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Gned 500. Research Resources & Search Strategies C. Castell, Instructor 2010 February 11 - L. Dobson, Librarian. 2. Your student card = your library card once activated with library staff. Ashtonbee Library.

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Gned 500

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  1. Gned 500 Research Resources & Search Strategies C. Castell, Instructor 2010 February 11 - L. Dobson, Librarian

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  3. Your student card = your library card once activated with library staff

  4. Ashtonbee Library • 2 group study rooms (in the computer lab across the hall from the Library) • Book these rooms at the Library Service Desk, Room A-105

  5. Global Citizenship SUBJECT GUIDE

  6. Research & Writing Help – RefWorks bibliography & citation manager

  7. Research & Writing Help – APA Style

  8. Examples of APA style – 6th ed.(Source: Seneca College Library website) Note: DOI = Digital Object Identifier (“new” in 6th ed)

  9. Library Classes Handouts Blog • Did you attend a library class? • Check the blog for copies of the handouts and possibly some extra advice from the librarian who taught your class.  GNED 500 library classes handouts & presentation material

  10. Research Sources Proposal for Social Change Assignment

  11. What newspapers offer…e.g. in Lexis Nexis, CPI.Q databases, etc. • Current info – news! • Hot topics • Debates, different viewpoints & opinions • Analysis & background info • Tips on research studies, government policies & other publications

  12. E-resources at Centennial Libraries Over 100 databases for newspaper & journal articles etc. from reliable sources Search One at a time Many at one time using vendor aggregators – see list to the right…► ► ► Almost all at once through BIG search 15

  13. A word about e-resources… • Licensed electronic resources that let you search hundreds of thousands of articles at one time • Offer tools for precision searching (can save you time) • Content is commercial free and more consistently scholarly & reliable than the Internet

  14. Journal articles: scholarly or general level? 18 Scholarly articles • are documented (in-text citations, footnotes or endnotes). • Most are peer reviewed = highest research quality General articles • are not documented

  15. Internet sites • Government sites – including Statistics Canada • Non-profit community organization sites • University & college sites • Etc. See handout for some examples of reliable websites

  16. What’s your source? 21

  17. Trustworthy websites? 1. Authoritative? 2. Accurate? 3. Current? 4. Objective?

  18. Evaluate websites tutorial… • Wolfgram Memorial Library, Widener University (Chester, Pennsylvania) – • a 10-minute av program, Evaluate Web Pages • http://www3.widener.edu/Academics/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_Web_Pages/659/

  19. Evaluate websites tutorials… Ithaca College Library (Ithaca, New York)Website evaluation exerciseshttp://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think7.html

  20. A word about Statistics ESTAT: an e-resource (database) popular data from Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (Internet website) Much is free, some are fee-based. Do not pay for Stats Canada data –ESTAT or other sources may provide free data Many other sources… Ask the Library staff for help 27

  21. York University Libraries offer a lot of help on using Canadian statistical sources. York University Libraries homepage: http://www.library.yorku.ca/ Click on “Resources” ---Statistical data…

  22. Books & Encyclopedias… Provide … • Background information • Overview (“the big picture”) Use… • Library catalogue • Encyclopedia Britannica Online & Credo Reference databases • Etc.

  23. Strategy ..

  24. Map out a keyword search strategy • Identify the key concepts in your topic • Think of additional keywords and phrases for these concepts that you may need to use when searching. For example: Example: keywords to describe the concept, global warming? Global warming or greenhouse effect or air pollution (etc.)

  25. AND (Boolean operator that combines)e.g. communication AND business AND 39

  26. OR(Boolean operator the collects) O R 40

  27. Plagiarism

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