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:
[email protected]@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?