eng 201 richie 2014
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Agenda • Learn to use the library catalog to find books from Pace and
other libraries
• Understand the difference between key words and subject
headings
• Learn advanced database searching, including using Boolean
operators
• Learn how to find the full-text of articles
• Get library barcodes and create InterLibrary loan accounts
• Gain a basic understanding of hand searching
• Learn how to use Google more effectively
Getting started
0Who has a library barcode?
0 If you don’t have a barcode (or you don’t have it with you) place your Pace ID in the basket as it goes around
Using the library catalog 0There are two ways to search the library catalog:
0 From the library home page: www.pace.edu/library
Search Plus
(Encore)
Classic
Catalog
Tips for using Search Plus (Encore) to search the catalog
0 Use the tags on the right to narrow your search
0 When you find a book that looks helpful, look at the Subjects for similar books
0 If you need books that are immediately available to you, click on “Birnbaum Stacks” on the left0 Note E-book options as well
0 Use Request It button to have books sent to NYC from other Pace campuses
0 While you’re browsing, you can click on the “Add to List” link to keep track of items you were interested in 0 Use the “My List” button at the top right to access your list. You can e-mail the list to yourself.
0 Use the ConnectNY button to find resources from other universities 0 Note: you need your library barcode to request books from ConnectNY
0 Note: Encore will also give you results from a few databases, but it’s hard to narrow them down using this interface
Understanding Subject Headings
0 Subject headings are:0 Controlled vocabulary: carefully selected list of words and
phrases, which are used to tag units of information (document or work) so that they may be more easily retrieved by a search (Wikipedia)
0 Assigned by a human indexer
0 Can be broad or narrow
0 Entry terms lead to the exact subject heading
0There are many kinds of subject headings:0 Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/
0 Medical Subject Headings (MeSH): http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/
0 Database specific subject headings
Beyond Pace and ConnectNY
0 If neither Pace nor Connect NY has the book you need 0 Try the public library
0New York Public Library: nypl.org
0Brooklyn Public Library: brooklynpubliclibrary.org
0Queens Public Library: queenslibrary.org
0WorldCat0 Access from the library databases page
0 Use Request ILLiad-Complete Form link
0 Note: can take more than 2 weeks
0Metro Pass0 If you know the book or article you need is at another
NYC university, ask at the Information desk for a Metro pass
Independent practice
0 10 min: Use Encore and/ or the classic catalog to look for books on your topic
Library Databases 0 General Databases:
0 Academic Search Premier
0 Jstor
0 New York Times Archive
0 Accounting
0 Accounting and Tax Database
0 RIA Tax Information
0 Computer Science
0 ACM Digital Library
0 Note SIGS for Computer Graphics and Computers and Society
0 Computing
0 IEEE Computer Society Digital Library
0 Criminal Justice
0 Criminal Justice Collection
0 Criminal Justice Periodicals
0 Hein Online (for law journals)
0 Economics 0 ABI Inform0 OxResearch
0 Marketing0 AdAge Data Center0 Adforum (examples of
advertisements) 0 Communication & Mass Media
Complete 0 Psychology:
0 CINAHL 0 Pubmed (prefer to Medline via Ebsco) 0 PsycInfo
0 Theater, Film & Literature 0 International Bibliography of Theater
and Dance0 International Index to Performing
Arts 0 Literature Resource Center
Crafting your search strategy 0 Step 1: Write your basic topic question
0 Step 2: Pull out the main ideas from your topic
0 Eg: Topic:
Human trafficking in relation to the global economy and the financial crisis
Main ideas:
Human Trafficking Economy Financial crisis
Crafting your search strategy0 Step 3: Brainstorm synonyms for your main ideas
0Note: your search is not static. Try different search terms and different combinations of search terms and compare the results
Concept A Concept B Concept C
“Human trafficking” Economy “Financial crisis”
“Forced labor” Business “Economic crisis”
Slavery “Economic aspects” Recession
Crafting your search strategy
0 Step 4: Combine your search terms with Boolean operators
Eg:
(“human trafficking” OR “forced labor” OR slavery) AND(econom* OR business) AND (“financial crisis” OR“economic crisis” OR recession)
• *: retrieves all alternate endings, eg. economy,
economic
• Place phrases in quotation marks
• Use parentheses to separate OR terms
Database Search Strategies
0 If you can, use the limits the database provides to narrow your search
0 Eg. Publication type, publication date, subject, etc.
0 Limit to Scholarly Articles
0 Jstor- limit to Article and journals in the relevant disciplines
0 NY Times Archive: limit by date and limit to Article
To get the full text of an article
0Use the button Click here for the
full text
Click here to request the article
Independent Practice
0 10 min: Try searching Academic Search Premier for your topic
0 Let me know if you don’t find anything and I can suggest a different database
Hand Searching 0Mining a list of references for more sources
0Watch the video for more information:
0 http://youtu.be/IicVsNIe-K0
0 If it’s a book, search for the book title in the library catalog
0 If it’s an article search for the journal or publication title using Journal Title Search
0 If Pace doesn’t have access to the journal you can fill out an Interlibrary Loan request
Hand Searching
Google Scholar
scholar.google.com• Configure your settings to show articles available from
Pace • Video tutorial: http://youtu.be/MRFYjeNrFPM
• Use Metrics and # of citations to judge influence of a journal, article or book
General Google Searching
0Get More Out of Google: http://tinyurl.com/bmhugdj
0Evaluating websites:
0 Who is the author? What are their credentials?
0 Who publishes the site? What is their agenda/bias?
0 Look for date updated, make sure it’s current
0 Note: .org doesn’t mean there’s no bias
0 Look for “About” link
Citation Resources 0On the library home page, use the How do I? link and then Cite
Resources
0The Bedford Handbook: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/
0 Purdue OWL: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
0zotero.org: free citation manager from Mozilla, the
makers of Firefox
0Questions? :
0E-mail Jennifer: [email protected]
Wrapping up
0Please fill out a brief, anonymous evaluation:
0http://tinyurl.com/n9lgu9x