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Communication and MediaResource awareness session
What we’ll cover:
Look at resources
Reference management software
Re-cap : Preparation / search tips
TrialsElectronic Library
Local to global
“Critical literacy”
Evaluate webpage
Newspapers
Lexis Library
Library PressDisplay
Times Digital Archive
Daily Mirror Archive
Times Digital Archive
WEBSITES
www.worldoflibrarians.co.ukBiography of Linda CraneHave a twin sister
Held at gunpoint
Once owned a three legged hamster called Hopalong
Preparation re-cap
Before you startMay want to look for starting points – ideas to put into context what you want to say.Look at a book on the subject – how have they organised their chapters? Look at Wikipedia -DON’T cite it – spark ideas
Types of information -decide what you need
Established facts and figures
General information on a topic
Reviews of the literature of a topic
Publications of recent research results
Primary sources – actual documents or scanned images of original texts
Scholarly debates
Reference books- encyclopaedias, ‘companions to’, biographies
Books of collected articles, text books, research monographs, scholarly websites
Journal articlesBooks of collected articles
Journal articlesProceedings of conferences
On-line digitised collections,Library’s Special Collections and Archives.National archive organisations
Journal articles, newspapersWebsites of relevant organisations
Keyword diagramThe influence of women in filmmaking
InfluenceEmpowerment
Roleequality
WomenGenderFemale
FilmmakingMoviemaking
ProducerDirector
Starting outPreparation is the key. Define your topic. What are you trying to find out? What are your search terms?
Relationships between your keywords Boolean searching
Clint Eastwood AND Westerns
Clint Eastwood OR Westerns
Clint Eastwood NOT Westerns
Search tipsTruncation : politic*
politicspoliticalpolitician
Wild card : Wom?n Globali?ation
“Search for a phrase” in quotation marks
Record what you find
Make sure you have enough detail to find the information againAlways record:
Source used and the date you used itSearches undertaken and results found
Keywords used, date range searched, location of material
Full bibliographic details of the material foundThis will help you with your referencing bibliography
Take a photocopy of the title page
Record search strategies
Be flexible – review
searches
