A slide show by co-presenters Evelyn Smith and Ian Gordon as part of Brock University TA Day, Saturday September 10, 2016.

1. T.A. Day – 2016 Ian Gordon & Evelyn Smith

2. This Session will …
1. Familiarize you with our …
Resources
Collections
People
Services
Spaces
2. Give you an opportunity to …
Work through scenarios, ask questions and provide
feedback.

3. The Website

4. Resources
SuperSearch
Excellent starting point
24/7
There is a peer review / scholarly limit –
quality control
Wide variety of topics
Filtering by specific subjects
Citing the article for me!

5. Resources
Databases
Wonderful!
News!!
“More Information”
Subject specific
Videos! Criterion on demand, sorry
Netflix

6. Resources for Known Item Searching
Catalogue
List from your bibliography
Key books
A-Z List of Journals
Key journals

7. Resources from Other Universities
RACER
Thesis – for rarer items
Give yourself a bit of time with RACER if you
are requesting a book.
Borrow books from us – return to any academic
library in Ontario (except u of t)

8. Unique Collections & Services
Special Collections and Archives

9. Unique Collections & Services
Maps, Data & GIS Library
Time Travelling?

10. Our People
• Your Liaison
Librarians
• Reference
Assistants @ the
Ask Us Desk
• Peer Assistants –
students helping
students

11. Our Services
• The Ask Us Desk
– Borrowing, help with printing &
scanning, research help, interlibrary
loan, inter-campus transfers
• Graduate Student Lockers
– Pick up an application form at the Ask Us Desk
Floor 6 – South Side

12. Our Services
• The Makerspace
– We provide the tools, you create the magic
• Copying & Printing Services
– Includes Large Format Poster Printing

13. Our Spaces
Providing with you
with options …
social space, group learning,
quiet study, silent study

14. Getting Help: D.I.Y.
Research Guides by Program …
– Economics
… and for “how-to”
– How to Create a Research Poster
– Style Guides
Research on Demand videos on
The Help Tab

15. Getting Help: More Support
Book a Research Consultation
with your librarian
Help via online chat
On your desktop, tablet
or mobile phone
Shared service with 14
Ontario Universities

16. Referring Your Students - Scenarios

17. Sources for Scholarly Articles
My essay topic is how Intentional Behavior
Therapy can benefit children with autism.
Where can I get peer-reviewed articles?

18. Sources for Scholarly Articles
Don’t just google things – it may not be
scholarly
Databases
SuperSearch – you can be specific
Book an appointment
Chat with a Librarian
RACER if needed

19. Sources for News
Sources for News:
Your student has tried everything to find
information about the Walkerton water
crisis. It made a lot of news headlines back
in the 1990’s. How do you refer?

20. Sources for News
News databases
Supersearch and don’t click on scholarly
Journals?
Date limits on supersearch
Videos!
Government document?
Archives?

21. Help with Essay Style
I’ve never used A.P.A. style for an essay. In
high school I used M.L.A. Do you know
where I can get help? I don’t have time to
take a workshop.

22. Help with Essay Style
APA Guide – from the help page
Drop in help – from A-Z learning services – they
meet in the Library/Learning Commons
Cite using SuperSearch add in
Link on homepage!

23. Questions, Comments, Feedback
RACER – YES!
Helpful session, movies!
Online theses
I’d like to know more about citation tools!
Plagiarism-

24. Get in Touch!
libhelp@brocku.ca
http://bit.ly/ResearchConsultation
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twitter.com/brock_library
youtube.com/brocklibrary
instagram.com/brockuniversitylibrary