SMART START

Library Resources for Mechanical Engineering Technology

I AM . . .

Melanie ParletteLRC Program Liaison for

School of Engineering and Information Technology

mparlette@conestogac.on.ca

TODAY we will…• Locate the LRC website and identify the most

relevant components of the site as emphasized during the session

• List and explain the criteria one can use to evaluate resources to ensure they are of good quality.

• Perform a basic search in an article database or Article Search in the Library’s Discovery Service and narrow that search and create a list of results.

• Discover resources to help you cite in IEEE

Off-Campus Access

YOUR Research Guidehttp://bit.ly/LRCMechEng

Key Tabs: •Articles from Databases•Books . . .•Cite Your Sources•Contact Us

LRC Homepage Research Help Engineering Mechanical Engineering

Today’s Research Topic is….•Is there a relationship Facebook use and academic performance?

Finding A Source to Answer Your Question• Where do we begin?

• Google

• Wikipedia

• Other suggestions…

Choosing Better Sources • How can you tell trustworthy information (the “better” information)

from less-trustworthy information (“worse” information)?

The CRAAP TestThe CRAAP Test• Currency The timeliness of the information

• Relevance The importance of the information for your needs

• Authority The source of the information

• Accuracy The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the information

• Purpose The reason the information exists

http://bit.ly/LRCcraaptest

http://bit.ly/LRCcraaptest

Let’s begin our search…

SearchingTips:•Select “Full Text”•Narrow by Date•Determine appropriate source type•Consider narrowing by subject

IEEE

Tools:•Conestoga “IEEE Information”: Examples of citations for both Print and Electronic References•RefWorks: Online tool available to create your References. Step 1: Export directly from the databases. Step 2: Export bibliography from RefWorks to Word. Check out the tutorials! Or ask at the Service Desk

Today We…

• Located key sections of the LRC’s website• Practiced evaluating resources to ensure they were

of good quality• Performed a basic search of LRC resources,

narrowed our search and created a list of relevant results

• Located the tools available to assist with organizing citations and using correct style

HELP AT THE LIBRARY

Visit the Service Desk

Email or Phone

Instant Messaging

A1109