Religion 300 Interpreting Religion: Methods and Theories

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Religion 300Interpreting Religion Methods and
Theories

• Information Resources Workshop
• Dr. Tim Bryson
• Ms. Greta Boers

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Workshop Agenda

• Getting Started with Reference Works
• Identifying monographs
• Identifying journal articles
• Finding the journal

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Getting Started with Reference Works

• Formulate your thesis
• Clarify your focus
• Learn the academic terminology
• Find relevant authors or titles

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Types of Reference Works

• Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias
• Bibliographies

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How to Find Reference Works

• Consult the course Resource Guide
• Use EUCLIDs complex search screen

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Identifying Monographs

• EUCLID
• Union Catalogs and Interlibrary Loan

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Identifying journal articles

• scope notes
• thesaurus
• Boolean operators
• limit functions
• truncation symbols

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Scope Notes

• What subject does this database cover?
• What kinds of materials are indexed?
• How far back does the indexing go?
• How frequently is it updated?

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Thesaurus

• Does the database or index use any regulated
  vocabulary to describe materials?
• Can you access the thesaurus or wordlist
  directly?

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Boolean Operators

• And, Or, and Not
• Can you manipulate these functions or are they
  embedded in the search software?

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Limit functions

• Are you able to limit your search results by any
  of the following?
• Language
• Material type report, bibliography, tests, etc.
• Date

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Wildcard/truncation symbols

• These are symbols used to replace letters in the
  search statement
• Common symbols are , !, ?,
• Examples
• Wom?n for woman or women
• Test! for tests, testing, testimonial

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Finding the Journal
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