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Orientation to Libraries

Orientation to Libraries. Research Methods and Data College of Advancing Studies Brendan Rapple. Today. Libraries hold much more than just books: Digital resources, journals, sound and video recordings, newspapers, government documents, DVD’s, etc.

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Orientation to Libraries

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  1. Orientation to Libraries Research Methods and Data College of Advancing Studies Brendan Rapple

  2. Today • Libraries hold much more than just books: • Digital resources, journals, sound and video recordings, newspapers, government documents, DVD’s, etc. • Point the user to the world of global information • Not limited to what is physically in the building • Online resources help open up access to the global world. • Collections can often be accessed remotely.

  3. BC Libraries Facts • Support teaching, learning, and research at Boston College with: • About 2.5 million printed volumes • Over 400 research databases that can be accessed in the library or remotely • Specialized libraries throughout campus • Subject specialists available to assist you.

  4. Boston College Libraries and Centers Complete List of Libraries and Centers: http://www.bc.edu/libraries/collections.html O'Neill Library • The main research library • Wireless Internet + Laptop connections • Group study rooms available Also in O’Neill: • Government Documents and Microforms • Media Center • Music, films, CD-ROMs, plus facilities for viewing and listening. • The Connors Family Learning Center • Free tutoring • Support services to students with learning disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorder • Instructional support for graduate students and faculty

  5. The BC Libraries Web Site • BC Libraries home page • Subject Specialists • Help by Subject • How do I…? • Citation Help • Electronic Journals • Online Databases

  6. Quest: BC Libraries’ Online Cataloghttp://www.bc.edu/quest/ • Use QUEST to locate material owned by BC • Some Features of Quest: • Requesting books checked out, in process, or on order • Interlibrary Loan • “Your Account”: • Renew online • View account activity history • Request book delivery, article photocopies • Request a library session • Recommend library material • Set up alerts

  7. How long are books loaned out?

  8. Examples of Databases • Online database page from libraries web site: • Online Databases • Browse databases by title • Browse databases by subject

  9. Look for the Find It Icon • You’re in a database and found an article you want. How do you get it? • Easiest way? Click on Find It. • Find It will tell you: • Does BC have the article in full text online? • . . . Or is it in print in the libraries? • . . . Or can you get it through interlibrary loan?

  10. Subscription Databases: e.g. ERIC (education) PsycINFO 1840-current Expanded Academic ASAP (multidisciplinary) Historical New York Times Available freely on the Web: e.g. through search engines Google Yahoo Fee vs. Free

  11. About Resources in print… • There is much material available only in print format that remains essential. • Only a small percentage of the full-text contents of books is presently accessible electronically. • The percentage is higher for journals. Still, for earlier issues of journals the percentage is again low.

  12. Alert Services • Set up a search profile/strategy • Stay up to date • Receive newly-published info in your research areas—via e-mail

  13. Interlibrary Loan • Using Interlibrary Loan, a member of the Boston College community can borrow • Books • Videos • DVDs • sound recordings • Microfilms • or receive photocopies of articles in magazines that are owned by another library.

  14. Library Consortium • Boston Library Consortium

  15. Documentation Styles and Guides • MLA: Modern Language Association • APA: American Psychological Association standards • Other styles include Chicago, Turabian (many others too).

  16. RefWorks: A Useful Tool • Footnotes and bibliography can be generated in a variety of formats such as APA, MLA. • Web based tool for automatically formatting your paper. • Allows you to store, organize and keep track of citations. • References can then be inserted into papers.

  17. RefWorks Help? RefWorks Tutorial • step by step instruction • Details on setting up your account • Importing records from specific databases

  18. Graduate Student Support page • This page contains brief descriptions of services and resources directly related to research activity, along with some links to the items described.

  19. Faculty Research Support page • This page contains brief descriptions of services and resources directly related to research activity, along with some links to the items described.

  20. Final Advice . . . . Don’t Forget to Ask Your Friendly Librarians for Help!!! • Contact a Subject Specialist

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