference librarian Email: sek2@lehigh.edu Phone: 610.758.4768. What we’ll cover. Library/computing services and facilities Look at some library and net resources Advice on citing resources.

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Lehigh Libraries and the Internet

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  1. Lehigh Libraries and the Internet Stacey Kimmel-Smith Help Desk Manager and reference librarian Email: sek2@lehigh.edu Phone: 610.758.4768

  2. What we’ll cover • Library/computing services and facilities • Look at some library and net resources • Advice on citing resources

  3. The EW Fairchild Martindale Help Desk Location: Main Level of the Fairchild Martindale Library Help Desk Hours: M-Th 8am to 10pm Fri 8am to 5pm Sat 10am to 5pm Sun 10am to 10pm

  4. Call us! THE HELP DESK 610-758-HELP helpdesk@lehigh.edu Evening, weekend hours Library and computing questions? Need to find a journal? Got a computer virus? Can’t find the library databases? Forgot your password?

  5. Also try online chat!

  6. wjf0@lehigh.edu Phone: 610-758-3052 RBC 343 Your business librarian is Bill Fincke

  7. Research Steps Step 1: Use Library Databases Netadvantage: Online version of SP publications LEXIS/NEXIS: full text newspapers, magazines, laws, etc. ABI Inform: Thousands of business pubs, including WSJ Faulkner IT Studies: info tech reports www.lehigh.edu/library

  8. Step 2: Search Tools • Look for selective tools like GlobalEdge (oil production) -- selective means human-reviewed -- also helpful: annotations -- organization for easy retrieval/searchability -- authoritative sources used • See online handouts for more examples

  9. Step 3: Search engines • Google keeps getting better! • See Google handout for search tips • GoogleFinance • GoogleScholar • Search patents

  10. Blogs! Keeping current in your area Nanopublic http://nanopublic.blogspot.com/ In the Pipeline http://www.corante.com/pipeline/ Microsoft Communities http://www.microsoft.com/communities/blogs/PortalHome.mspx Technorati http://www.technorati.com/ Search by subject of blog, sort by authority IPL Blog Finder http://www.ipl.org/div/blogs/

  11. Citing Sources Example of a commercial database citation: Jacobson, Marjorie. 1988. Note: Pregnancy and unemployment: Three approaches to equal opportunity. Boston University Law Review 68: 1019 [journal on-line]; available from Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, Law Reviews, <http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe> (accessed 16 March 2000). • Why go to the trouble? • So that others can go to the original source • To acknowledge the source • Use Turabian Guide or the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) • The Author/date format is recommended for social sciences • See Web guides to CMOS and Turabian Style

  12. Library databases vs. The Internet The Internet -- unverified -- undocumented -- unorganized Library databases -- full text -- verified/quality review -- value added -- paid-for

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