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Essential Resources and Tools for Research Assistants: A Comprehensive Guide

Join us in exploring vital resources and tools available for teaching assistants (TAs) and research assistants (RAs) at UOIT. This session will cover how to prepare for research effectively, including using the library website, RefWorks, citation tools, interlibrary loans, and various databases. You'll learn practical strategies like organizing your research, retrieving and evaluating information, and proper citation methods. We will also discuss the importance of finding multidisciplinary content and specialized databases for your research needs.

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Essential Resources and Tools for Research Assistants: A Comprehensive Guide

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  1. Resources and tools for faculty and researchers Nicole Doyle Nathalie Zhou Jane Dubis UOIT Library

  2. The Library 4th Floor For TA’s and RA’s only 2 Private Meeting Rooms Keycard Access (see your Planning and Budget Officer)

  3. Agenda • Preparing for research • Overview of library website • RefWorks • Citation finding tools • Interlibrary loan/RACER • Books and e-books • Multidisciplinary databases • Google Scholar • Web of Science • Journal Citation Reports • Dissertations Databases • Specialized content • Statistics and Data, Legal, Government, Business

  4. Preparing for research

  5. Four Steps • Get Organized and Prepare for Research • Find and Retrieve Information • Evaluate and Select • Present and Cite

  6. humans pigs transmission pandemics Swine Flu treatment Public health symptoms policy prevention Step One: Get Organized!

  7. Target Search humans pigs Books, articles transmission pandemics Swine Flu treatment Articles, websites Public health symptoms policy prevention articles Government website

  8. Break down your thesis statement • While the Swine Flu outbreak is not truly a pandemic, the risk of mutation requires the development of a vaccine to take place immediately. • Swine flu • Pandemic • Mutation • Vaccine

  9. Draft thesis statement • Tells us what we ARE looking for • Indicators of mutation • Considerations for public health • Criteria for pandemic • Development of vaccine • Tells us what we’re NOT looking for • Impact on tourism industry • Impact on schools and daycares • Restrictions on consumption of pork

  10. The library website

  11. refworks

  12. Refworks login

  13. RefWorks • Create an account on a virtual server • Create virtual folders for storing citations • Add citations • RefGrabIt • Import from databases/indexes • Format in-text citations; create bibliography

  14. RefWorks is NOT perfect • You need to proofread • It’s just a (good!) starting point… RefWorks Group Code = RWUOIT

  15. Creating an Account

  16. UOIT email only

  17. Download Write’n Cite

  18. Using google to find the link to write-n-cite • If you use Google to access Write-n-Cite, be sure to select the “Scholars Portal” access • If you download from the RefWorks corporate page, the program will not work properly.

  19. Use this one only!

  20. Download RefGrab-It

  21. Importing to refworks • Depends on the database you are using! • Instructions for various databases can be found here: http://www.uoit.ca/EN/library/main/research_help/404822/404831/refworks.html

  22. Finding documents using citations

  23. Using Bibliographies to find Resources

  24. What am I?? Book, Article, Other? Combs-Lane, A. M., & Smith, D. (2002). Risk of sexual victimization in college women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17(2), 165-183.

  25. What am I?? Book, Article, Other? Everitt, B. S., Landau, S., & Morven, L. (2001). Cluster analysis (4th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

  26. What am I?? Book, Article, Other? Fisher, B. S., Cullen, F. T., & Turner, M. G. (2000). The sexual victimization of college women (Research Report No. NCJ 182369). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice.

  27. What am I?? Book, Article, Other? Macy, R. J., & Nurius, P. S. (2001, March). A theory-guided framework for promoting women’s self-protection against violence. Paper presented at Council on Social Work Education, Annual Program Meeting, Dallas, TX.

  28. What am I?? Book, Article, Other? Nurius, P. S. (2000a). Coping. In P. Allen-Meares & C. Garvin (Eds.), Handbook of social work direct practice (pp. 349-372). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

  29. What am I?? Book, Article, Other? Development of multi-axis gantry type welding robot system using a PC-based controller. Ji-Hyoung Lee; Jae-Kwon Kim; Hyung-Shik Kim; In-Wan Park Source: ISIE 2001. 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics Proceedings (Cat. No.01TH8570), 1536-41 vol.3, 2001.

  30. Using the search box on the Library Website to Locate Documents • Book  Catalogue tab • Article  Journals tab (specific articles only) • Conference proceedings  Catalogue tab • Government reports  Catalogue tab  Government subject guide

  31. Looking up articles by citation When we have a citation, we use the Journals tab… List of journal titles Or Citation locator

  32. Find articles by… Magazine, journal or newspaper title

  33. This tool shows our PRINT holdings too..

  34. Looking up articles by citation

  35. Find articles by… article title/citation

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