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Youth & U Conference March 30th, 2009 Kristen Mastel

Youth & U Conference March 30th, 2009 Kristen Mastel. Libraries & U: Partnership for personal and program development. Literature searching. No, I can’t do your entire literature review, but I can… Direct you to the relevant databases in your area

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Youth & U Conference March 30th, 2009 Kristen Mastel

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  1. Youth & U ConferenceMarch 30th, 2009Kristen Mastel Libraries & U: Partnership for personal and program development

  2. Literature searching • No, I can’t do your entire literature review, but I can… • Direct you to the relevant databases in your area • Assist you with coming up with some subject headings and keywords on your topic • Teach you some tips and tricks about the databases • Help obtain hard-to-find resources • Get you started with a handful of resources • Answered over 60 literature-related Extension questions

  3. How to I get an article? Have the citation? Looking for a topic?

  4. If you can’t find it at the U try interlibrary loan. *Make sure you indicate in the Notes that you prefer the item electronically.

  5. How can I have materials delivered to me off campus? U Libraries Your Public Library MNLINK www.mnlinkgateway.org Free! Shorter loan period Need a public library card • Libraries to U • $ associated with each item • Bill EFS account

  6. Incorporate statewide databases into your programming. • Electronic Library for Minnesota • www.elm4you.org

  7. Journal alerts • Setting up a journal alert allows you to stay current with the latest literature in specific periodicals. • Journal alerts save you valuable research time. • They can be setup to provide automatic notification to your e-mail or RSS reader.

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  12. Search alerts • Setting up a search alert allows you to stay current with the latest literature by using keywords or subject terms in a database. • Search alerts save you valuable research time. • They can be setup to provide automatic notification to your e-mail or RSS reader when new articles are published in an area of interest.

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  17. Kristen Mastel Extension Libraries Liaison 612-625-0918 meye0539@umn.edu Thank you for viewing this tutorial.

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