5. Putting it all together…
• What is being done to close the gender gap in technology related
careers in the United States?
Gender gap OR women OR female equality
AND
Technology OR STEM OR Computer Science
AND
United States OR America OR North America
Gender gap technology careers United States
women
under represented
female equality
STEM
Computer Science
Engineer
America
North America
Maryland
7. Using Cook OneSearch
• What books did you find?
• Did you find the book easily?
• What questions did you have?
• What articles did you find?
• Could you find the full text?
• How did you know it was a peer-reviewed article?
12. Research Scavenger Hunt
• Choose a group topic
• Complete the paper
worksheet
• Email your picture to me
from your smart phone:
• LPUTNAM@towson.edu
• Ask if you need help!
• Return to class by 12:40!!
Card Catalogue. [Photographer]. Retrieved from Encyclopædia
Britannica Image Quest.
http://quest.eb.com/images/115_2838287
13. Discussion
• How did your book search go?
• Was it hard to find the book on the shelf?
• How did your article search go?
• What database features did you use?
• How can you print this article?
• Let’s look at these pictures…
14. Next class
• Before class:
• Read the 3 articles and answer plagiarism questions
• Try to create an APA citation
• Discussion on plagiarism and citation style
15. Questions?
• Feel free to contact me:
• Laksamee Putnam
• lputnam@towson.edu
• 410.704.3746.
• Twitter: @CookLibraryofTU
• Or any reference librarian:
• Visit Cook Library Reference Desk
• 410.704.2462.
• IM – tucookchat
