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Gary Handman [email protected] 643-8566 Doing Research Online: A Crash Course Where do you plug this 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
