Transcript Locating Library Resources Presentation for “The Canadian North : Past & Present” class September 2008 Sharon Rankin, Rare Books & Special Collections Division.

Locating Library Resources
Presentation for “The
Canadian North : Past &
Present” class
September 2008
Sharon Rankin, Rare Books & Special
Collections Division
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Map
http://www.makivik.org/eng/media/nunavik_maps.asp
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10 research tips
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Sub catalogues
Nesting and Truncation
Limits
Advanced keyword
Locations – shelving map
VPN
FIND IT @ McGill
P drive (1 GB)
EndNote
Information Services/Liaison Librarians
http://www.mcgill.ca
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Searching the Library catalogue
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Contents – what am I searching?
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Answer: Record descriptions
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Browse
Known item search….begins with
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Keyword
Less known…..word(s)
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Library web site
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Subject guides
 Anthropology
 Canadian History
 Communications & Media Studies
 Cultural Studies
 Quebec Studies
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Course guides - CANS 407
http://www.mcgill.ca
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Databases
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Shopping malls or boutiques (Canadian coverage)
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Understand the database coverage – what am I searching?
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Citations and abstracts, sometimes full-text of the article
Formulating your search question into keywords
Try out the search in several databases
Adjust your keywords to suit the database, based on finding a
“good “ record!
http://www.mcgill.ca
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 Article Indexes & databases
Hubert Wenger Eskimo Database
University of Alaska Fairbanks
“Searchable database of 200 books and journal
articles written by explorers, missionaries,
ethnographers, and others who were among the first
Euroamericans to travel among and write about
Inuit/Eskimo peoples. It includes out-of-print and
hard to find material, basic works descriptive of each
Inuit/Eskimo and Aleut group, drawings,
photographs, and maps. ” (Trent University )
http://www.mcgill.ca
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Article Indexes & databases
Arctic and Antarctic Regions (AAR)
Biblioline
1million records
An anthology of 12 files
“AAR is the world's largest collection of international polar
databases. Coverage is multidisciplinary. A wide variety of
sources are indexed including: scientific periodicals,
monographs, proceedings of conferences and symposia,
government reports, theses, dissertations, and books”.
http://www.mcgill.ca
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Article Indexes & databases
Arctic Science and Technology
Information System (ASTIS)
Arctic Institute of North America
“The Arctic Science and Technology Information System
(ASTIS) database contains over 64,000 records
describing publications and research projects about
northern Canada.”
http://www.mcgill.ca
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Article Indexes & databases
Periodical Article Bibliography
(PAB)
Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial
University Libraries
“The objective of the PAB is to make a major
scholarly contribution in the form of a vast
retrospective bibliography to the journal and
periodical literature of Newfoundland and
Labrador, and particularly to record it for the
first time”.
http:/http://www.mcgill.ca
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Databases
 Canadian coverage
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CPI.Q
CBCA
REPERE
 Shopping malls
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Academic Search Premier
Theses & Dissertations
 Research Databases – Other
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Anthropological Literature
http://www.mcgill.ca
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Nunavut
Current
September 2008
http://www.mcgill.ca
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Nunavik
Ceased
September 2008
http://www.mcgill.ca
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Labrador
Oldest
Current
September 2008
http://www.mcgill.ca
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Caninuit
September 2008
http://www.libris.ca/inuit/go.exe
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Rare Books & Special Collections
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Access to the collections
http://www.mcgill.ca/rarebooks/collections/description/
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Special Collections:
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http://www.mcgill.ca/rarebooks/collections/special/
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Lande Canadiana Collection
Map Collection
Print Collection
Tundra Books
Children’s Collection
http://www.mcgill.ca
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Primary collections
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McGill University Library
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Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
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University of Alberta Libraries
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University of Calgary Library
 Arctic Institute of North America (AINA)
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Trent University
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University of Saskatchewan
http://www.mcgill.ca
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