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Welcome: Thesis in a Nutshell

Welcome: Thesis in a Nutshell. Lisa Barnett Instructional Services Librarian 765-285-1807 Brenda Yates Habich Information Services Librarian 765-285-1101. Services:. From the Library’s homepage: Ask a Librarian Live Chat Email a Librarian Reference by Appointment Research Guides

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Welcome: Thesis in a Nutshell

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  1. Welcome: Thesis in a Nutshell Lisa Barnett Instructional Services Librarian 765-285-1807 Brenda Yates Habich Information Services Librarian 765-285-1101

  2. Services: From the Library’s homepage: • Ask a Librarian • Live Chat • Email a Librarian • Reference by Appointment • Research Guides • Interlibrary Loan • http://www.bsu.edu/library/collections/distanceed/ for those who are distance education students

  3. CardCat Advanced Search: • Basic Search • Author • Title • Periodical Title (to see if we have the journal) • Advanced Search • limit to General Collection for books to check out • YOU WILL NOT FIND ARTICLES!!

  4. Databases: • Access from the Library’s homepage • Should be able to access from off-campus when it shows “on/off campus” • If you are asked for information, use your Outlook account information • Journal articles • FindIT@BSU

  5. FindIT@BSU • If no full-text is available, see if • CardCat can locate the journal, if it’s not available in CardCat, • You’ll need to use Interlibrary Loan

  6. Databases Continued: • How do you know which database to use? • View by subject area (drop-down box) • Click on the red information box • If Bracken Library does not have the item you need, use Interlibrary Loan

  7. WorldCat • Catalog of over 50 million books, web resources, and other materials worldwide. Updated daily. • Accessed from the Library’s databases page • Use Interlibrary Loan if we don’t have the item you need

  8. Academic Search Premier • Scholarly or Popular: Semi-scholarlyTime Period: 1965-present Type of Materials: Journal articles Sources: over 4500 journals

  9. Dissertations and Theses • Scholarly or Popular: ScholarlyTime Period: 1861-present Type of Materials: Dissertations and master’s theses Sources: over 1.6 million individual titles • Work with Interlibrary loan to get dissertations and theses: • http://www.bsu.edu/library/collections/ill/

  10. ERIC (EBSCOhost) • Subject Headings: Education • Scholarly or Popular: Semi-scholarlyTime Period: 1966-present Type of Materials: EJ: Journal Articles ED: Other materials Sources: over 750 journals • Information Included: Citations, abstracts, and some Full Text Link to What BSU Libraries Own: Yes

  11. E Journals • http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/ejournals/subject_all.asp • Good for finding a specific article or browsing a specific issue of a journal

  12. Other possible useful databases: • PsycINFO for psychology related topics • Sociological Abstracts for social science topics • JSTOR for education, general, humanities • Health Source Nursing/Academic for health related topics • Contemporary Women’s Issues for women’s studies • Business Source Premier for business focused topics

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