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everything you always wanted to know about library research

everything you always wanted to know about library research. but were afraid to ask!. Susan Johnson Social Sciences Librarian 956-2529 susanj@hawaii.edu. SLS Thursday Lecture Series September 2007. What can the library do for you?.

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everything you always wanted to know about library research

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  1. everything you always wanted to know about library research but were afraid to ask! Susan Johnson Social Sciences Librarian 956-2529 susanj@hawaii.edu SLS Thursday Lecture Series September 2007

  2. What can the library do for you? • Provide and point to discovery tools to help you find out about relevant documents. • 2. Provide accesstodocuments you discover. • 3. Provide help in the form of troubleshooting problems, consultations about your research, training for special discovery or research tools, etc.

  3. BRIGHT IDEAS What’s your job in all this? Learn about the evolutionary chain of documents. Learn about the tools used to discover documents in that chain. Learn how to use the tools. Keep track of what you do.

  4. evolutionary chain of documents consult with colleagues research present at conference personal website e-print servers journal articles working papers proceedings monographs reviews bibliographies indexes handbooks encyclopedias

  5. Discovery tools What do we have and which are right for you? Who is doing research you are interested in doing? What other disciplines/fields are involved? education? psychology? sociology? Your answers will help to plan your research.

  6. Learn which tools are for you… Linguistics & Language Behavior AbstractsERIC Psycinfo Sociological Abstracts Dissertations & Theses Academic Search PremierERICPsychology & Behavioral Sciences Citation IndexesJournal Citation Reports Library catalogs

  7. …and learn how to use them. http://www.csa.com/support/trainingmaterial.php Dissertations & Theses http://training.proquest.com/trc/training/index.htm http://scientific.thomson.com/support/products/wos7/ http://support.epnet.com/training/tutorials.php http://www.hawaii.edu/emailref/instruction/guides/HVquickstart.pdf

  8. Library Pointers SLS Subject Guide http://www.hawaii.edu/emailref/subject_guides/sls/ Linguistics Subject Guide http://www.hawaii.edu/emailref/subject_guides/linguistics/ Education Subject Guide http://www.hawaii.edu/emailref/subject_guides/education/ Psychology Subject Guide http://www.hawaii.edu/emailref/subject_guides/psychology/ Sociology Subject Guide http://www.hawaii.edu/emailref/subject_guides/sociology/ Instructional Services & Guides http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu/services/instruction/instruction.html

  9. books, book chapters What will you find in databases? Information about… academic journal articles working papers dissertations professional magazine articles Instruments, tests articles from proceedings technical reports

  10. Information in Databases When you search an index,you will only find out about documents from the publications the index producer chooses to index. When you search a library catalog, you will find items owned by the library or libraries. • basic publication information for indexed documents • (author, title, date and publication name) • basic publication information for book, video, • journal subscription – and location in library CITATION/ RECORD ABSTRACT brief summaries of indexed documents FULLTEXT online copies of the text of indexed documents

  11. BRIGHT IDEAS How do you find things in the library? 1. Go to Hawaii Voyager Library Catalog at http://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/ 2. Select Basic Search to find a known item. Title browse, author browse, journal title browse 3. Select Guided Search to find books about a topic (Think broadly when choosing search terms) 4. Remember: look for journal articles in an INDEX - not the library catalog! Want books only from Manoa? Limit the location to UH Manoa: All Collections. What more books like the one you just found? Click on a subject heading to bring you to other books on the same topic. Or use part of theSubject Heading to launch a new search. Want a book that’s checked out? Recall the book at the circulation counter, or get a copy from another UH library through IntraSystem Loan.

  12. BRIGHT IDEAS How do you find journals through the library? 1. Go to http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu/. Select Electronic Journals. Search or browse by subject. 2. Go to Hawaii Voyager Library Catalog at http://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/ Select Basic Search, search by Journal Title begins with…Type the title of the journal in the search box – if it begins with a “the”, drop it! 3. Ask for help if you don’t understand what you find. 4. Use the Subject Guides to check for availability. • Remember: look for journal articles in an INDEX - not the library catalog! • What if the Library does not own the journal? • Interlibrary Loan the article at. https://illiad.manoa.hawaii.edu/login/

  13. BRIGHT IDEAS How do you find journal articles on your topic? 1. Go to the UH Manoa Library’s homepage at http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu 2. Choose Browse by Subject 3. Choose an index/database to search, and start a search session. 4. Use your keywords to start, and learn what works from your results. 5. Use the “find it” button if the fulltext of the article is not available in the index/database. Is it a journal article? Try the button. Is it something else? Search the library catalog. Is it an ERIC document? Use the ED number to find it in microfiche OR choose full-text linking (post 1993).

  14. BRIGHT IDEAS How do you find working papers? ...conference proceedings? 1. Go to Hawaii Voyager Library Catalog at http://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/ 2. Use keyword searching for phrases. 3. Can’t find it? Use InterLibrary Loan - make a photocopy or document request for individual papers for speedier delivery. Looking for dissertations/theses in the library catalog (Hawaii Voyager)? Do a keyword search by “thes?s and [any word]” Looking for the fulltext of a dissertation/thesis published after 1996? Search the Dissertations & Theses database thru e-Resources.

  15. BRIGHT IDEAS If UH doesn’t have the document you need? 1. Fill out an InterLibrary Loan form at https://illiad.manoa.hawaii.edu/login/ 2. Request it directly from a database like Worldcat (for books). 3. Request it directly from a database like LLBA with 4. Contact author of document directly. Watch your @hawaii.edu email account for status of request. Limit the location to UH Manoa: All Collections. Login to ILL to check on status of request. OR email them at libill@hawaii.edu

  16. email referenceemailref@hawaii.edu If you still have questions, get stuck, or just need a little help? phone reference956-7214 walk-up assistance individual librarians like me Ask Us!

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