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Library Resources: Online journalism ( Comm 361). Joy Suh Government Information and GIS Librarian hsuh1@gmu.edu Feb 26, 2012. Assignments. Writing a report or story on: Hidden History, Neighborhood, Transportation, Job Hunting, Food Access, Faith (Religion), Sustainability , etc.
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Library Resources:Online journalism (Comm 361) Joy Suh Government Information and GIS Librarian hsuh1@gmu.edu Feb 26, 2012
Assignments • Writing a report or story on: Hidden History, Neighborhood, Transportation, Job Hunting, Food Access, Faith (Religion), Sustainability, etc. in “Fairfax County”
Goals • How to find Books, Journal Articles, and other government resources (data, maps, pictures, etc) on your topic. • Key Resources • How to search, evaluate, and cite your resources.
Finding Resources Steps taken: • Mason Catalog • WRLC • FX County Public Library Catalog ( Local Government Document Holdings) • Worldcat • Interlibrary Loan Steps taken: • Databases for Newspapers, Legal Cases, Current Events, Data/Statistics, journal articles, etc. • E-Journal Finder Find Books and More Find Journal Articles
Find Books and More (Maps, Videos', etc) Using Catalogs: Mason, WRLC, Fairfax County Public Library Catalog, and Wordcat. • Keyword Search-your topic AND Fairfax County, etc. • Subject Search—Fairfax County • Subject (your topic) AND Keyword (Fairfax County) • See Tutorial-Combining Search Tool Find out how your search results are different with different catalogs/different search strategies.
Journal Articles • Newspaper Articles Lexis/Nexis Academics (Washington post ) Virginian Newspapers • Legal Cases Lexis/Nexis Academics • Journal Articles on your topic: JSTOR, Academic Search Complete, PQ Research Library. • Journal Articles on Online Journalism : Communication Abstracts or Communication Mass Media Complete
Data and More • Census Data: --American FactFinder (2000 & 2010) --Social Explorer Database (Covers all census data and thematic maps): See Data Services page • www.fairfaxounty.gov (Local Data, Maps, Events/News, and more) • Visit FX Public Library (Fairfax City-Virginia Room) • Artstore Database (Pictures)
See Tutorials on • How to Search, • How to Evaluate, • How to Cite, See Infoguide: Library Research Basics See also: Online Tutorials A-Z
More- • Take library workshops (Zotero, Data Services’ Workshops) • Explore “inPrimo”-a new search tool Contact--- Joy Suh (hsuh1@gmu.edu) Jen Stevenson (jsteven7@gmu.edu)