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Simulating Hurricane Katrina What Would the Librarian Do?

Simulating Hurricane Katrina What Would the Librarian Do?. Fred O’Bryant Applied Sciences Librarian Brown Science and Engineering Library April 2008. Search Database – Mark Desired Records. Export to RefWorks. Records Now in Last Imported Folder.

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Simulating Hurricane Katrina What Would the Librarian Do?

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  1. Simulating Hurricane KatrinaWhat Would the Librarian Do? Fred O’Bryant Applied Sciences Librarian Brown Science and Engineering Library April 2008

  2. Search Database – Mark Desired Records

  3. Export to RefWorks

  4. Records Now in Last Imported Folder

  5. Move Citations to Project Folder(Animal Rescue Citations)

  6. Bibliography Created by RefWorks

  7. Make Folder Available to Others Using Shared Folder Option

  8. Set Sharing Options as Desired

  9. Creating a Group RefWorks Account Method 1 A project member creates a personal RefWorks account and shares his/her login ID and password with all in the group Method 2 A project member creates a “project account” using a fictitious user name and shares the login ID and password with all in the group

  10. Search VIRGO

  11. Some VIRGO (and Other Databases) Hints • Use single quotes in VIRGO to search for phrases—use double quotes in most other databases: ‘hurricane katrina’ or “hurricane katrina” • Use the truncation symbol $ and Boolean connectors to improve results (symbol may vary in other databases): hurricane$ AND (wind OR tornado$) NOT flood$ • Try various combinations of terms and synonyms to insure best coverage and specificity

  12. Interlibrary Loan

  13. Journal Article Databases

  14. Newspaper Article Databases

  15. Journal Article Databases – Citation Referencing

  16. Reference Books

  17. Dissertations

  18. Scholar’s Lab in Alderman Library (for Statistical and GIS Data)

  19. Guide to Resources for the Study of New Orleans

  20. Government Information Resources in Alderman Library

  21. Search Engine for U.S. Government Science Resources

  22. Weather Information

  23. Technical Report Literature

  24. Technical Report Literature

  25. Pictures and Graphics Courtesy AP Photo Archive

  26. Web Searching

  27. Web Searching

  28. Military Resources

  29. And if you have questions later, you should always… Ask a librarian! Phone 924-3628 E-Mail sciref@virginia.edu IM UVALibRef Meebo Chat Research Tutorial

  30. Simulating Hurricane Katrina – What Would the Librarian Do? Fred O’Bryant Applied Sciences Librarian Brown Science and Engineering Library 924–6836 obryant@virginia.edu April 2008

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