History Senior SeminarLibrary Research

Wednesday October 3, 2012Librarian Jenna FreedmanArchivist Shannon O'Neill

http://http://library.barnard.eduThis is the portal to all knowledge.

Or, if you insist, Library Webhttp://library.columbia.edu

we can help you

library.barnard.edu/contact

• Call 212.854.4615 (Jenna)212.854.4079 (Shannon)

• Text 386.227.6273 (Barnard)

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Personal Librarian

True or false: you have your own personal librarian.

A.TrueB.False

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search for a KNOWN item

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

• Send to phone

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

microforms, etc.

What is the most efficient way to find out if we have access to this article?

A.Look up "Radical Muse" in CLIOB.Look up Shaffer, Kirwin in CLIOC.Look up Cuban Studies in CLIOD.Look up "Radical Muse" in JSTORE.Look up Cuban Studies in E-Journals

The Radical Muse: Women and Anarchism in Early-Twentieth-Century Cuba. Shaffer, Kirwin R. Cuban Studies,

Volume 34, 2003, pp. 130-153

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

What is the most reliable way to broaden search results?

A. Conduct a natural language searchB. Use controlled vocabularyC. Employ a truncation symbolD. Add a search term with the Boolean operator

ANDE. PANIC!

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Should we stop using the clickers?

A. YesB. No

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Which of these will not typically narrow your search results?

A. Adding a limit, e.g. languageB. Adding a term with the Boolean operator AND C. Adding a term with the Boolean operator ORD. Subtracting a term with the Boolean operator

NOTE. Two of the above (bonus: which two?)

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A.Boolean logic, operatorsB.Controlled Vocabulary,

descriptors, subject headingsC.Proximity, near, with, phraseD.Truncation, wild cardsE.Other

What is the single most exciting thing we’ve discussed so far?

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 •Export to RefWorks

Find Articles

• Truncation: *• Facets • Save items• Citation formatting• Export

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Historical abstracts

• Select a field• Truncation: *• Historical period!• Facets • Choose databases

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etc.

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

• Evaluating resources: authority, scope, and audience

• Style Guides• RefWorks & Zotero• Research consultations