Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
TODAY’S OBJECTIVES
• Review/Learn about the services available to you at the library
• Be able to find at least two articles on your topic using article databases
• Be able to find books using the library catalog
Announcing theScottsdale Community College Library
Research Award
Prizes for the best research paper/project by a current SCC student:
1st place $3002nd place $2003rd place $100
Submissions can be from courses taken during Summer 09, Fall 09, and Spring 10. Submission forms will be available starting October 21st. Submissions are due by 4:00 p.m. on April 26, 2010. More information including information about past winners is available at: http://library.scottsdalecc.edu/researchaward
• Some slides will give you a chance to answer a question with your ResponseCard (“clicker”)
• Use only buttons 1/A through 0/J• Press a button once; the display on
your clicker will show your choice
• You can press a different button to change your answer as long as “polling: open” is displayed
Get ready to Click
Which of the following services does the library NOT provide?
6% 6%
19%
0%
69%
0%
1. Printing & copying2. Wireless internet3. Research assistance4. Tutoring5. Laptop checkouts6. Group study rooms
Which of the following does the library NOT provide access to?
50%
31%
13%6%
1. All textbooks2. Electronic books3. Online journal
articles4. Movies
If you need research help from a librarian you can
Call the lib
rary
Use
chat
Come to th
e refere
nce desk
Any of t
he above
0%
100%
0%0%
1. Call the library2. Use chat3. Come to the
reference desk4. Any of the above
In a college library, how are books arranged on the shelf?
Alphabetically
by auth
o...
Alphabetically
by title
By subject
By size
25%
0%
31%
44%
1. Alphabetically by author name
2. Alphabetically by title
3. By subject4. By size
Which tool is used to find books a library owns?
Periodica
l databas
e
Catalog
None of t
he above
0%
19%
63%
19%
1. Google2. Periodical database3. Catalog4. None of the above
Using article databases
• When you want to find newspaper, magazine, or journal articles on a topic use an article
database
• These are specialized search engines available thru the SCC library website
• These search engines are not available freely thru the web (i.e. by googling)
Suggested databases
• Academic Search Premier
• Academic One File
• National Newspapers
Off Campus Login
HOW TO DO KEYWORD SEARCHES
• When using any type of search engine, do not type whole sentences, questions, etc. into search boxes.
• INSTEAD:
DETERMINE WHAT YOUR ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS ARE
DETERMINING ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS
• Essential concepts – Usually verbs or nouns– They describe your topic
• Topic : How can social networking sites help people find jobs?
–What are the ESEENTIAL CONCEPTS in this topic??????
AND
•A command you give to the database
•It is put between the essential concepts in the search•Ex: social networking AND jobs
•It tells the database to only find articles which include each of these terms
EXERCISE 1
• Pretend you must find 6 articles on finding jobs using social networking sites.
• You look for articles by typing “social networking and jobs“ into the database.
• There are dozens of articles in the database on this topic just in the last 6 months. How many of them would you retrieve by the search you did?
• Look through the articles and create two piles. (1) those that would be retrieved (2) those that would not.
EXERCISE 1
• How many articles would you retrieve?
• Which ones?
• Which ones would not be retrieved? Why wouldn’t they be retrieved?
What’s the Point?
• What is the point of doing this exercise?
BOTTOM LINE
• There are many words in the English language to describe the same/similar concept
• We limited ourselves too much by not
incorporating synonyms into the search
BRAINSTORMING SYNONYMS
• Synonyms/related terms for social networking:
• Synonyms/related terms for job:
OR
• Another command you give to the database• It is put between synonyms • EX: job OR employment• It tells the database to look for
articles in which either of the words appear
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
• Formula for search statement:
• (all synonyms for key concept 1 with OR in between each) AND (all synonyms for key concept 2 with OR in between each)
OUR SEARCH STATEMENT
EXERCISE 2
• Look at the article abstracts and determine how many we would retrieve now with our new search statement.
• How many?
STILL ONE MORE PROBLEM…
• Have you ever done a search using what you thought were the best keywords and still had a problem?
• What was the problem?
EXERCISE 3
• Read over the article abstracts and create two piles: –(1) articles that are relevant to our
topic–(2) articles that are not relevant to our
topic
EXERCISE 3• Which articles were relevant to our topic?
• Why did the irrelevant articles come up?
• What can be done about this?–Restrict search terms to article title only–Use subject headings
SUMMARY
• Determine your essential concepts• Brainstorm synonyms for each essential
concept• Create a search statement using AND and OR• Conduct the search!• If too many irrelevant hits, restrict to titles or
use subject headings
Using one of the library databases, conduct a search
on your topic. Find two relevant articles and email
them to yourself
LIBRARY CATALOG
• Used to find books, movies, and periodicals (magazines, newspapers and journals)
• CANNOT BE USED TO FIND INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES FROM SCRATCH ON A TOPIC
