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Pre-Orientation Library Worksheet• Questions you may have …
• How am I going to do the online research for the MATC program? • Where will I find articles? Google?
• Stephanie Brown, MATC librarian, will answer these questions & more during your on-campus orientation.
• To make library orientation more effective, please:Read these brief notes about using UNC’s library. Bookmark http://guides.lib.unc.edu/matc716 Do 3 quick tasks to show Stephanie you read these notes.
• Total investment: about 1 hour – when you choose!
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Need Articles? Don’t Use• What?! I can find everything on Google!
• Stephanie says: Google is ginormous! • Too many results;• Not all reliable;• Hard to find quality, scholarly articles;• Time-consuming to find just what you need• Some require payment.
• So … what should I do??
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Library Search Engines > Google! • Instead: use library “search engines” from “EBSCO.”
• Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) & Business Source Complete. Find articles in …
• Advertising • Social Media• Marketing • Journalism• Public Relations • Broadcasting
• Includes academic articles PLUS titles like AdAge and PRWeek.
• Way better than Google! Better than Google Scholar!
Watch: How to Find Scholarly Articles in CMMC
Watch this short video! http://bit.ly/1t4EXcN
Where is this EBSCO thingie?Go to http://guides.lib.unc.edu/matc716 – and type in some search terms
What EBSCO Looks Like
How to Email an Article• Click on the article title, then find the <E-mail> button!
Do this NOW Watch Stephanie demonstrate how to use CMMC
for scholarly articles in a 3-minute video.• http://bit.ly/1t4EXcN
Bookmark http://guides.lib.unc.edu/matc716.
Search EBSCO / CMMC.• Identify one article on a topic that interests you. • Email that article to [email protected].
Why search now?• If you search EBSCO for an article now, you’ll know how to do it later
… when you really need it.• You won’t have to rely on Google.• You’ll learn more in the library session on Aug. 12!
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Next Up: Chat Stephanie• What is it?!
• Communicate with Stephanie in real-time to get a library question answered – quickly.
• Email is great, but sometimes “synchronous” help is better.• Stephanie can help with questions large & small.
• Why chat?• Online research is tough – sometimes you need “search hacks”• Stephanie is experienced & happy to offer quick tips. • Library school students Lynne & Shelby answer our chats too.
• When can I chat?• Stephanie’s available ‘til around 5 & by appointment nights &
weekends.• Other UNC librarians answer our chats until midnight during the
academic year.
Sample Chat
Do this NOWChat with Stephanie!
• Go to http://guides.lib.unc.edu/matc716 and click the button on to message with Stephanie or Shelby or Lynne.
• Ask questions about these exercises or just say hello.
• JOMC Chat hours: • July 21-31: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.• Aug. 1 – 8: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.• UNC Library chat until 6 pm. through Aug. 18.
Why chat now?• If you chat now, you’ll know how to do it later …
when you really need a quick answer to a library question.• You’ll see how quick it is & how efficient.
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You’re Done!• Yay – you’ve done some great prep work for library
orientation.
• You …• Found an article in EBSCO – more scholarly, more magazines –
less clutter than Google• Emailed it to Stephanie (and maybe to yourself to read later?!)• Chatted with Stephanie or another UNC staffer
• You’ve got great research tools in your toolbox
• I look forward to meeting you in August!
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