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Library Resources for WRT 105 Students Patrick Williams 11 December 2014 Overview An over-stretched but instructive clich about academic libraries Selecting keywords and building a search strategy Ill show where to look for articles in

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Library Resources for WRT 105 Students

Patrick Williams 11 December 2014

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Overview

An over-stretched but instructive cliché about academic libraries Selecting keywords and building a search strategy I’ll show where to look for articles in full text databases & via citation indexes Q&A / how to get help

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Academic Research

  • Requires more than “matches”
  • Involves becoming conversant within a topic &

beginning to develop authority

  • Here’s what I understand… vs. Hey, look what I

found!

  • You are looking for evidence, not searching for the

paper you want to write

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It will require you to engage with sources that you might not actually use in your work

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Databases

Databases… index hundreds of… Journals, magazines, newspapers, collections & books… and contain information about… Articles, chapters, images, etc.

Searchable access to articles & links to full text

Some Periodicals

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Full-text DBs contain articles

ProQuest Central/ Academic Search Premiere

Indexes hundreds of popular and scholarly publications including magazines, newspapers, academic journals, trade journals, and books

Social Sciences Full Text

Social Sciences Full Text provides fast access to a wide assortment of the most important English-language journals published in the U.S. and elsewhere with full text and page images from scores of key publications, plus abstracting and indexing of hundreds of others.

SUMMON

Searches most of the Syracuse University Libraries’ databases, along with books, e-books, and other materials.

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Accessing library databases

Use links on library homepage, catalog, etc.

NetID: SUID, no spaces Password: last name, lowercase

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Google does not give you access to these databases, journals, & articles!

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Full-text DBs contain articles

ProQuest Central / Academic Search Premiere

Indexes hundreds of popular and scholarly publications including magazines, newspapers, academic journals, trade journals, and books

Social Sciences Full Text

Social Sciences Full Text provides fast access to a wide assortment of the most important English-language journals published in the U.S. and elsewhere with f text and page images from scores of key publications, plus abstracting and indexing of hundreds of others.

SUMMON

Searches most of the Syracuse University Libraries’ databases, along with books e-books, and other materials.

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Start at Library.syr.edu

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Start at Library.syr.edu

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Search Strategy

Generating Keywords & building queries How to ask the questions Where to find clues How to trace the circulation of ideas

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Databases

Databases… index hundreds of… Journals, magazines, newspapers, collections & books… and contain information about… Articles, chapters, images, etc. Watch out! DBs are dumber than Google!

Searchable access to articles & links to full text

Some Periodicals

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Generating Keywords

Think of synonyms, antonyms, and related concepts Credo Reference for additional terms & sources (or other reference tools) Revise your list as you search, read, and learn

Greek Life

  • Fraternities
  • Sororities
  • Gender
  • Campus/socal

Life

  • Hazing
  • Cheating
  • Sexual Assault

Prison Gangs

  • Organized Crime
  • Race/Ethnicity
  • Correctional

Facilities

  • Justice
  • Inmates
  • Violence
  • Civil Rights
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Combining Keywords

Much Respect to George Boole

Very serious Mathematician. Forefather of Computer Science. Created his own type of algebra

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Combining Keywords

Much Respect to George Boole

Very serious Mathematician. Forefather of Computer Science. Created his own type of algebra

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Combining Keywords

There are articles in the database that mention "George Boole". There are also articles in the database that mention "computers".

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Combining Keywords

Joining "George Boole" and “Computers" with which operator will bring us... the fewest? “George Boole” AND/OR “Computers”

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Combining Keywords

Search Query: "George Boole" AND "computers".

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Combining Keywords

Search Query: "George Boole" OR "computers". OR is good for searching with synonyms like "death penalty" OR "capital punishment"

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Combining Keywords

"George Boole" NOT "computers" NOT is useful when searching terms with multiple meanings-- think articles that mention "windows" but not those about "Microsoft" windows. "computers" NOT "George Boole"

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Databases

Databases… index hundreds of… Journals, magazines, newspapers, collections & books… and contain information about… Articles, chapters, images, etc. Dumber than Google, but better at following directions!

Searchable access to articles & links to full text

Some Periodicals

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Thinking about your search

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Thinking about your search

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1168 articles of all sorts, dating back to the 1960

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Thinking about your search

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1168 articles of all sorts, dating back to the 1960 39 recent scholarly articles similarly focused on the topic

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What else do we discover in the act of searching?

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Tips

List your research question(s), keywords, and related concepts-- start general. Keep track of your search queries & take notes on which resources you've searched. Think about types of sources you'll need. Use the databases' email feature for full-text articles & formatted citations and articles.

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Tricks

Don’t ask questions, craft queries (leave out the “how do I” part) Include words in quotation marks to search a phrase: “no child left behind act” vs no child left behind act Use wildcard characters to search different word endings: friend* looks for friendly, friendship, friends, etc. Adjust your strategy to fit each database– use the tools at hand Don’t forget about George Boole

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Start at Library.syr.edu

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Summon also has access to

  • ver half a million e-books
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Full-text DBs contain articles

ProQuest Central / Academic Search Premiere

Indexes hundreds of popular and scholarly publications including magazines, newspapers, academic journals, trade journals, and books

Social Sciences Full Text

Social Sciences Full Text provides fast access to a wide assortment of the most important English-language journals published in the U.S. and elsewhere with full text and page images from scores of key publications, plus abstracting and indexing of hundreds of others.

SUMMON

Searches most of the Syracuse University Libraries’ databases, along with books, e-books, and other materials.

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SUPA Research Guide

http://researchguides.library.syr.edu/supa

  • Access information
  • Reference sources
  • Articles, essays, & data
  • Media
  • Tutorials
  • Evaluating Resources
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Getting Help Instantly

It’s not always so easy to tell when the sources are electronic. When in doubt, ask! jpwill03@syr.edu For best results, let them know you’re SUPA first.