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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?
Information Literacy
Information literacy is the ability to identify, locate, evaluate and select information to use it effectively.
Information literacy skills are necessary to conduct a good research.
Library webpage
Catalog Reference sources Online databases Services Research help Working hours News/blogs
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
Identify and develop your topic
State your topic as a question.
Find keywords that describe your topic
Test the keywords
Background information
Common background sources Why background sources? How to use background sources
effectively? Bibliographies
Background Sources
Encyclopedia Britannica Oxford Reference Online
Other reference sources
Books
Why do we consult books?Authorship Analysis Multiple viewpointsAdditional resources
The Catalog
An online database that provides the citations and locations of all materials in the library
Accessible from all over the world
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
Find periodicals articles
Print Periodicals Popular Substantive news Professional Scholarly
Electronic Electronic Journals Portal Databases
Online Databases
Contain publications and other resources that can be found in hard-copy or are from credible sources.
The articles found on electronic databases are the same articles that are found in a print version of a magazine or journal.
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
AUBG electronic databases are subscription databases
Available through AUBG network
All electronic databases have the following options:
Basic/Keyword search Advanced search Browse/Subject search Publication search
Searching: How to be Effective?
Narrow your search Be more specificUse phrases Add a discriminating or qualifying
word or phrase
Broaden your search Use lower case Use truncation
Use the Boolean Operators
USE TO
AND 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
Databases - CEEOL
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 South-Eastern European topics.
Databases - CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online
(CIAO) is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.
It publishes: working papers from university research institutesoccasional papers series from NGOsfoundation-funded research projectsproceedings from conferencesbooksjournalspolicy briefs
Databases - DOAJ
It covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
Aims to cover all subjects and languages.
Databases - EBSCO Economics Business Finance History Geography Philosophy Psychology Religion
Literature Linguistics Journalism Computer science Mathematics Astronomy more
Databases – JSTOR
An electronic archive of scholarly journals, starting with the very first issue, some dating as far back as the 1600s.
JSTOR
Databases - ScienceDirect
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
WB – E-Library WB – Global Development
Indicators WB – Global Development
Finance WB – Global Economic Monitor
Find Internet resources
Search engines Directories Discipline Specific Resources
Evaluate
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
Most common styles of citing Modern Language Association (MLA) American Psychological Association (APA)
Citation Guides Electronic resources Library webpage MLA Handbook for Writers of Research
Papers St. Martin’s Handbook
Ask a Librarian
At Reference/Circulation desk
Monday-Friday 9.00-17.00 Virtual Reference By e-mail: [email protected] By phone: 888 341/354 And more …