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Library Research Tips
POLI 319 Politics of Latin America
Megan FitzgibbonsLiaison LibrarianJanuary 19, 2009
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Did You Know?
Provide help by phone, e-mail, chat and in Second Life
Offer individual consultations
Find stuff!
Your Liaison Librarian can:
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Information Universe
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Agenda
How to:
Find journal articles
Find books
Find news articles
Evaluate information
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A good place to start
The Course Guide
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Individual articles are NOT listed
directly in the library catalogue!
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Article indexes and databases
In library? Maybe not!
Broad or narrow
Many types of documents
Citations, abstracts or full-
text articles
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But why can’t I just use ?
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Using OR
“Latin America”
OR“South
America”OR
Ethnic* OR Race OR Identity
Vot* ORPolitical
ParticipationOR Elect*
AND
AND
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Use AND to combine terms Use OR for synonyms
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Types of materials
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Select related subjects for a new search
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Mark results to save them
Instant full text
Find the full-text article from another source
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Click GO to view the full-text article from another database provider
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• This article is not available in full-text online.
• Search the library catalogue for the journal title.
• If we don’t own it, use Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
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Search the library catalogue for the journal title
Use CREPUQ or Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
If full text is not available online
If not
What to do if…
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VPN
Off campus?
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How to find…
Vanden, Harry E. Politics of Latin America:
The Power Game. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2009.
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Title search
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World Futures 63, no. 5 (2007):
How to find…
“Civil Society Without A State?” Oxhorn, Philip.
324-339.
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Individual articles are NOT listed
directly in the library catalogue!
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Journal title search
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politicspoliticalpoliticians
politic?
used to find
Keyword search
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Broad search = many results
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Find other books on this subject
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Find other books on this subject
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Location in the library
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Your library account
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Ways to access materials
Print: search the library catalogue
Full-text online
If no full-text, use
Not in Montreal? Use Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Use the VPN to access materials off-campus
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A preliminary search
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Refining a search
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Popular articles Scholarly articles
Purpose: EntertainmentCurrent awarenessResearch summaries
Report original researchReview previously published studies
Audience: General public Students, scholars, researchers
Authors: JournalistsOften named
Researchers, academicsAlways named
Characteristics: Short(er) articlesAdvertisements/photosPublished daily, weekly, monthlyProofread/reviewed by editors
Describe research methodologiesCharts, graphs, tablesPublished quarterly, annuallyReviewed by editorial board/peer-reviewed
*Peer reviewed = reviewed and accepted for publication by a panel of recognized experts in a field
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Evaluating websites
Currency: up-to-date, working
links
Reliability: accurate, verifiable
Authority:
- URL – domain name
.com .net .edu .org [~ %]
- Author – credentials
Purpose: objectivity, bias
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To take away
Use the course guide!
Books: use the catalogue
Articles: use indexes (databases)
VPN for off-campus access
Evaluate the info you find
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Contact a librarian
NOT a last resort!
Office hours:
Mondays 2:00-4:00 Leacock 541
514-398-4696