writ 4 - esol fall 2011
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LAKSAMEE [email protected]
RESEARCH & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN
Writing 4 – Using Cook Library to find
information
First…
Laksamee [email protected] Library Reference:
410.704.2462. IM/email
Phone: 410.704.3746.Twitter: @CookLibraryofTUAlbert S. Cook facebook profile!
Take away…
The Research Process
Using Keywords
Introduction to the library website
Environmental Subject Gateway
Finding Books – Library Catalog
Finding Articles – Library Databases
Interpreting the Assignment
Reading Background Information
Using Online
Databases& Indexes
Gathering Sources
Drafting Paper or Presentation
Identifying & Listing
Vocabulary
Citing Sources
Refining a Topic
Evaluating Sources
The Research Process
Selecting a Topic
research skills ≠ needle in the haystack
Web “Pre-Searching”
Why not start your search online? The Invisible Web
http://goshen.libguides.com/beyond_googling
Can you trust this information?
Web “Pre-Searching”
TEDVideo Online filter bubble – Eli Pariser http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter
_bubbles.html
Web “Pre-Searching”
Why start your search online?
Find background information
Help solidify research topic
Find new terminology to use as keywords
Find links and/or citations to other sources
Keywords are critical!
Sample topic: How do we recycle electronic waste?
First, break the question down into keywords: How do we recycle electronic waste?
More than one keyword…
Expand your list to include synonyms then add to it once you have done some background reading.
How do we recycle electronic waste?
recycle electronic wastereuse mechanical garbagerecover computer trashsalvage cell phone
Similar ideas….different words
Cell phone
Similar ideas….different words
Cell phoneCellphoneCellular telephoneWireless phoneMobileSmartphone
Putting it all together …
Keywords come from the search question
Use Boolean “search connectors” to combine keywords in ways that capture the results you need
Good searching starts with good keywords
Boolean “search connectors”
AND OR NOT
For example:
recycle AND plastic• Combining >1 topic
MSW OR “municipal solid waste”• Combining synonymous terms
Using your keywords
Use AND when you need to combine more than one topic
recycle AND plastic
plasticrecycle
Using your keywords
Use OR to combine synonymous terms (to get results regardless of what term an author uses).
MSW OR municipal solid wasteGo here and post a few words!
http://bit.ly/writ444
municipal solid waste MSW
Putting it all together…
How do we recycle electronic waste?
recycleinstruct*method*learn*
electroniccomputercellphone
wastegarbage
trash
Recycle OR reuse OR recover OR salvage
AND
electronic OR computer OR cellphone
AND
Waste OR garbage OR trash
The library website
Find a subject gateway
Search for Books
Search for Articles
Ask a Librarian
Environmental subject gateway
Environmental subject gateway
A central list
Suggested books
Suggested websites
Suggested databases
Finding a Book
Search the library catalog
Use your keywords
Find books at Towson Collection Call Number
Finding an Article
Search a databases (listed in subject gateway) Academic Search Premier GreenR
Use your keywords
Click the pdf full text or the yellow find it button
Questions?
Feel free to contact me: Laksamee Putnam [email protected] 410.704.3746. Twitter: @CookLibraryofTU
Or any reference librarian: Visit Cook Library Reference Desk 410.704.2462. IM – tucookchat