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

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