Welcome to

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Welcome to Navigating The Libraryfor MLCS
By Denis LacroixFrench/Spanish
LibrarianRutherford Library
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Session Outline

• Objectives
• Library Website overview
• Steps in writing a research paper
• Searching for books
• Locating books
• Searching for journal articles
• Interlibrary loans, reserve materials
• Reference services

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Objectives

• This session is
• An introduction to the U of A Library System.
• Includes a brief look at
• The NEOS Library Consortium Catalogue
• Online databases
• electronic journals
• The context for the class is
• the process of preparing to write a research
  paper on given topic.

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Library Website Overview

• Connecting to the workstation Campus Computing
  id password
• Library website www.library.ualberta.ca
• Menu bar
• Catalogue, Databases, E-journals, Subject,
  Services
• About us Subject Librarians
• Ask us, My Account (requires barcode and PIN)
• Quick Links library hours, reference, ILL links
• Search the Library Catalogue
• Find guides to finding materials by format

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Writing a Research Paper

1. Determine a topic to research, and get a broad
   overview (book, encyclopedia)
2. Define your specific topic
3. Analyze the topic into key concepts
4. Develop a thesis statement.
5. Find books
6. Find articles
7. Organize and write the research paper

Writing a Research Paper Link
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Starting the Search

• Research idea e.g Popular Culture in Latin
  America
• Specific concepts Mass Media and Latin America
• Search for subject guides for basic information
  on your research concepts
• Click on Subject in the menu bar
• Choose your area and subject of interest
• Click on QuickStart guides

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Finding Books
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Has anyone ever found a book in the library
catalogue that is not at U of A Libraries ?

• U of A Library catalogue NEOS Library
  Consortium Catalogue
• NEOS a consortium of libraries sharing the
  same online catalogue, including all the U of As
  libraries, a number of government libraries such
  as Alberta Research Council, colleges such as
  Concordia, and many hospital libraries.

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Searching for Books

• Click on Other Search Options
• Use Containing when you have inexact or
  incomplete information or wish to combine ideas
  or phrases, i.e. mass media and latin america
• Use Starting with when you know the authors
  name or first words in a title or a correct
  subject heading. You will see an alphabetical
  listing by the first word you searched, e.g. mass
  media.
• Any Field mass media AND Latin America

Combines both terms!
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Other Search Options Search
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Locating a Book
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Understanding the Book Description or Record
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Use the Request/Hold link to obtain document from
BARD
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Use the Request/Hold link to obtain document from
other library
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Beyond Any Fields

• Various search features
• Any Fields searches for the terms within the
  full item description (i.e. title, author,
  subject, publication note, physical description
  etc.)
• Title searches for the terms only in the title
  field
• Author searches for the terms only in the
  author field
• Subject searches for terms that describe what
  the work is about. Subject terms are assigned by
  library.
• Periodical Title searches for terms in all
  periodical titles

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Brief Exercise

• Find at least one book in the NEOS catalogue
  that is about French colonialism or
  postcolonialism. OR
• Find one book in the NEOS catalogue about a topic
  that you are researching.
• Questions?

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Searching for Journal Articles

• Step 4 in the research process
• Journal articles are not listed in the Library
  Catalogue only the journals that contain them
  are.
• Journals or periodicals are of all kinds
  scholarly (e.g. Studies in Latin American Popular
  Culture) and popular (e.g. Macleans)
• Scholarly vs. popular
• Use Databases to find articles.

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Electronic Databases

• General Humanities MLA, Humanities Abstracts,
  Web of Science, IBZ, American Humanities
  Index, PCI full-text, Historical Abs.,
  Sociological Abs., Literature Resource Center.
• Films Film Indexes Online, Art Index,
  Communication Mass Media Complete
• Newspapers Paper of Record, Factiva
• Womens Studies Gender Studies, Contemporary
  Womens Issues
• World-wide or Rare Resources (books articles)
  Centre for Research Libraries (CRL), OCLC.
• Theses Proquest Dissertations, Index to
  Theses. Limitable by Book Review

