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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. Describes organization of library information

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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... • Describes organization of library information • Introduce selected sources for finding books, journal articles, and visual resources online • 2. Introduce a group of basic moves and features common to many online catalogs and indexes.

  3. The Information Universe What Does It Contain?

  4. The Information Universe • Books • Journals (Magazines) & Newspapers • Government docs • Maps • Visual Resources (video, sound recording, photographs, etc.) • Computer files (e.g. CD-ROMS, data files) • Dissertations • Manuscripts • The Web????? The guy next to me is soooo hot!

  5. The Information Universe Why/when books? Why/when journals

  6. The Information Universe The guy next to me is soooo hot! But how do you find this stuff?

  7. The Information Universe Library Catalog(s) Journal/Newspaper Indexes

  8. The Information Universe The Library's Catalogs --Pathfinder --MELVYL (CDL cat) • An inventory of what the library owns • Search by Author, Title, Subject keywords • Searchable by key words & phrases • Whole books and journals owned, NOT what’s inside of those publications

  9. Call # Get da Book in da Stax The Information Universe: Books Title: The ecstasy of catastrophe : a study of apocalyptic narrative from Langland to Milton Author: Hendrix, Howard V., 1959- Published: New York : P. Lang, Date: c1990. Location(s): Main Stack   PR149.A74.H4 1990 Subject Headings: English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism. Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism. Milton, John, -- 1608-1674 -- Criticism and interpretation.  Main Stack   PR149.A74.H4 1990

  10. The Information Universe: Finding Articles Yes! Print Indexes Live! • Article Databases (Indexes/Abstracts) • Databases produced by different commercial publishers; often look/act differently from one another. • Regularly updated • Allow subject/author searching in a group of journals in a particular discipline or topical area. • Some indexes also offer abstracts-- short description of article content I know! I’ll do my paper on Marilyn Manson!

  11. Choosing an Articles database (index) • Look at the listings of article databases available via the library www.lib.berkeley.edu: includes listings by SUBJECT, NAME, etc. • Your research focus may require you to poke around in the literature of various disciplines. • General Databases are often good places to start (particularly for newsy/topical issues)

  12. full text! links to UCB holdings All databases are not created equal (or by the same company)…

  13. All databases are not created equal (or by the same company)…

  14. The Information Universe (Now) Online is Cool • But Remember: Not everything is online!!!!!: • Article Databases: Generally only go back 10-20 yrs online (some exceptions – e.g. Historical Newspapers) • Not every publication is indexed • Fairly small (but rapidly growing) subset of the books and journal universe is currently available in full-text

  15. The Information Universe • Remember Also: • Not every topic has lots written about it, either in books or journal lit. • --Research on very current topics • --Research on radically specific topics • --Research on topics off the beaten academic track or off the pop culture radar

  16. How to Begin? Before you click: THINK • Formulate a concise, concrete statement of the research problem • Formulate your search in terms of • keywords and key phrases: The impact of televisionadvertising and television violence on school performanceandpre-adolesecentsocial interaction.

  17. Commercials Ads …etc. Children Youth Adolescents …etc. Academic achievement Grades …etc. Socialization, relationships, peer interaction…etc. Media TV…etc How to Begin? Before you click: THINK • Think of synonyms for key words/phrases The impact of televisionadvertising and television violence on school performanceandpre-adolesecentsocial interaction.

  18. The Information Universe • What to do if nothing is turning up: • Tweak your topic: Broaden it / select a different angle • Rethink your search strategy (new keywords, new concepts, etc.) • Bail out completely and choose another topic

  19. A few cautionary words about research on the Net Google Rocks! The Net LibraryLand Scholar.google????

  20. Common Search Features: --Save list of good stuff --Mail Articles/Citations to yourself

  21. Connecting from off-campus PROXY Server! www.lib.berkeley.edu HELP: Connecting from Off Campus

  22. a word about visual resources Rachel Whiteread Media Resources Center: Large collection of videos/DVDs, fiction and non-fiction http://lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/ Library Electronic Resources Finder: Electronic resources: types A-Z Image and Sound Databases William Kentridge

  23. …being driven over the edge by your research? Call me: Gary Handman 643-8566 ghandman@library.berkeley.edu

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