BEGINNING

RESEARCH

TUTORIAL

JCHS

October 15, 2014

British

Literature

Classes

Learning Targets

Define Research.

What is GALILEO?

How to get Better Results in GALILEO?

Use Easy Bib in the research process.

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Research Defined

Search or investigate exhaustively

Librarian’s definition: a process of

investigation; examination of a subject

from different points of view.

Research is a way to educate yourself.

It is NOT: PICKING THE FIRST FEW HITS

FROM THE INTERNET.

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GALILEO What?

Stands for Georgia Library Learning Online

A portal to hundreds of databases containing articles, books, images, etc.

Why? Gives you access to subscription only information that

is not often easily available on the internet.

The GALILEO databases contain specially selected periodicals that have been reviewed by experts in the field.

The Internet is open for anyone to post information. Therefore, the information may or may not be accurate.

DISCLAIMER

Some good reference materials can be located on the Internet, particularly Google’s specialized sites. Scholar.google.com

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GALILEO

WEBSITE: www.galileo.usg.edu

VARIOUS LEVELS

PASSWORD NOT NEEDED ON CAMPUS

PASSWORD CHANGES PERIODICALLY

OFF CAMPUS PASSWORD UNTIL DECEMBER:

“RESULT”

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Sample Research in Galileo

Human Trafficking

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Getting Better Results

in Galileo

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• TIPS FOR RESEARCHING

NARROW YOUR SEARCH TERMS

Use Keywords not phrases

Use synonyms and re-word searches

SAVE CITATION INFORMATION

KEEP NOTES ON SEARCH TERMS, SOURCE

WHEN YOU TAKE NOTES MAKE SURE YOU

ASSOCIATE THEM WITH A SOURCE!

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Recommended Databases for

this Assignment

Student Research Center

Academic Search Complete

Research Library (at ProQuest)

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Saving Your Work

Saving your citations/articles/Bibliography Management

Most of the databases have a "print", "save", and "e-mail" link. Click on the link and follow the directions.

Saving your citations to a disk, or e-mailing them to your e-mail account is a good way to keep track of where you looked. It makes it easy for you to retrieve that information for your bibliography or works cited list.

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EasyBib School Edition

Citation Generator

Note organizer

Builds Outline

Research within EasyBib

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How does EasyBib make research easier?

Citation Generation

Easily create a bibliography in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles

Export to Word or Google Docs fully formatted

Create in text citations, and tag and sort citations

Note Taking

Two systems: virtual note cards and Cornell Note taking

Create an outline

Group, tag, and associates notes with your outline and sources

Registering with IP authentication

Registering from IP authenticated school computers instantly gives you

premium feature access. Register at any point to create a premium

account, save your work, and access it from anywhere!

2. Register

and create

an account

with EasyBib

3. Or register with

an existing third

party service like

Google

1. Click the

register link

Importing citations from databases

Select “Upload citations”

from the “All 59 options”

menu

Upload your citations to

your list. Click the tutorial

links if you need help

Direct citation export from databases

Numerous databases

support a direct export to

EasyBib, making it easy for

students to export their

citations. The number of

supported databases is

growing

Exporting your bibliography

You can export your works cited fully formatted to Word or Google

Docs. You can also copy & paste, e-mail, or create a unique URL to

give to a teacher so they can access your bibliography directly

Sharing and exporting your work is easy

Sharing your bibliographySharing your work is easy

Share your work with

team members for

group projects or your

teacher. You can invite

others from the

bibliography page or

from the Projects

screen by clicking

Share.

You can view projects

that have been shared

with you in the Shared

Projects area.

Notebook – Commenting

Click on Open Comments to

leave feedbackStudents and teachers can

easily interact. Instructors

can provide feedback and

answer questions along side

of student work.

Writing the Paper

Simply tab back to projects to open up your

paper.

EasyBib

Reminders:

1. Double-check citations for

format; easybib is not infallible.

2. Recommended sources are

collected from previous

searches, from previous

researchers—they may not

meet the requirements of your

instructor.

Questions????

Works Cited

"EasyBib: The Free Automatic Bibliography

Composer." EasyBib. N.p., n.d. Web. 15

Oct. 2014.

"GALILEO." GALILEO. N.p., n.d. Web. 15

Oct. 2014.