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NEWS FROM THE FIELDC&RL News, May 2004Vol. 65, No. 5, P. 247

Library Research

Colloquium on Aid, Politics, and Violence in Africa

Professor AutesserreWednesday, September 16, 2009

Librarian: Jenna Freedman

http://www.barnard.edu/library/ This is the portal to all knowledge.

Or, if you insist, Library Webhttp://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/

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we can help you.

www.barnard.edu/library/reference

• Call 4-3953• E-mail refdesk@barnard.edu• Visit the reference desk• IM BarnardReference (also BarnardLibJenna,

BarnardLibLois, BarnardLibKaren, BarnardLibHeidi)• Chat "Ask us now" chat, available M-F 1-9 (more or less)

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/reference • Consultations

http://www.barnard.edu/library/forms/consult.htm. Sessions arranged by appointment.

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search for a KNOWN item

• Book or journal title• Brief

– Holdings• Full

– Indexes, finding aids, notes• Link to full text

CLIO - books, e-books, serials (not articles), media materials, microforms, etc. New CLIO coming soon, btw.

Johan Pottier. "Roadblock Ethnography: Negotiating Humanitarian Access In Ituri, Eastern Dr Congo, 1999-2004." Africa 76, no. 2 (April 1, 2006): 151-179.

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search for an unknown item

Keyword

• Words that appear in any part of the record (author, title, publisher, etc.)

• Boolean logic – AND, OR, NOT

• Use "quotation marks" for phrases

• Truncation symbol: ?

Fun with search results:• Sorting • Quick limits

Subject

• Case insensitive, no punctuation necessary

• Subject headings list• Subdivisions

More fun with search results:• Downloading options • Clickable fields• Views: basic & full

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• Boolean logic• Controlled vocabulary,

descriptors, subject headings• Limits • Proximity searching, near, with • Truncation, wild cards

advanced search concepts

databases – unknown items primarily articles, but also e-

books, dissertations, statistics and other materials

Explore: •Help

–Truncation/wildcard symbols–Phrase searching, near, with

•Advanced search and Boolean options•Controlled vocabulary•Different types of searches (e.g. citations, full text, keywords)•Limits

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Find Articles

• Identify the truncation symbol and any other interesting wildcards

• Run a keyword search• Apply a limit• Click on a controlled vocabulary

heading• Point out a feature you like and

one you don't.

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Google/Google Scholar

• Identify the truncation symbol and any other interesting wildcards

• Run a keyword search• Apply a limit• Click on a controlled vocabulary

heading• Point out a feature you like and

one you don't.

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ProQuest Direct

• Identify the truncation symbol and any other interesting wildcards

• Run a keyword search• Apply a limit• Click on a controlled vocabulary

heading• Point out a feature you like and

one you don't.

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

• Identify the truncation symbol and any other interesting wildcards

• Run a keyword search• Apply a limit• Click on a controlled vocabulary

heading• Point out a feature you like and

one you don't.

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etc.

• Guide for this class www.barnard.edu/library/courses/current/POLS/POLSX3810001.html

• Evaluating your results: authority, audience, scope, etc.