Learning to doAcademic Research

Sally Smith

Reference Librarian

Getting started on your research paper…• Pre-Test

• Overview of Mardigian Library web site

• Books/ebooks

• Journal articles

• Web sites

• Post-Test

What section of the library web site would you use if you wanted to find books in the university library?

11%

27%

22%

16%

24% A. Library Catalog

B. Databases A-Z

C. Central Search

D. Find a Specific Journal

E. Reference

A

B

C

D

E

29%

24%

24%

22% 1. America: History and Life

2. Book Review Index

3. CQ Researcher

4. Social Explorer

Which of the following databases would probably be most helpful if you were searching for a paper

topic for COMP 106?

What section of the library web site would you use if you wanted to search several different databases all at the same time?

23%

23%

19%

15%

19% A. Library Catalog

B. Databases A-Z

C. Central Search

D. Find a Specific Journal

E. Reference

A

B

C

D

E

What section of the library web site would you use if you wanted to use CQ Researcher?

16%

21%

21%

21%

21% A. Library Catalog

B. Databases A-Z

C. Central Search

D. Find a Specific Journal

E. Reference

A

B

C

D

E

Which of the following is designed to help you find web sites that have been “preapproved” ?

24%

24%

24%

28% 1. Google (www.google.com)

2. Yahoo (www.yahoo.com)

3. Librarian’s Internet Index (www.lii.org)

4. Dogpile (www.dogpile.com)

What section of the library web site would you use if you wanted to find a journal article for which you already had a title and other information?

20%

20%

23%

20%

16% A. Library Catalog

B. Databases A-Z

C. Central Search

D. Find a Specific Journal

E. Reference

A

B

C

D

E

Which of the following are ways you could find an Ebook available through the university library?

27%

27%

24%

21% 1. Search the database Netlibrary

2. Search the database Safari Tech Books

3. Search the library catalog and modify your search to include only Ebooks

4. All of the above

What section of the library web site would you use if you wanted to find information on how to write a bibliography in MLA format?

35%

31%

19%

12%

4% A. Library Catalog

B. Databases A-Z

C. Central Search

D. Find a Specific Journal

E. Reference

A

B

C

D

E

Which of the following are ways you could get a copy of a journal article found in ProQuest so you

could read it later?

100%

0%

0%

0% 1. Email the article

2. Download the article to a flash drive

3. Print the article

4. All of the above

Once you have found one journal article that is helpful, which of the following is the best way you could use that article to help you find additional

articles?

27%

30%

21%

21% 1. Use the bibliography

2. Read all the other articles in that journal

3. Use the subject headings

4. Both #1 and #3

Now, listen closely for the answers to questions you didn’t know…