comp 250 fall 16
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WELCOME TO REED LIBRARY
COMP 250 - Fall 2016
If you took COMP 150, you probably remember…
DON’T WORRY:YOU’RE GOING TO
LEARN SOMETHING NEW.
Let’s talk about•Topic scope•Search strategy•Authority
•Relevance •Reliability•Intellectual property & citations
WWW.LIBRARY.FORTLEWIS.EDUGo to the
library website and let’s work on
topic selection together
EndNote
Picking your topicRefine as you go.
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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.
YOU HAVE A TOPIC. It’s time to exp lo re
information.
Plan your search to match your information need
“outdoor recreatio
n”
“mental health”benefit
Keywords Boolean Operators
(connectors) Nesting Truncation
Keywords: Words or concepts of great
significance to your topic
1. “outdoor recreation”
2. Benefit3. “mental health”
“outdoor recreatio
n”
“mental health”benefit
Boolean Operators connect and define the relationship between
keywords
AND – all search terms must be present. Use for narrowing your search.
Outdoor recreation benefit
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
Boolean Operators connect and define the relationship between
keywords
NOT – excludes search terms.
hiking cycling
Nesting groups keywords when you have multiple operators
“outdoor recreation” AND
(benefit OR “mental health”)
“outdoor recreatio
n”
“mental health”benefit
Truncation searches a keyword stem
EducateEducatedEducationEducatingEducatorEducates
Educat*
Search Strategy
“outdoor recreation” AND (benefit OR “mental health”)
“outdoor recreatio
n”
“mental health”benefit
Use the limiters.
Many databases, including the LibraryEngine, offer limiters. Use them to refine your search results.
NOW YOU TRY.Find one article about your topic that interests
you and put it in your folder.
Where will you search? The Library Engine, the catalog, another database, or the open web? Why did you make that choice?
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.
If the book or article you want isn’t available,
we can get it for you.
WHO IS CREDIBLE?How do you decide?
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?
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)
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.
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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