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with Reference Librarian telephone 268-6738
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Gayle Berry or
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These meetings are mandatory
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Let reference Librarian know what your research
topic will be ahead of time.
Learn
how to:
1) search world cat, and combine them with the features available in
amazon.com (related books, “search inside,” reviews, table of content and front
and back matter)
2) identify the appropriate
online journal databases for your subject (OCLC, Ingenta,
ABI inform; Wilson Omni, J-Stor for materials 5+ yrs
old, etc)
3) Learn how to search by
subject, keyword, author, date
4) Learn how to mark and save
references you found, and how to transfer them electronically. You will have to
turn in a copy of the saved searches to your Professor. And, it will form the
basis for your annotated bibliography
5) Learn how to use google scholar – to locate relevant articles quickly and
for free
6) If you found a useful
article, scan carefully the references for further useful materials
7) Learn how to read abstracts
carefully and evaluate their appropriateness for your research
8) Learn how to order articles
and books via interlibrary loan
9) Go physically to the
shelves, where we have books located and browse for interesting and relevant
materials
Turn
in:
A Printout of your search with complete bibliographic references. (it
has to be clear from where you collected the reference, and you need to cover
more than 4 different sources (google, abi inform, etc.)