This document provides an overview of research strategies and resources for conducting research on the topic of climate change. It discusses creating keywords and a search strategy around climate change and related terms. It also outlines how to find books and scholarly articles on the topic using the library catalog and databases like Science Direct, Scopus, and PubMed. Finally, it mentions citation guides and encourages asking the librarian if there are any other questions.

1. RESEARCH
WITH COOK
LIBRARY
LAKSAMEE PUTNAM
RESEARCH & INSTRUCTION
LPUTNAM@TOWSON.EDU
URL: http://bit.ly/bridgesummer17
Please login to a
computer and go to
this URL

2. FIRST…
• Laksamee Putnam
• lputnam@towson.edu
• Cook Library Reference:
• 410.704.2462.
• IM/email
• Phone: 410.704.3746.
• Twitter: @CookLibraryofTU
• Albert S. Cook Facebook profile!

3. AGENDA
• Keywords
• Search strategy
• Finding books/articles
• Citation guides
• Evaluation

4. research ≠ needle in the haystack

5. CREATING KEYWORDS
• Keywords come from your topic
• I want to find research articles
on the effects of humans on
climate change
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5310398/sizes/m/in/photostream/

6. CREATING KEYWORDS
• Think of synonyms for your keywords
• Think of specific ideas around your topic
• See what words other people use
• Add some possible keywords for our search on climate change
• https://padlet.com/lputnam/climatechangesynonyms17

7. SEARCH STRATEGY
• Search connectors
• Climate change AND green house gas
• Climate change OR global warming
• Climate change NOT Polar bears

8. SEARCH STRATEGY
• Use quotations to keep a keyword phrase
intact (words will be searched in the specific
order)
• “climate change”
• “animal behavior”

9. FINDING BOOKS/ARTICLES
• Cook OneSearch from the
library homepage
• Location = Towson
• Scholarly = Peer Reviewed
• Use the filters
• Books = Broad Topics
• Articles = Specific Topics Card Catalogue. [Photographer]. Retrieved from Encyclopædia
Britannica Image Quest.
http://quest.eb.com/images/115_2838287

10. FINDING BOOKS/ARTICLES

11. FINDING ARTICLES
• Other databases you should use:
• Science Direct
• Scopus
• PubMed
• Check the Research Guides

12. FINDING ARTICLES
• Features to remember
• Yellow Findit button
• Citation creations
• Email yourself
• Interlibrary loan
• Also as you are searching
• Take a look at the article citations
• Make note of additional keywords

13. CITATION GUIDES

14. QUESTIONS?
• Laksamee Putnam
• lputnam@towson.edu
• Cook Library Reference:
• 410.704.2462.
• IM/email
• Phone: 410.704.3746.