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HIS 265

HIS 265. Locating Information Sources Shannon Kealey Instructional Services Librarian. Our goals for today:. Use your research question to form a search strategy Find books using the Library Catalog Find articles in Library Databases

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HIS 265

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  1. HIS 265 Locating Information Sources Shannon Kealey Instructional Services Librarian

  2. Our goals for today: • Use your research question to form a search strategy • Find books using the Library Catalog • Find articles in Library Databases • Understand the kinds of advanced features that databases offer • Narrow by Subject • Citation generators • Send yourself at least 3 articles today! • Know where to find information on MLA citation style

  3. FROM THESIS TO SEARCH STRATEGY • Did suburbanization change the character of America's cities? We are looking for a relationship between two basic ideas: suburbanization and (American) cities Are there other ways to say either of these things? Cities: Urban, City

  4. Search Tip: Boolean Logic Most electronic search tools allow you to combine concepts using the Boolean operators AND and OR Use AND to combine concepts for fewer results cities AND suburbanization Use OR to search for a single concept using synonymous or related terms. Good for alternate spellings. (cities or city) Combine AND and OR phrases to construct a complicated search string (cities OR city) AND suburbanization ONLY THE OVERLAP ANY/ALL suburbanization Cities AND cities cities Cities OR city OVERLAP suburbanization

  5. Organizing Your Search Terms AND OR Birnbaum Library Sample Search: suburbanization AND (city or cities or urban or atlanta)

  6. SEARCH TOOLS: ASTERISK, PARENTHESES, and QUOTES • Econom* • Searches for any alternate endings: Economy, economics, economic, economies, etc. • “Clinton administration” • Searches for the phrase—two or more words together in that order • (city OR cities) AND suburbanization • HINT: what do parentheses tell you to do in algebra? n (x + y) • Runs two searches in one: city AND suburbanization OR cities AND suburbanization—gives more results, but still targeted on the topic!

  7. Three Steps for Finding a Book Pace Catalog—shared catalog with all Pace campuses Request items from other Pace campuses with Portal Login—2 to 3 business days Connect NY—consortium of academic libraries across New York State Request items not at Pace with library barcode—3 to 4 business days Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)—register for an account with your library barcode Can take 5+ business days

  8. Sample Catalog Searches To find materials on a given topic, start with a Keyword search Sample thesis: Did the Civil Rights movement have a deeper effect in urban areas than in suburban or rural areas? “Civil rights” AND (urban or cities) AND (rural or suburban) When you find a result you like, look at the bottom of the Library Record. To find related items, click on a relevant Subject Heading Suburban African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Not many books in the Pace collection that are tagged with your subject? Try ConnectNY! Now try your topic

  9. Using Pace Library Databases (Articles) Databases provide access to articles (citations, abstracts and/or full text) published in periodicals Use a database that is appropriate to the subject area you are researching General Databases: Academic Search Premier, JSTOR, OmniFile Subject Databases: America: History and Life Databases are subscription products available on campus or from home with your MyPace Portal username/password If full-text is not immediately available, click the icon to check for full text—if not, request via ILLiad (takes 1-3 business days)

  10. Sample Database Searches America: History and Life Question: Did suburbanization have an effect on New York City, 1960s-1970s? Search: suburbanization AND (“new york city” or manhattan or queens or brooklyn or bronx or “staten island”) • limit to historical period Academic Search Premier: Question: Did the Clinton Administration have a positive policy-making effect for those in inner-cities? “clinton administration” AND (policy or policies) AND (“inner-city” or “inner-cities” or urban) Birnbaum Library

  11. MLA Citation Style MLA (Modern Language Association) style is generally used in the humanities. Other styles include APA (American Psychological Association) and Chicago. See the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (on reserve at the Birnbaum Library Circulation Desk) From Library Homepage, under “Library Services,” click: How do I…?, then Cite Resources, then Bedford Handbook In-text citations Works cited Sample papers

  12. Questions? Ask-A-Librarian on the Library Homepage (library.pace.edu) OR Contact me directly: Shannon Kealey Instructional Services Librarian skealey@pace.edu Birnbaum Library

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