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1
Starting Your ResearchLibrary Instruction
  • Fall 2005
  • Mary S. Woodley
  • 818-677-6302
  • mary.woodley_at_csun.edu
  • http//library.csun.edu/mwoodley/eng098D.ppt

2
What is the assignment?
  • Paper, Presentation, Annotated Bibliography?
  • Due date when is the last date for ILL
  • Types of publications?

3
Citation Style?
  • Ready reference available on the Web
    http//library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/e-books/est
    ylegd.html
  • General works in the Oviatt Library, search
  • Subject heading Authorship -- Style manuals
    or
  • Report writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  • Specific Style Guide, search
  • Keyword MLA style

4
Why Cite?
  • Avoid Plagiarism -- To plagiarize means to
  • Steal and pass off (the ideas or words of
    another) as one's own
  • Use (another's production) without crediting the
    source
  • Commit literary theft
  • Present as new and original an idea or product
    derived from an existing source.
  • (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary definition of
    "plagiarize," retrieved June 20, 2005)
  • http//library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/plagia
    rism.html

5
Types of Library Resources Available
  • Does your topic cover recent events or research?
  • Newspapers, magazines, journals or the Internet
    are the best sources.
  • Do you need current, general information?
  • Try a popular magazine.
  • Do you need current, in depth information?
  • Try a scholarly journal.
  • Do you need something more detailed?
  • Try a book on the subject
  • Do you need an overview?
  • Try an encyclopedia, handbook or dictionary

6
Basic Search Strategies Words to Search by
  • Jargon
  • Keyword
  • Controlled vocabulary Subject words/phrases

7
Basic Search Strategies Putting concepts
together
  • Boolean operator and

California State University
Developmental Classes
Venn diagrams serve as a visual expression of the
Boolean operations
8
Basic Search Strategies Putting concepts
together
  • Boolean operator or

California State University
CSU
9
Think of different ways to express the same idea
or place
10
Truncation
  • Symbol used at the end of a word to retrieve
    variant endings of that word.
  • Allows you to search the "root" form of a word
    with all its different endings.
  • Broadens or increases search results. Truncation
    OR
  • Example teen retrieves teen OR teens OR
    teenager OR teenagers
  • However cat retrieves cat, cats, but also
    cataclysm, catacomb, catalepsy, catalog, etc.
  • Use OR instead to maintain meaning cat or cats

11
Wildcards
  • Some databases allow for wildcards to be embedded
    within a word to replace a single character. For
    example
  • comp???tion retrieves composition, competition,
    computation, etc.
  • wom?n retrieves woman, women
  • colo?r retrieves color and colour

12
Need a book?

  • 1. Search the Library's online catalog. Try
    searching using the keyword search.
  • 2. Write down the floor location of the book and
    the call number where the book will be found on
    the shelf

13
How Call Numbers Work
14
Need an article?
  • Popular magazines
  • Trade publications
  • Scholarly publications
  • All three may be available in print or online or
    both

15
Types of PeriodicalsScholarly Journals
  • Authors are authorities in their fields.
  • Authors cite their sources in endnotes,
    footnotes, or bibliographies.
  • Individual issues have little or no advertising.
  • Illustrations usually take the form of charts
    and graphs.

16
Types of PeriodicalsScholarly Journals
  • Articles must go through a peer-review or
    refereed process.
  • Scholarly/academic articles that are read
    by academic or scholar "referees" for advice and
    evaluation of content when submitted for
    publication. Referees recommend to the
    editor/editorial board whether the article should
    be published as is, revised, or rejected. Also
    sometimes know as "peer-reviewed" articles.
  • Articles are usually reports on scholarly
    research.
  • Articles use jargon of the discipline.

17
Popular Magazines and Newpapers
  • Authors are magazine staff members
    or free lance writers.
  • Authors often mention sources, but rarely
    formally cite them in bibliographies.
  • Individual issues contain numerous
    advertisements.
  • There is no peer review process.
  • Articles are meant to inform and entertain.
  • Illustrations may be numerous and colorful.
  • Language is geared to the general adult audience
    (no specialized knowledge of jargon needed).

18
Internet Resources vs. Surfing the Web
  • Internet Resources include
  • Internet accessible databases and journals
  • Use a Web interface
  • Usually require subscription
  • Exception ERIC Wizard
  • Equivalent to print indexes and journals
  • Authoritative and reliable
  • Surfing the Web
  • Use free search engines
  • E.G. Yahoo, Google, HotBot
  • Critical evaluation required
  • Anyone can put up a Web page!
  • Evaluating Web pages (http//library.csun.edu/mwoo
    dley/Webeval.html)

19
Evaluating Print Electronic Resources
World Wide Web sites come in many sizes and
styles. How do you distinguish a site that gives
reliable information from one that gives
incorrect information? Below are some guidelines
to help.
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