Social Work Research after graduation

PROVIDED BY UALBANY LIBRARIES

LIBRARIANS• Ask Us! IM service

http://library.albany.edu/help/im/

• Email service dewref@albany.edu

Contact the Social Work Librarian (that’s me!)

• elasdabergman@albany.edu <-your best bet• GoogleHangout: lasda.bergman• Skype: lasda.bergman

I’m happy to help with any

questions!

LIBRARY WEB SITE• LibGuides • Online Reference Sources• e-Discover has guest access

– Includes Social Work Abstracts• http://library.albany.edu

• 30 day loan period for circulating books• 25 item limit at any given time• Items may be renewed twice• UAlbany ID card or Drivers License can be

(re)activated for this purpose

COURTESY BORROWER STATUS

COURTESY BORROWER ACCESS INCLUDES• Books and materials on Reserve• Interactive Media Center (IMC) Classes• Borrow Equipment from IMC

Unfortunately…• Courtesy Borrowing Does Not Include

– Interlibrary Loan – Off Campus access to library databases

available for faculty, staff, and students only (but you can use the databases as a guest if you come to any UAlbany library)

PROVIDED BY UALBANYALUMNI ASSOCIATION

ALUMNI DATABASES

• Academic Search Alumni Edition– From Ebsco (which we know and love )

• Some business databaseshttp://library.albany.edu/services/alumni/databases.html

Need to join the Alumni Association

STAYING INNEW YORK STATE??

SUNY OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE LIBRARIES

• On site use of databases• Sometimes reciprocal borrowing for alums• Not always remote online access

PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM• Access databases from home

– Public library card and PIN• Ex: Albany Public Library offers:

– Health Reference Center Academic– Academic OneFile (similar to Ebsco)

• For abstracts in eDiscover/Google Scholar, use Public Library ILL to get full article

NEW YORK STATE LIBRARYGET A NYS LIBRARY BORROWERS CARD!• PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS• Public Administration Abstracts • Ebsco Academic Search • Apply for card!http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/reference/borrowers/residents.htm

GREAT STUFF ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB

RESEARCH DATABASES• PubMed http://pubmed.gov• SumSearch http://sumsearch.org/• ERIC http://eric.ed.gov/• Thomas http://beta.congress.gov/

– (now called congress.gov)

• Science http://www.science.gov/

KEEP CURRENT• Social Science Research Network

http://ssrn.com/ (health care, policy, legal)

• Journal ToCs (keep current, set up alerts) http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/

OPEN ACCESS

Free scholarly articles through Open Access • Public Library of Science (PLoS)

– http://www.plosone.org/• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

– http://doaj.org/• Some publishers have partial OA

BOOKS• Google Books

– http://books.google.com• e-Books Directory

– http://www.e-booksdirectory.com• Project Gutenberg

– http://www.gutenberg.org• WorldCat

– http://www.worldcat.org/

Google Scholar

http://scholar.google.com

Go to Settings ->Library Links to get local library information

Click this

Connect GS to your local library to see if it’s worth a visit!

TIPS FOR EXPERT GOOGLING

Force terms

• Quotes• intitle:

• intext:

Limit by Domain• site:

Limit by filetype• filetype:

For site: you use the dot after the colon: .gov, .org, .com , etc.

For filetype: there is no dot. Just pdf, doc, xls, ppt, etc.

Limit by year

Look in left hand navigation for search options, also advanced search on main Google Scholar search box

Find on Page• CTRL-F

More Googling Tricks

http://mashable.com/2011/11/24/google-search-infographic/

Questions? • elasdabergman@albany.edu email me!

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