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Gary Handman ghandman@library.berkeley 643-8566

Doing Research Online: A Crash Course. Where do you plug this damn thing in?. Gary Handman ghandman@library.berkeley.edu 643-8566. The point of all this. 1. Introduce selected sources for finding books and journal topics online 2. Introduce a group of basic moves and

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Gary Handman ghandman@library.berkeley 643-8566

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  1. Doing Research Online: A Crash Course Where do you plug this damn thing in? Gary Handman ghandman@library.berkeley.edu 643-8566

  2. The point of all this... 1. Introduce selected sources for finding books and journal topics online 2. Introduce a group of basic moves and features common to many online catalogs and indexes. 3. Practice using these features in selected databases.

  3. The Information Universe (Then) The guy next to me is soooo hot! Card Catalogs Contained: Records for: • Books • Journals/Newspapers • Other stuff (maps, media, dissertations, manuscripts…)

  4. The Information Universe (Then) Call # Kesey, Ken. One flew over the cuckoo's nest. New York : New American Library, 1962. Moffitt PS3561.E667.O5 Library has: 3 copies Get da Book in da Stax

  5. The Information Universe (Then) I know! I’ll do my paper on • Indexes/Abstracts • Annual/semi-annual print volumes • Allow subject searching in a group of journals in a particular discipline or topical area. • Some indexes also offer abstracts-- short description of article content

  6. The Information Universe (Then) HENDERSHOT, CYNDY. The Cold War Horror Film: Taboo and Transgression in The Bad Seed, The Fly, and Psycho. Journal of Popular Film and Television v29, n1 (Spring, 2001):21 The journal of popular film and television Main Stack PN1993.J66 Library has: BOUND 7(1979)-27(winter 2000); later issues unbound Get da Journal in da Stax

  7. The Information Universe (Now) Online Catalogs . --Pathfinder --MELVYL (CDL cat) Indexes & Abstracts Online

  8. The Information Universe (Now) Books in Stax Online Catalogs --Pathfinder --MELVYL (CDL cat) Full-Text Online Indexes & Abstracts Online citations Journals in Stax

  9. The Information Universe (Now) • Library Acquires Full-text materials in • three ways: • 1. Subscribes to full-text journals • 2. Links from electronic indexes and abstracts • 3. Subscribes to searchable full-text archives: e.g. JSTOR But remember...

  10. The Information Universe (Now) • Not everything is online!!!!!: • Indexes: often only go back 10-15 yrs online • Not every publication is indexed • Fairly small (but rapidly growing) subset of the books and journal universe is currently available in full-text • Remember Also: • Not every topic has lots written about it, either in books or journal lit.

  11. The Information Universe (Now) Google Rocks! The Net LibraryLand

  12. How to Begin? Before you click: THINK Formulate your search in terms of keyword and key phrases: The impact of exposure of children to televisionadvertising and television violence on school performance.

  13. How to Begin? Before you click: THINK • Formulate your search in terms of: • KEY WORDS andSYNOMYMS: • --Looks for words anywhere in record: title, subject, abstract and full-text (if avail) • PHRASES: • --Looks for words in the exact order entered

  14. Keywords e.g. -- Keyword: Cold War Horror Film looks for words Cold AND War AND Horror AND Film ANYWHERE in the record You would conceivably retrieve an article entitled: “At War With Your Refrigerator?: How to Avoid the Horror of Moldy Film on Cold Cuts.” --Phrase: Cold War Horror Film looks only for those 3 words in that order; would not find a book entitled Depending on db: --May be able to limit keyword/phrase searching to specific fields: title, subject, or all fields.

  15. Truncation: When appropriate, use truncation to scoop up broader results:*# or ? Depending on db --e.g.: Advertis* will give you: advertise, advertising, advertisers, advertisements

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