Library Research

Economics History

Professor Weiman

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Librarian Jenna Freedman

http://www.barnard.edu/libraryThis is the portal to all knowledge.

Or, if you insist, Library Webhttp://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb

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we can help you

http://www.barnard.edu/library/reference

• Visit the reference desk• IM BarnardReference: AOL,

Google, Yahoo• Call 212.854.3953• E-mail refdesk@barnard.edu

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CLIO - books, e-books, serials (not articles), media materials,

microforms, etc. Search for a KNOWN item

Thuesen, S.. "Everything Changed, but Ain't Nothing Changed": Recovering a Generation of Southern Activists for Economic Justice." Southern Cultures  14, no. 3 (October 1, 2008): 142-152,154. 

• Book or journal title (not the article or chapter title)

• Send to phone• Link to record

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search for an unknown item

Keyword

• Words that appear in any part of the record (author, title, publisher, etc.)

Fun with search results:

• Sorting • Quick limits

Subject

• Subject headings list• Subdivisions

More fun with search results:

• Downloading options • Views: basic & full

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• Boolean logic• Controlled vocabulary,

descriptors, subject headings• Limits • Proximity searching, near, with • Truncation, wild cards

advanced search concepts

databases - primarily articles, but also e-books, dissertations, statistics and other materials

Explore: •Help

–Truncation/wildcard symbols–Phrase searching, near, with

•Advanced search and Boolean options•Controlled vocabulary•Different types of searches (e.g. citations, full text, keywords)•Limits

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America, History & Life

• Identify the truncation symbol and any other interesting wildcards

• Run a keyword search in "Select a field." Change it to "TX All fields."

• Limit to an historical period• Click on a subject term• Point out a feature you like and

one you don't.

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EconLit

• Identify the truncation symbol and any other interesting wildcards

• Run a keyword search in "Select a field." Change it to "TX All fields."

• Limit by published date• Click on a subject term• Point out a feature you like and

one you don't.

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Find Articles

• Try Economics search• Click a topic (facet) that you like• Click on eLink to get to full text• Point out a feature you like and

one you don't.

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Google/Google Scholar

• Determine most cited item• Try to get results to under

1,000, perhaps using advanced search

• Limit to .edu domain• Point out a feature you like and

one you don't.

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etc.

• Evaluating your results: authority, audience, scope, etc.

• Other library catalogs (JTS, Law, TC, and other institutions)

• Research guide for this classes http://www.barnard.edu/library/courses/current/ECON/ECONLX3013001.html

• Style Guides• Endnote, RefWorks, and Zotero