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Library 150: Information Literacy & Research Skills E. Chisato Uyeki Fall 2006: Week 2 September 29, 2006

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Library 150: Information Literacy & Research Skills. E. Chisato Uyeki Fall 2006: Week 2 September 29, 2006. Getting Started. NIS accounts? Changing your password Office Hours today: 12-1:30 Any questions?. Today’s Class: Finding Books. Search strategies Library catalogs: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Library 150: Information Literacy & Research Skills

Library 150: Information Literacy & Research Skills

E. Chisato UyekiFall 2006: Week 2September 29, 2006

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Getting Started

NIS accounts? Changing your password

Office Hours today: 12-1:30 Any questions?

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Today’s Class: Finding Books

Search strategies Library catalogs:

CSULA Library Catalog (OPAC) All CSU Union Catalog (Pharos) WorldCat & Open WorldCat

Evaluation Criteria Interlibrary Loan

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Search Techniques

Alternative Terms / Synonyms Use synonyms for better-quality results

Example: teenagers Alternatives: youth, adolescents

Related Terms Use words for similar concepts

Example: smoking Related terms: tobacco, cigarettes

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Search Techniques

Truncation Need at least three letters to start politic* retrieves:

politic, politics, political, politicians, etc.

Check the HELP section of each database for the correct symbol

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Search Techniques

AND: Narrows a search Means ALL keywords must be in search

results Reading AND children

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Search Techniques

OR Broadens a search Either one, the other, or both keywords

must be in search results Women OR Females

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Searching the catalog

Keyword vs. Subject Heading Searching

Books = Broad Topics Reserves Periodicals by name Basic Search Advanced Search Help

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In-class Exercise Groups

Lekeith and Deisy Jessica and Yelena Michelle and Noe Karen and Antonio Sandra and Gabby Esmeralda and Latasha Miriam and Lamar Maria and Luz

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Broaden Your Search

Use OR with synonyms, alternative terms

car OR automobile to include related terms

driv*(e, er, ing) OR vehicle operator Use a more general term

(go from freeway to road) Search by Keyword Use truncation

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Narrow Your Search

AND retrieves only items where the two concepts

overlap Example: smoking AND teenagers

Use Advanced Search to limit by place (United States, California, etc.) format (printed materials, scholarly articles,

etc.) time period (last 5 years) language (English) Person or group of people (girls, Asian

Americans)

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Sophisticated Searching Techniques

Keep a record Consider alternative perspectives Discipline-based resources And, Or, Not, & Truncation Subject terms Citation searching/chasing Diversify types of materials Refine & revise search terms

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Evaluating your Results

Critical evaluation: Who created it? (authority) For whom? (audience) When was it created? (currency) What does it include? (scope &

treatment) How does it relate to other works? Does it help answer your question?Adapted from Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe’s “Evaluation of Information”