TA Conference
“The ‘Real Stuff’! Information Research in a Googled Society”
22 Sep 2008
1. Agenda  AltPress-Watch
 Research & Critical Thinking Tips & Tools…  LION
o For your students & For you 9. Reference E-Resources
Encyclopaedia Britannica
2. Helping your students… Many more…
 “Hoax…” exercise & quality web sites
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_1 10. Key Points
2006.cfm  Pick a useful database
 Thinking Critically About World Wide Web  Can search display & save Display
Resources  Look for…
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_1 o Online help
2337.cfm o Boolean operators
 Thinking Critically About Web 2.0 & Beyond
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_1
o Truncation (Wild Card) Symbols
2008.cfm o DON’T PAY FOR ARTICLES!!
3. Unlicensed (Free) vs. Licensed Databases 11. Help for Instructors
Information Literacy Help Menu
4. UCLA Library Home Page http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/10374_118
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/ 37.cfm
5. UCLA Library Catalog 12. Help for Students
http://catalog.library.ucla.edu/  Assignment Calculator
 Books, periodical subscriptions & more in all 13 http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/library/modules/freecalc/in
UCLA libraries dex.php
 No individual articles listed here  “Road to Research” tutorial
 Research Paper Planner
 Help Using it:
-“Road to Research” tutorial http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_1
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/library/ 2197.cfm
-College Library Help Guides  College Library Help Guides
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605.cf 13. More Help for Undergraduates
m “Academics in the Commons” (Covel Commons)
6. Strategy & Use: Licensed Databases http://www.college.ucla.edu/up/aitc/workshops.html
 DB Selection Criteria
o Subject matter 14. Google Scholar v. Databases
o Time period http://www2.library.ucla.edu/googlescholar/searchengi
o Types of materials indexed or full-text nes.cfm
7. Get FREE Articles! 15. Review
 BOL Proxy Server  Information Illiteracy
http://www.bol.ucla.edu/services/proxy/  Web Critical Thinking
 UC-eLinks: Request  UCLA Library Home Page & Catalog
 Selecting & Using Databases
8. Sample Licensed Databases  Online Help
 Academic Search Complete  Google Scholar
 Lexis-Nexis Academic
 PsycInfo 16. Questions
 PubMed@UCLA http://www2.library.ucla.edu/questions
 Ethnic Newswatch
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I:Ref/EG/TA Conference/TA Conf Handout.doc 8 Sep 2005 E. Grassian <estherg@librrary.ucla.edu>