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Doing Research Online: A Crash Course

Where do you plugthis damn thing in?

1. Introduce selected sources for finding books and journal topics online2. Introduce a group of basic moves and features common to many online catalogs and indexes.3. Practice using these features in selected databases.

The Information Universe (Then)

Card Catalogs Contained:Records for:

•BooksBooks•Journals/Newspapers Journals/Newspapers •Other stuff (maps, Other stuff (maps, media, dissertations, media, dissertations, manuscripts…)manuscripts…)

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The Information Universe (Then)

Call #

Kesey, Ken. One flew over the cuckoo's nest.

New York : New American Library, 1962.

Moffitt PS3561.E667.O5 Library has: 3 copies

Get da Book in da Stax

The Information Universe (Then)

Indexes/Abstracts

• Annual/semi-annual print volumes

• Allow subject searching in a group of journals in a particular discipline or topical area.

• Some indexes also offer abstracts-- short description of article content

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The Information Universe (Then)

The journal of popular film and television Main Stack PN1993.J66

Library has: BOUND 7(1979)-27(winter 2000); later issues unbound

Get da Journal in da Stax

HENDERSHOT, CYNDY. The Cold War Horror Film: Taboo and Transgression in The Bad Seed, The Fly, and Psycho. Journal of Popular Film and Television v29, n1 (Spring, 2001):21

The Information Universe (Now)

Online Catalogs

Online

--Pathfinder--MELVYL (CDL cat)

Indexes & Abstracts

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The Information Universe (Now)

Online Catalogs

Online

Full-TextOnline

--Pathfinder--MELVYL (CDL cat)

Indexes & Abstracts

Journals in Stax

Books in Stax

citations

The Information Universe (Now)

Library Acquires Full-text materials in three ways:

•1. Subscribes to full-text journals

•2. Links from electronic indexes and abstracts

•3. Subscribes to searchable full-text archives: e.g. JSTOR

But remember...

The Information Universe (Now)

Not everything is online!!!!!:

•Indexes: often only go back 10-15 yrs online

•Not every publication is indexed

•Fairly small (but rapidly growing) subset of the books and journal universe is currently available in full-text

Remember Also:•Not every topic has lots written about it, either in books or journal lit.

The Information Universe (Now)

LibraryLand

The NetGoogle Rocks!

How to Begin? Before you click: THINK

Formulate your search in terms of

keyword and key phrases:

The impact of exposure of children to television advertising and television violence on school performance.

How to Begin? Before you click: THINK

Formulate your search in terms of:

•KEY WORDS and SYNOMYMS: --Looks for words anywhere in record: title, subject, abstract and full-text (if avail)

•PHRASES:--Looks for words in the exact order entered

Keywords

e.g.-- Keyword: Cold War Horror Film looks for words Cold AND War AND Horror AND Film ANYWHERE in the record You would conceivably retrieve an article entitled: “At War With Your Refrigerator?: How to Avoid the Horror of Moldy Film on Cold Cuts.”

--Phrase: Cold War Horror Film looks only for those 3 words in that order; would not find a book entitledDepending on db: --May be able to limit keyword/phrase searching to specific fields: title, subject, or all fields.

Truncation:

When appropriate, use truncation to scoop up broader results:* # or ? Depending on db

--e.g.: Advertis* will give you:advertise, advertising, advertisers, advertisements