1. Learning Project Muse Carrie Gaxiola Spring 2009

2. Objective The purpose of this library session is to guide youin conducting an effective search to locate articles relevant and useful for your class project and how to cite the information you use. 3. Lets Get Started. Frame Your Topic Develop a research question Multiple concepts Example Question/Topic:Did the Fur Trade and westward expansion cause any violence? What kind of effects did this have or cause? 4. Synonyms, Broader Terms, Like Terms Concept #1Concept #2Concept #3Fur TradeViolenceEffectWest* ExpansionConflictOutcomeWest* MovementClashResultAmerican Expansion U.S. Expansion 5. Project Muse 6. What is in Project Muse? 7. Constructing a Search Searching for Information: How to use your keywords Boolean Operators: You may use the following connectors when using multiple keywords: And, Or, Not. Example: Truncation: Use an asterisk * at the end of a search term if you are not sure of spelling or to retrieve any words beginning with the same root. Example: West* will retrieve Westward and Western, etc Quotation Marks: Use quotation marks if you are seeking a specific phrase. Example: manifest destiny This ensures that the results will include these two keywords together as a phrase. Parentheses: Parentheses are used to provide direction of the chronological searching order [in which to combine words first]. Boolean operators may be used in these parentheses. Example: west* expansion AND (violence OR conflict) AND 8. Basic Search 9. Advance Search 10. Results 11. Abstracts 12. Evaluating the results 13. Evaluating 14. Other things to look for 15. Parts of a citation 16. Saving results 17. Email results 18. Printer friendly- also points out parts of citation 19. Why cite? http://www.yale.edu/bass/writing/sources/why.html To Become a More MatureThinker To Recreate a Sense of Lively Debate and to Establish Intellectual Context To Give Credit Where Its Due To Lead Us to Further Research 20. Tools!! 21. Citation 22. Now you try it! Please raise your hand for assistance Discuss topics & alternateterms with your neighbors! You can also pair up and search for information in teams too! Finding & Using Information Effectively takes Practice! Its a great skill!