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Writing Across the Professions Library Resources: A Review

Writing Across the Professions Library Resources: A Review . Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library frederic.murray@swosu.edu. Today’s Goal.

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Writing Across the Professions Library Resources: A Review

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  1. Writing Across the ProfessionsLibrary Resources: A Review Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library frederic.murray@swosu.edu

  2. Today’s Goal • Deepen your research skills using library resources.

  3. The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite and perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries… - Jorge Luis Borges The Library of Babel 1941

  4. Outline of Session • Evaluation of Sources • Planning your search/Keywords/Boolean • Library Tool: Catalog • Al Harris/WorldCat/Ebrary • Library Tool: Periodical List • Snowballing/Tracking Citations • Library Tool: Databases • Sample searches/Putting it all together

  5. Institute For Historical Review

  6. Outline of Session • Evaluation of Sources • Planning your search/Keywords/Boolean • Library Tool: Catalog • Al Harris/WorldCat/Ebrary • Library Tool: Periodical List • Snowballing/Tracking Citations • Library Tool: Databases • Sample searches • Information Literary

  7. Planning Your Search:Major Concerns • Right keywords to search • Language, language, language • Narrowing the search • Too much information running through my brain Too much information driving me insane  - Sting • Navigating the Library Web Page • Do you know the neighborhood?

  8. Identifying Keywords • Identify the significant terms and concepts that describe your topic from your thesis statement or research question. • These terms become the key for searching catalogs, databases and search engines for information about your subject.

  9. AND = Narrow OR = Expand Boolean • NOT = Exclude

  10. Boolean Operators • Connect keywords only • Must be placedbetween keywords • AND • Narrows your search • OR • Expands your search with synonymous terms • NOT • Excludes words from your search • If used too much, it can work against you!

  11. Library Tool: Catalogs

  12. Catalogs Al Harris Library - Local Holdings - Boolean - Subject Headings - Add Limiter - 2nd Floor - Last 5 years Open WorldCat - Global - Boolean - Related Subjects - Refine Your Search - Interlibrary Loan Keywords

  13. E-Books: Ebrary/Netbook • 24/7 • Full Text Searching* • Chapter Results • Highlight Markup • Note Taking • Changeable Font Size • Online Bookshelf • Multiplicity of Use

  14. Library Tool: Periodical List

  15. We think of citation patterns as the flow of information," says Carl Bergstrom, a biologist at the University of Washington. "That's what a citation is — the trace that an idea flowed from one place to another."

  16. Snowballing • Building on the works of others • A scholarly article will always have References/Bibliography… …and a bibliography is always ripe for the picking.

  17. Tracking Citations Wild, D. (2003, March). GOING TO WAR: A LITERATURE REVIEW. Emergency Nurse, 10 (10), 18. Retrieved June 4, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database

  18. Tracking Citations Wild, D. (2003, March). GOING TO WAR: A LITERATURE REVIEW. Emergency Nurse, 10 (10), 18. Retrieved June 4, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database

  19. The Citation Video

  20. Class Exercise Periodicals List Worksheet Do we have access to the Journal? If so, do we have access to the specific article?

  21. Library Tool: Databases

  22. Choose Appropriate Databases • Google is not (usually) the answer • Start with Library Resources for your Subject First • Search a range of databases • Think about the range of sources: books, journal articles, statistics, websites, conference reports…

  23. JSTOR • Includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. • Search by discipline: Sociology

  24. Project Muse • Project Muse contains the full text of over 40 Johns Hopkins Press scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences

  25. EBSCOhost Databases: • Academic Search Complete • PsycARTICLES • SocINDEX with Full Text • TOPICsearch

  26. Working with EBSCOhost • Create a Folder • Narrow Your Search • Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals • Filter by Publication Date • Filter by Subject:Thesaurus Term • Filter by Publication • Cited References

  27. The Citation Video: Advanced

  28. Class Exercise Academic Search Complete Worksheet Work with your topic Work together Get familiar with narrowing your results

  29. Recommendations • Subject Headings • Catalogs/PL/Database • Discipline Specific Dictionaries • Bibliographies • Citation Research

  30. Writing Your Paper • Writing Center • Located in the basement of the library • Call for appointment #774-7083 • MLA Style • Style Sheets • MLA Handbook at Reference & Circulation Desk • http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/

  31. Questions? • Contact me: • Frederic Murray • 774-7113 • frederic.murray@swosu.edu

  32. Thanks!

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