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SAGE MA Programme 2010. LECTURE 2: LIBRARY ELECTRONIC RESOURCES STEPHEN PEARSON. Lecture 2: Library Electronic Resources. Why come to this particular lecture? How to identify relevant databases Developing a search strategy Identifying keywords and related terms Using AND / OR / NOT
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SAGE MA Programme 2010 LECTURE 2: LIBRARY ELECTRONIC RESOURCES STEPHEN PEARSON
Lecture 2: Library Electronic Resources • Why come to this particular lecture? • How to identify relevant databases • Developing a search strategy • Identifying keywords and related terms • Using AND / OR / NOT • Storing references to the books and articles you find (Endnote)
What is your Subject Area? • A. Archaeology / Classics & Ancient History / History • B. Art History & Visual Studies / Art Gallery & Museum Studies / Arts Management • C. Drama / English & American Studies / Music • D. Religions & Theology
Library Electronic Resources WHY COME TO THIS PARTICULAR LECTURE?
How do you find information? Search engines? Databases? Serendipity…?
Your undergraduate dissertation • A. At least half of my bibliography was made up of things I’d found using a database • B. Some (but less than half) of my bibliography was made up of things I’d found using a database • C. I didn’t use a database at all to find things for my dissertation • D. I didn’t do a dissertation
Library Electronic Resources HOW TO IDENTIFY RELEVANT DATABASES
Library Electronic Resources DEVELOPING A SEARCH STRATEGY
Identifying Keywords • The Friends Relief Service – faith into action: humanitarian assistance to Displaced Persons camps in Germany, 1945-1948 • The Friends Relief Service – faith into action: humanitarian assistance to Displaced Persons camps in Germany, 1945-1948 • The Friends Relief Service – faith into action: humanitarian assistance to Displaced Persons camps in Germany, 1945-1948 • The Friends Relief Service – faith into action: humanitarian assistance to Displaced Persons camps in Germany, 1945-1948 • The Friends Relief Service – faith into action: humanitarian assistance to Displaced Persons camps in Germany, 1945-1948 • The Friends Relief Service – faith into action: humanitarian assistance to Displaced Persons camps in Germany, 1945-1948 • The Friends Relief Service – faith into action: humanitarian assistance to Displaced Persons camps in Germany, 1945-1948
Library Electronic Resources STORING REFERENCES TO THE BOOKS AND ARTICLES YOU FIND (ENDNOTE)
Thank you STEPHEN PEARSON(STEPHEN.PEARSON@MANCHESTER.AC.UK)