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WOMEN IN THE ECONOMY: LIBRARY RESOURCESJennifer Thiessen, Liaison Librarian for Women’s and Gender Studies
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Our agenda• Finding journal articles
• Choosing a database/tool• Search tips• Evaluating
• Primary vs. secondary sources• Popular vs. academic
• Other tools• Writing/citing
• Questions? Help?Jobs for Girls and Women by Vintaga Posters
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Getting started• Find a research topic (Need help? Look at course
readings, browse an encyclopedia, see what’s in the news)
• Find keywords in your topic• What are the effects of childbearing on labor supply?
• Generate search terms• Look for subject headings/descriptors, use synonyms, read
abstracts, use your own knowledge of the topic, etc.
• Choose database/s• Search• Evaluate
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Why use databases?
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Getting to the databases
Library website > Databases > Women’s Studies
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Limit to peer-review…
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Or not.
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Look for subject headings to focus your search
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More Search Tips• Use quotation marks for phrases
• “unpaid work”; “educational leadership”
• Use * to search for alternate endings• Canad* = Canada, Canadian, etc.; work* = work, works, working, etc.
• Use synonyms• work, labor, labour, job, employment, etc.
• childbearing, pregnancy, fertility, etc.
• Too many results?• Use limits (peer-reviewed, date, language, etc.)
• Add additional keywords; get more specific
• Too few results?• Remove one or more keywords
• Go broader (e.g. search Canada instead of Ontario)
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Other tools• Primary sources
• First-hand accounts
Sarah Cowper's Diary, Volume 1, 1700-1702, Defining Gender, 1450-1910
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Other tools…• Primary sources
• Data• Statistics• http://researchguides.library.brocku.ca/data
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• Use from the Library website • Why use Google Scholar?
o Another “database”o Find works that cite a particular
article/booko Watch:
Get Better Results with Google Scholar
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CRAAP Test
http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_websites.pdf
• For evaluating books, journals, websites, etc.
(i.e. Can I use this in my paper/assignment?)
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Writing and Citing• Many databases offer citation tools
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More citation help:• APA Style Quick Guide
(Dalhousie University)
• APA Style Guide (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association Catalogue record for print copy in our library.
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For more help…
•See the Library Help pages
•Contact the Library Help Desk•905-688-5550 x. 3233 or use email form
•Contact your liaison librarian:•Jennifer Thiessen (phone, chat, email)