Library & Knowledge Services August 2009 Services for Mid-Career Students HKS Library: Supporting Research, Scholarship, Teaching & Learning

Agenda: The research process Open access Q&A HKS Library: Supporting Research, Scholarship, Teaching & Learning

Agenda:

The research process

Open access

Q&A

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FIND, The Research Process & USE EVALUATE INFORMATION

information literacy IL = the ability to identify, retrieve, evaluate, and use information that is appropriate to a need.

or or or or or or concept one AND concept two AND concept three 1 2 3 Concept Three Concept Two Concept One

information literacy or information fluency or information and and communication technologies (ICT) or twenty-first century skills standards or best practices or guidelines graduate students or adult learners or lifelong learners Concept Three Concept Two Concept One

Disciplines Public Administration International Relations Political Science, Theory Business & Management Economics Legal Medical & Public Health Environmental Studies Social Policy Women’s Studies Science & Technology

Sources Books Scholarly journals – online databases News Freely-available Internet Blogs, Wikis, Web Sites, Twitter NGOs, Associations, Think tanks Grey literature – working papers

http://www.wordle.net

Author Affiliation & Bias

www.hks.harvard.edu/library HOLLIS = Catalog of titles held by the Harvard Libraries HOLLIS = Harvard Library Catalog

www.hks.harvard.edu/library Quick Access to Selected Databases

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Write-N-Cite: Plug-in for Microsoft Word used to insert citations in your paper. RefGrab-It: Plug-in used to import references for most web pages. Generate bibliograhpies. Organize and share folders of citations. Import citations from existing bibliographies.

LibX Firefox Browser Extension

Scan and Deliver Only available for materials held by other Harvard Libraries. 30 pages or one chapter – whichever is less. Item will be emailed to you within 5 business days.

Only available for materials held by other Harvard Libraries.

30 pages or one chapter – whichever is less.

Item will be emailed to you within 5 business days.

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Harvard University Kennedy School Library Littauer Building, First Floor Book collection Group study room Scholarly journals and magazines Research assistance Course reserves ILL pickup DVDs Late night hours Computers, printers, copiers

Book collection

Group study room

Scholarly journals and magazines

Research assistance

Course reserves

ILL pickup

DVDs

Late night hours

Computers, printers, copiers

What research hurdles are you expecting to encounter? HKS Library: Supporting Research, Scholarship, Teaching & Learning

Open Access “ Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder.” – Peter Suber, A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access Open Access Mandate at HKS: March 10, 2009. All peer-reviewed, scholarly articles published after this date must be deposited into DASH, the Harvard Institutional Repository.

Finding journals to submit a proposal Are the journals open access? In which databases are the journals indexed? Authors’ rights?

Open Access Week October 19-23, 2009

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HKS Library: Supporting Research, Scholarship, Teaching & Learning Collaborate with Web 2.0 Tools: Google Apps, DropBox, EverNote, EtherPad Staying Current in Your Field: Alerts Services Real-Time News with Twitter .gov Research Open Access 101 Finding and (Legally) Using Images HKS Library Workshops:

Collaborate with Web 2.0 Tools: Google Apps, DropBox, EverNote, EtherPad

Staying Current in Your Field: Alerts Services

Real-Time News with Twitter

.gov Research

Open Access 101

Finding and (Legally) Using Images

What can we do to help you? HKS Library: Supporting Research, Scholarship, Teaching & Learning

HKS Library: Supporting Research, Scholarship, Teaching & Learning www.hks.harvard.edu/library [email_address] (617) 495-1300 Twitter: hkslibrary Contact Us Abby Clobridge Associate Director, Research & Knowledge Services Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government Library [email_address] (617) 496-1772