brock university library ta day consurrent session slide show - september 10, 2016
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T.A. Day – 2016 Ian Gordon & Evelyn Smith
This Session will …
1. Familiarize you with our …ResourcesCollectionsPeopleServicesSpaces2. Give you an opportunity to …Work through scenarios, ask questions and provide feedback.
The Website
Resources SuperSearch
Excellent starting point24/7There is a peer review / scholarly limit – quality controlWide variety of topicsFiltering by specific subjectsCiting the article for me!
Resources Databases
Wonderful!News!!“More Information”Subject specificVideos! Criterion on demand, sorry Netflix
Resources for Known Item Searching
Catalogue
List from your bibliographyKey books
A-Z List of Journals
Key journals
Resources from Other Universities
RACER
Thesis – for rarer items
Give yourself a bit of time with RACER if you are requesting a book.
Borrow books from us – return to any academic library in Ontario (except u of t)
Unique Collections & ServicesSpecial Collections and
Archives
Unique Collections & ServicesMaps, Data & GIS Library
Time Travelling?
Our People
• Your Liaison Librarians
• Reference Assistants @ the Ask Us Desk
• Peer Assistants – students helping students
Our Services• The Ask Us Desk– Borrowing, help with printing & scanning, research help, interlibrary loan, inter-campus transfers
• Graduate Student Lockers – Pick up an application form at the Ask Us Desk
Floor 6 – South Side
Our Services• The Makerspace– We provide the tools, you create the magic
• Copying & Printing Services– Includes Large Format Poster Printing
Our SpacesProviding with you with options …social space, group learning,quiet study, silent study
Getting Help: D.I.Y.Research Guides by Program …– Economics
… and for “how-to”– How to Create a Research Poster– Style Guides
Research on Demand videos on
The Help Tab
Getting Help: More Support
Book a Research Consultation with your librarian
Help via online chat
On your desktop, tablet or mobile phone
Shared service with 14 Ontario Universities
Referring Your Students - Scenarios
Sources for Scholarly Articles
My essay topic is how Intentional Behavior Therapy can benefit children with autism. Where can I get peer-reviewed articles?
Sources for Scholarly Articles
Don’t just google things – it may not be scholarlyDatabases SuperSearch – you can be specificBook an appointmentChat with a LibrarianRACER if needed
Sources for News
Sources for News:Your student has tried everything to find information about the Walkerton water crisis. It made a lot of news headlines back in the 1990’s. How do you refer?
Sources for News
News databasesSupersearch and don’t click on scholarlyJournals? Date limits on supersearch
Videos!
Government document?
Archives?
Help with Essay Style
I’ve never used A.P.A. style for an essay. In high school I used M.L.A. Do you know where I can get help? I don’t have time to take a workshop.
Help with Essay Style
APA Guide – from the help pageDrop in help – from A-Z learning services – they meet in the Library/Learning Commons
Cite using SuperSearch add in
Link on homepage!
Questions, Comments, Feedback
RACER – YES!
Helpful session, movies!
Online theses
I’d like to know more about citation tools!
Plagiarism-
Get in Touch! [email protected]
http://bit.ly/ResearchConsultation
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