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WELCOME TO REED LIBRARY COMP 250 - Fall 2016

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WELCOME TO REED LIBRARY

COMP 250 - Fall 2016

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If you took COMP 150, you probably remember…

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DON’T WORRY:YOU’RE GOING TO

LEARN SOMETHING NEW.

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Let’s talk about•Topic scope•Search strategy•Authority

•Relevance •Reliability•Intellectual property & citations

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WWW.LIBRARY.FORTLEWIS.EDUGo to the

library website and let’s work on

topic selection together

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EndNote

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Picking your topicRefine as you go.

search

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Let’s start with outdoor recreation as our topic. Search the LibraryEngine for that phrase and we will review the results.

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YOU HAVE A TOPIC. It’s time to exp lo re

information.

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Plan your search to match your information need

“outdoor recreatio

n”

“mental health”benefit

Keywords Boolean Operators

(connectors) Nesting Truncation

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Keywords: Words or concepts of great

significance to your topic

1. “outdoor recreation”

2. Benefit3. “mental health”

“outdoor recreatio

n”

“mental health”benefit

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Boolean Operators connect and define the relationship between

keywords

AND – all search terms must be present. Use for narrowing your search.

Outdoor recreation benefit

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Boolean Operators connect and define the relationship between

keywords

OR – any of the search terms can be present. Use with synonyms to broaden your search.

benefit mental health

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Boolean Operators connect and define the relationship between

keywords

NOT – excludes search terms.

hiking cycling

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Nesting groups keywords when you have multiple operators

“outdoor recreation” AND

(benefit OR “mental health”)

“outdoor recreatio

n”

“mental health”benefit

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Truncation searches a keyword stem

EducateEducatedEducationEducatingEducatorEducates

Educat*

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Search Strategy

“outdoor recreation” AND (benefit OR “mental health”)

“outdoor recreatio

n”

“mental health”benefit

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Use the limiters.

Many databases, including the LibraryEngine, offer limiters. Use them to refine your search results.

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NOW YOU TRY.Find one article about your topic that interests

you and put it in your folder.

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Where will you search? The Library Engine, the catalog, another database, or the open web? Why did you make that choice?

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LibraryEngine doesn’t search everything. Google only gives you 5% of what we have in our databases.•If you use LibraryEngine, you need to use limiters and a good search strategy with multiple keywords.

•Try a subject database. Some feed into LibraryEngine but not all.

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If the book or article you want isn’t available,

we can get it for you.

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WHO IS CREDIBLE?How do you decide?

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Does the information fit your need?

Relevance Purpose

Is it appropriate to use as a source?

Who benefits?

Why was it created?

Does it help you make your case?

What is it about?

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How can you tell if a source is reliable?•The author’s credentials•What references (if any) are given•The type of publication•The source’s relevance to your topic•The currency of the source (if applicable to your topic)

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Once you’ve found a few good sources, save them in EndNote.

1. Put them in your folder. Note: the folder will be empty once you leave the database. Use it or loose it.

2. Open the folder from the toolbar at the top of the database.

3. Export the folder’s contents to EndNote.

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Putting your bibliography togetherWhy should you cite?•Knowledge is advanced through scholarly writing and citations.

•Citations lend credibility to your work.

•Readers can read your sources for themselves and draw their own conclusions.

How do you do it?•EndNote•Citation tools built into library databases

•Reed Library’s citation guide

•Ask a reference librarian for help

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NEED MORE HELP?Schedule an appointmentStop by the reference desk

Give us a call at 970-247-7551Email us at [email protected]

Chat with us

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CITATIONS AVAILABLE UPON [email protected]