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Introduction to Searching for Information in the VCU LibrariesLiz Johns
Librarian for International Students
Finding Information – Where to look?
Google? Wikipedia? Library?
How do you choose?
When to use
What’s Online?
The Free Internet:
Wikipedia, YouTube,
etc.
Searchable by Google,
Yahoo, etc
What’s Online?
The Rest of
Internet:
Subscription Content
Professional Information
The Library can help!
The Free Internet:
Wikipedia, YouTube,
etc.
Searchable by Google,
Yahoo, etc
When to use the library• After you have an idea for your topic or research
question.
• You need to find scholarly information.
Types of Library Resources
•Books
•Reference Sources
•Journals
Books
Monographs
• A relatively lengthy work, often on a single topic.
• Good to get an overview of a topic.
• Examples: Pride and Prejudice, The Last Polar Bears.
Reference Materials
• Provides the basic, general information about a topic, often with key facts.
• Examples: Dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, handbooks, indices.
Periodicals – Journals and Magazines
Journals
• A publication, issued on a regular basis, which contains scholarly research published as articles, papers, research reports.
• Examples: Journal of Physics, Occupational Medicine, Agricultural History Review.
Magazines
• A publication, issued on a regular basis, containing popular articles, written and illustrated in a less technical manner than the articles found in a journal.
• Examples: Newsweek, Cosmopolitan, Southern Living.
An information source published in multiple parts at regular intervals (daily, weekly, monthly, biannually).
Periodicals - Newspapers
• A publication containing information about varied topics that are pertinent to general information, a geographic area, or a specific subject matter (i.e. business, culture, education). Often published daily.
Different Search Strategies
Type entire question
• What happens when you do this in Google?
• What happens when you do this in the library resources?
Use natural language
• Disagreement in the workplace
• Disagreement on workplace relationships
Searching in the Library
Pick a few main ideas
Disagreement
Workplace
Coworkers
Relationships
Workplace
Disagreement WorkplaceAND
ANDnarrows your search by connecting concepts
Call Numbers
“Available atCabell Library General
Collection”
A – M = 3rd floorN – Z = 4th floor
TitleAuthor
PublisherCall Number
Location
Call Number
Location
Available atCabell Library General
Collection
PN4756.W367
Available atCabell Library General
Collection
BL1255.D3513
Available at Cabell Library Reference
PN4725.J67
Available at Cabell Library Special
Collections and Archives
FC9127.R5 M6
Available at Tompkins-McCaw Library
QK99.A1 R2813 2005
Available atCabell Library See Circulation
Desk
T57.62 .W56 2007
Upcoming Workshop
Finding Information in the Library: Part 2March 19, 6pmNeed to know how to find scholarly or peer-reviewed articles?The library has access to information you can’t find on Google! Bring one of your class research assignments to work on.Location: Cabell Library, third floor, Library Instruction Classroom/Lab
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