Transcript The Bible as Literature AUBG Library Resources

ENG 102 Persuasion
Steps of Library
Research
Gergana Georgieva
Information Literacy Librarian
March, 2010
Overview
Information Literacy
 Library webpage
 Basic Steps of Library Research
 Resources and services available
 How to get help?
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Information Literacy
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Information literacy is the ability to
identify, locate, evaluate and select
information to use it effectively.
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Information literacy skills are
necessary to conduct a good
research.
Library webpage
Catalog
 Reference sources
 Online databases
 Services
 Research help
 Working hours
 News/blogs
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The 7 Steps of Research
Identify and develop your topic
 Find background information
 Use the online catalog to find books
 Find periodicals articles (print and
electronic)
 Find Internet resources
 Evaluate what you have found
 Cite what you find using a standard
format for your bibliography
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Identify and develop your
topic
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State your topic as a question.
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Find keywords that describe your
topic
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Test the keywords
Background information
Common background sources
 Why background sources?
 How to use background sources
effectively?
 Bibliographies
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Background Sources
Encyclopedia Britannica
 Oxford Reference Online
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Other reference sources
Books
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Why do we consult books?
 Authorship
 Analysis
 Multiple
viewpoints
 Additional resources
The Catalog
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An online database that provides the citations and
locations of all materials in the library
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Accessible from all over the world
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Types of searches:
 Browse
 Keyword
 Author
 Title
 Subject
 Reserve
 Broadcast
 Expert
Electronic books
An e-book collection of over 40,000
full-text books of all academic subject
areas and from leading publishers .
 Accessible through the library web
page
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Find periodicals articles
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Print Periodicals
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Popular
Substantive news
Professional
Scholarly
Electronic
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Electronic Journals Portal
Databases
Online Databases
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Contain publications and other resources
that can be found in hard-copy or are from
credible sources.
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The articles found on electronic databases
are the same articles that are found in a
print version of a magazine or journal.
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When your instructor says that you cannot
use Internet sources, the instructor is
usually not referring to articles found on the
electronic databases.
Databases – Continued
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AUBG electronic databases are subscription
databases
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Available through AUBG network
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All electronic databases have the following options:
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Basic/Keyword search
Advanced search
Browse/Subject search
Publication search
Searching: How to be Effective?
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Narrow your search
Be more specific
 Use phrases
 Add a discriminating or qualifying
word or phrase
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Broaden your search
Use lower case
 Use truncation
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Use the Boolean Operators
USE
AND
TO
Narrow search and retrieve
records containing all of the
words it separates
NOT
Narrow search and retrieve
records that do not contain
the term following it.
OR
Broaden search and
retrieve records containing
any of the words it
separates.
ProQuest Central
11,000 titles
 over 8,000 titles in full-text.
 It serves as the central resource for
researchers at all levels in all markets.
 Over 160 subjects areas are covered
extensively including: business and
economics, health and medical, news and
world affairs, technology, social sciences
and more
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Databases - CEEOL
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C.E.E.O.L. is an online archive which
provides access to full text PDF articles
from 338 humanities and social science
journals and re-digitized documents
pertaining to Central, Eastern and SouthEastern European topics.
Databases - CIAO
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Columbia International Affairs Online
(CIAO) is the most comprehensive source
for theory and research in international
affairs.
It publishes:
working papers from university research
institutes
occasional papers series from NGOs
foundation-funded research projects
proceedings from conferences
books
journals
policy briefs
Databases - DOAJ
It covers free, full text, quality controlled
scientific and scholarly journals.
 Aims to cover all subjects and languages.
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Databases - EBSCO
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Economics
Business
Finance
History
Geography
Philosophy
Psychology
Religion
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Literature
Linguistics
Journalism
Computer science
Mathematics
Astronomy
more
Databases – JSTOR
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An electronic archive of scholarly
journals, starting with the very first
issue, some dating as far back as the
1600s.
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JSTOR
Databases - ScienceDirect
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ScienceDirect Freedom Collection
The ScienceDirect Freedom
Collection provides colleges with
affordable access to dedicated
subject packages in the physical,
social and health sciences
Databases – World Bank
– E-Library
 WB – Global Development
Indicators
 WB – Global Development
Finance
 WB – Global Economic Monitor
 WB
Find Internet resources
Search engines
 Directories
 Discipline Specific Resources
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Evaluate
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S – Scope – are all aspects of the topic
covered
T – Treatment – is the information free from
bias
A – Authority – are the authors qualified to
provide this information
R – Relevance – does it address your topic
T – Timeliness – Is the information current
for your purpose
Cite
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Most common styles of citing
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
American Psychological Association (APA)
Citation Guides
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Electronic resources
Library webpage
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research
Papers
St. Martin’s Handbook
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