Transcript Slide 1

Learning to do
Academic Research
Sally Smith
Reference Librarian
Getting started on
your research paper…
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Pre-Test
Overview of Mardigian Library web site
Books/ebooks
Journal articles
Web sites
Post-Test
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What section of the library web site would you use if you wanted to find
books in the university library?
24%
16%
22%
27%
11%
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Library Catalog
Databases A-Z
Central Search
Find a Specific Journal
Reference
Which of the following databases would probably
be most helpful if you were searching for a paper
topic for COMP 106?
22%
24%
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29%
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4.
America: History and Life
Book Review Index
CQ Researcher
Social Explorer
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B
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What section of the library web site would you use if you wanted to
search several different databases all at the same time?
19%
15%
19%
23%
23%
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E.
Library Catalog
Databases A-Z
Central Search
Find a Specific Journal
Reference
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What section of the library web site would you use if you wanted to use
CQ Researcher?
21%
21%
21%
21%
16%
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Library Catalog
Databases A-Z
Central Search
Find a Specific Journal
Reference
Which of the following is designed to help you find
web sites that have been “preapproved” ?
28%
24%
24%
24%
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Google (www.google.com)
Yahoo (www.yahoo.com)
Librarian’s Internet Index (www.lii.org)
Dogpile (www.dogpile.com)
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B
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What section of the library web site would you use if you wanted to find
a journal article for which you already had a title and other information?
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20%
23%
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20%
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Library Catalog
Databases A-Z
Central Search
Find a Specific Journal
Reference
Which of the following are ways you could find an
Ebook available through the university library?
21%
24%
27%
27%
1. Search the database Netlibrary
2. Search the database Safari Tech Books
3. Search the library catalog and modify
your search to include only Ebooks
4. All of the above
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B
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What section of the library web site would you use if you wanted to find
information on how to write a bibliography in MLA format?
4%
12%
19%
31%
35%
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Library Catalog
Databases A-Z
Central Search
Find a Specific Journal
Reference
Which of the following are ways you could get a
copy of a journal article found in ProQuest so you
could read it later?
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100%
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2.
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Email the article
Download the article to a flash drive
Print the article
All of the above
Once you have found one journal article that is
helpful, which of the following is the best way you
could use that article to help you find additional
articles?
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21%
30%
27%
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2.
3.
4.
Use the bibliography
Read all the other articles in that journal
Use the subject headings
Both #1 and #3
Now, listen closely
for the answers to
questions you
didn’t know…