Info Lit @ Mac

1. Info Lit @ Mac while you’re waiting… Search MORRIS for a book on this topic: body modification as a deviant subculture

2. Mills Research Help, 2nd floor MSN/e-mail us at: library@mcmaster.ca Call us at: ext. 22533

3. Objectives Tips for effective searching Finding books in MORRIS Finding Scholarly Articles in e-Resources

4. Tips for Effective Searching When you searched for body modification as a deviant subculture what did you type in?

5. Tips for Effective Searching • Break your topic into keywords/major concepts • body modification • deviant • subculture

6. Tips for Effective Searching • brainstorm for synonyms (& use “or” to join them together) • body modification or tattooing or piercing

7. Tips for Effective Searching • use truncation (*) • body modificat* or tattoo* • devian* • subculture*

8. Truncation, or Wildcard • finds different endings • e.g. devian* finds deviant deviance deviants

9. Truncation Tips • don’t truncate too far back: • e.g. dev* • gets words like develop, devotion • don’t truncate too close to the end • e.g. deviant* • misses words like deviance

10. Tips for Effective Searching • Use and/or to join your keywords • (body modificat* or tattoo*) and devian* and subculture*

11. Objectives Tips for effective searching Finding books in MORRIS Finding Scholarly Articles in e-Resources

12. MORRIS • Keep your search simple • “body modificat*” • Start with a title keyword search • Check out & click on good subject headings • Find a good book? Browse in the Call Number area

13. MORRIS • Status • In or Out? • Check shelf, Checked out, Non-circulating • Forms: Recall, Storage, etc. tab • Collection & Call No. • Book Location Guide

14. Objectives Tips for effective searching Finding books in MORRIS Finding Scholarly Articles in e-Resources

15. Articles vs. Article Databases • article = • published in a journal, magazine, newspaper • article database = • 1000s of articles, all in one database • some full-text, some not • searchable by keyword

16. Examples of Article Databases • scholarly: • Sociological Abstracts • Social Sciences Index • news/magazines: • LexisNexis • CPIQ

17. A word about access… • You can access article databases from anywhere! • Log in with your MAC ID when requested

18. Finding Articles • Start with Sociological Abstracts: • go to library homepage http://library.mcmaster.ca • click “e-Resources” • click “Sociology” • click “Sociological Abstracts”

19. Sociological Abstracts • Quick search: (body modificat* or tattoo*) and deviant and subculture*

20. Do we have the article? Search the database(s) for articles on your topic. • Do we have the article? • full-text might be available in the database • If not, click

21. Recap Tips for effective searching • keywords, synonyms, truncation (*), “and”/”or” Finding books in MORRIS • Keyword search, check “Subjects” Finding Scholarly Articles in e-Resources • keyword search, click “Get it!” for full-text

22. Questions? Need help? Come to the Research Help Desk, 2nd floor Mills or email/MSN us library@mcmaster.ca Good luck with your assignments!