1. Library tips and Tricks Summer 2009

2. Do you ever have trouble finding information?

3. Too much information!

4. Sometimes we feel like we’re drowning

5. Evaluating websites Currency: up-to-date, working links Reliability: accurate, verifiable Authority: URL – domain name .com .net .edu .org [~ %] Author – credentials Purpose: objectivity, bias

6. How can the library help?

7. I can show you ways to find information more easily

8. Agenda Library services The course guide Finding books Finding articles Accessing library resources from home

9. What is a library?

10. The Library Connects you to information Six million items: Books, DVDs, music, newspapers…

11. August/September 2008 Orientation 11 Humanities & Social Sciences Library

13. Study areas

15. Make us happy…Ask us! Librarians are here to help In person On the phone Online: chat and e-mail

16. On the Library’s website

18. books at once

19. Loan period of

20. Renew up to

21. Fines: per day per book

22. What about DVDs?

23. We have of DVDs

24. Borrow for

25. DVDs at once

26. Fines : per day per DVD60 2 weeks 3 times 50 cents thousands 2 days 3 $2.00

27. Now let’s look for information

28. What words should we use?

30. Where should we look?

31. The Course Guide

33. An example in The Canadian Encyclopedia Recommends books and websites Tells you who is important

34. Finding Books Use the catalogue to see what books, videos, music, journals, newspapers and DVDs are in the library.

36. Can you find this book? Title: City of Forgetting: A Novel Authors: Robert Majzels Publisher: Mercury Press, 1997

37. Location in the library

38. Finding DVDs at the library DVDs are at the Loans & Reserves counter – write down the call number of the DVD you would like and the staff will get you the DVD

39. Articles are NOTlisted in the library catalogue!

40. Where do you find articles? Article indexes and databases!

41. Off campus? Virtual Private Network (VPN)

42. Where do I find…? Encyclopedias Articles Books, DVDs Websites VPN help

43. Ask a librarian NOT a last resort! What are your questions? Megan Fitzgibbons Liaison Librarian megan.fitzgibbons@mcgill.ca 514-398-4696

44. Photo credits Montreal http://www.flickr.com/photos/spicytimothy/3179551042/ Tsunami: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23lunes/3348230211/sizes/o/ Life ring http://www.flickr.com/photos/50318388@N00/2071089166/ Newspapers http://www.flickr.com/photos/90794078@N00/2286429272/