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• Subject Specific Databases
• French Francis, Repère, Érudit, Choix, DAVID,
  Termium
• Spanish Latin American Studies HAPI, HLAS,
  Latin Americanist Research Resources Project,
  Clase, Bibliografía de literatura española desde
  1980.
• Italian Italinemo
• German Bibliographie der Deutschen Sprach und
  Literaturwissenschaft, IBZ, IDZ
• Slavic Studies ABSEES, EBSEES, Russian National
  Bibliography, IBZ, Literature Resource Center

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Linguistics and Translation

• Linguistics LLBA
• Translation Termium, Le Grand Dictionnaire
  terminologique, Eurodicautom
• Bibliography of Translations Index Translationum

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Finding Databases and Articles

• Under the Browse by Subject heading or the
  Subject tab in the menu, click on your research
  area.
• You will find a list of recommended databases on
  the left and, on the right, QuickStart guides to
  help get you started on your research project.
• E.g. Click on Humanities and Social Sciences
  Area Studies Latin American Studies
• Click on MLA International Bibliography

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Input 1 concept / box
Search Default Fields first, then limit results
through other fields, if necessary.
Limit results further by choosing the following
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Results are few because terms do not include
variants
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Use variant terms to increase results
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Finding an Article

1. Linked Full Text
2. Search catalogue
3. Get It! Icon (see following slide)

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Finding a Print Journal
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Electronic Access to Journals

• Return to MLA records and find the following
  article (18 in list)Latin America Cultures
  in the Communication Media By Barbero,
  Jesus-Martin Journal of Communication, 1993
  Spring 43 (2) 18-30.
• Click on and on
  ABI/Inform.
• A new database opens up, as well as the article.

If the article doesnt appear, search for the
journal title and article author.
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Alternate Article Access in ABI/Inform
Search for the journal title
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Click on the year, volume and issue numbers in
which the article was published
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Full-Text?
E-Mail article !
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Brief Exercise

• Find one journal article, ideally available at
  the U of A, about French colonialism or
  postcolonialism in Africa. OR
• Find one journal article, ideally available at
  the U of A, about a topic that you are
  researching.
• Questions?

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Practise Searching for a Citation

• Refer to the following citation Connor, J. D.
  Sartre and Cinema The Grammar of Commitment.
  MLN. Vol. 116. 5 (2001 Dec.) 1045-68.
• Find the periodical title in Library Catalogue
• Starting with MLN Periodical Title
• Find the article. Is it available online?

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2 Access Links! Check coverage dates for access!
Print copies
E-copies
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Writing the Research Paper

• Online resources available
• go to the main Library Webpage
• under Find, click on Reference and Quick Facts
• click on Writing Assistance
• under Find, click on
• Research Guides, or
• Citation Guides

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Interlibrary Loans (ILL)

• Use this service if you cannot find a book,
  journal, or journal issue in the NEOS Library
  Catalogue.
• This is a free service that locates items in
  libraries all around the world, and brings them
  here for you.
• Please check The NEOS Library Catalogue before
  requesting an item on Interlibrary Loan.
• http//www.library.ualberta.ca/interlibraryloan/in
  dex.cfm

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Reserve Materials

• Your professors have placed resources on reserve
  so that your whole class will have the chance to
  consult them. Their use is restricted.
• Reserve items are located behind the circulation
  desk in each UofA library
• Find the reserve items call number before going
  to the circulation desk.
• Click on Reserve Room Search on the Library
  Catalogues main page
• Search by Instructor or Course name, e.g. LAST205

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Circulation Policies

• The OneCard is used to borrow items from the
  library.
• Loan periods undergrad students 2 weeksgrad
  students and professors 4 months
• You may request any item that is checked out, but
  the minimum loan period is 2 weeks.
• Fines are serious. Renew items online,
  in-person, or by phone before the due date.
• Check My Account for due dates, renewal, and item
  requests.

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Reference Services

• The Reference Desk is always a good place to
  start your research. Librarians are there to
  help you get started in the right direction.
• Reference services are also available from the
  following library catalogue icon

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The End

• Questions? Anything to review?
• If you want to practise, I can stay in the lab
  for 15 minutes.
• When leaving, close PuTTy authentication, but
  please leave computers on
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• Thank you very much for attending