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Dr. Sue McCaffray Kristin Andrews andrewsk@uncw.edu

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Your Current Research Skills? How would you rate your current research skills? Strong Satisfactory Needs improvement Poor What causes you the most anxiety/confusion/frustration with research?

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Our plan for the library sessions Review Research Guide for this course.Research Guide Explore various search tools. Learn to identify secondary sources. Learn to identify primary sources. Become familiar with special services. Interlibrary Loan Ask a librarian

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Where to get help Learning Commons Help Desk In person Telephone Email Chat Text By Appointment Contact me directly: andrewsk@uncw.eduandrewsk@uncw.edu

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Resource Types Primary vs. Secondary (more next time) Books Articles Scholarly Popular Theses & Dissertations Websites

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Finding Books Library Catalog WorldCat Finds items at UNCW and at libraries worldwide Google Books ~ 12 million / ~7 million full-text. Older books may be available in full text. Some databases lead to books Cited directly Book reviews

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Keyword vs. Subject Searching Keyword Finds words anywhere in record. Look at records to see subject headings. Search lots of terms, word variations Subject Headings Controlled vocabulary May not be natural language but may find more Hierarchical arrangement helps narrow topic Searches only the subject field

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Keyword vs. Subject in action What is a useful Subject Heading for World War I? Start with a keyword search, then look for subjects in the records retrieved. Use subject headings to lead you to other titles Same terms used in WorldCat

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Searching Personal Names Keyword searches Either order Try name variations, e.g., initials Author/Subject Last name, first, e.g. Wilson, Woodrow

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Looking at the catalog record Item Info Location (click for map) Call # Availability Online Access Cover, summary, reviews Subjects for related items Library of Congress outline http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html

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LC Call Numbers

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Finding Books LC Call Nos. Alpha-numeric Single letters before double First number is a whole number Everything after the decimal point is a decimal value.

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LC Call Numbers

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WorldCat Will find books & articles from UNCW and libraries worldwide Finds items for ILL requests Rare items not lent Rare items may be reprinted & available Websites included often w/ free access!

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Interlibrary Loan Use the library Services Interlibrary Loan Create an account/create a new account Username UNCW domain name Password UNCW password

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Try it yourself!

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Finding Articles Home page Article Search (WorldCat Local) Databases A-Z Individual databases Databases by Subject Citation Searching

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Search tips And, Or, Not And narrows Or adds synonyms/related Not excludes (use carefully) Germany in World War I Germany AND World War I WWI OR World War I OR Great War OR War to end all wars

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More Search Tips Truncate for word variations Polit* = politics, political, politician, etc. Words anywhere or phrase? Be all you can be vs. Be all you can be Field-specific searches American Historical Review in Source

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BibliographiesFollow the trail Book-length (Reference Collection) Secondary sources (books and journal articles) Types Classified (easiest to find primary sources) Alphabetical Footnotes/Endnotes What can you find?

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