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TREX 1001 MorrisonResearching the Buddha in
America
Robert AitkenZen Master
Prof Traci Welch MoritzPublic Services Librarian
Assistant Professor
What we’ll do today The assignment : Research Zen master Robert
Aiken Find information to support an 8-10 page paper Resources to consider:
Internet informationBiographical informationBooks by and about himBook reviewsNews articlesJournal or magazine articles
The resourcesDo background research and build your search strategy
The resources: Internet Biographical references Catalogs News Databases Periodical Databases Book Reviews
First place to visit
Google and Wikipedia
Aren’t evil Can prove valuable Can’t be used as a source Turn to the databases for source
materials
From the University of Wisconsin Library, worksheet for evaluating web sites
First place to visit
While you’re on the internetFind biographical informationCheck out Youtube videos and
other multimedia sources for Mr. Aitken
Remember to check for validity of the website
To verify and cite
Reference Sources -- Biographical
Library Catalog -- POLAR
Any books by or about him?
Don’t forget to check
OhioLINK too!
Find Book reviews
Finding Book Reviews From the Cornell Libraries
Google scholar
Lexis Nexis
JSTOR
Academic Search Complete
News Articles
Articles
Articles
Journal Articles Not limited to just scholarly peer reviewed
articles, however, never hurts to include these!
Can start with the general or head straight to the subject specific
Academic Search Complete Masterfile Premier Look at list and see if others sound like
possibilities (choose databases) JSTOR
EbscoHost Databases
JSTOR
RefWorks
Ask at the Front Desk Phone the Reference Desk – 2185 (see
library page for available hours) Contact by E-mail [email protected] Use Chat Help feature or the IM
QUESTIONS?
