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Hist 210
This document provides information about researching for a history class at Mercer University, including contact information for the liaison librarian, Florence Tang. It defines reference librarians and their role in helping students find information. It outlines the reference desk hours and encourages starting research early due to limitations of online and off-hours access. The document describes different types of information sources like books, journals, magazines, and websites, and provides tips on evaluating their scholarly rigor. It instructs students on using the library catalog and databases to find books and journal articles, respectively, and how to determine if full-text is available or if interlibrary loan is needed. The document concludes with reminders about citing sources and restrictions on article access.
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Hist 210
- 1. HIST 210 Research Methods FlorenceTang Liaison to the College of Continuing and Professional Studies for the Atlanta Campus 678-547-6261 tang_fy@mercer.edu
- 2. Cornell University Librarydefinition of a reference librarian http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/vocab.html Reference Librarian Reference librarians are specialists in the field of information retrieval. Generally they have a Masters degree in library science… They are available at reference desks to help you find the information you are looking for.
- 3. Questions? Ask theReference Desk! (678) 547-6282 (Atlanta) http://libraries.mercer.edu/swilley/ref erence/email-reference Reference Desk Hours M - Th 9AM-10PM F 9AM-6PM Sat 10AM-6PM Sun 1PM-9PM Add askmercer as your buddy!
- 4. Florence’s office 10:00 AM- 7:00 PM May be working weekends or nights.
- 7. Remember to startyour research early. Not everything can be found full-text online or at all hours. o Interlibrary Loan o Interlibrary Use o Print copies of books and journals o Databases unavailable from off-campus o Reference Librarian
- 8. Finding Information What’s outthere Books Newspapers/Magazines Journals Websites
- 9. “Scholarly” Journals Periodicalsused by researchers to share their findings with one another and the public. They contain articles describing new research or ideas written in a formal manner that includes background information, methods used, results/interpretation and significance. Research articles are peer-reviewed
- 10. Scholarly Journals How doI tell? May contain graphs and charts. Written by a scholar in the field or by someone who has done research in the field. Degrees attained and institutional affiliations are often included by the authors’ names. Always cite their sources in the form of footnotes or bibliographies No glossy pages or pictures No advertisements
- 11. Examples of ScholarlyJournals
- 12. Popular Magazines How doI tell? Slick, glossy and attractive in appearance. Lots of graphics (photographs, drawings, etc.). Articles are usually very short, written in simple language . Generally little depth to the content of these articles.
- 13. Examples of PopularMagazines
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- 15. Web Sites The good… Immediate coverage of an event Access to information that is not available in print format Statistics Graphs
- 16. Websites The ugly Selfpublishing medium No filters No standards No organizers
- 17. Books Good forbackground Comprehensive Information may not be as current as what you would find in journal articles or web sites. That might or might not be important.
- 18. Finding Books Use aCATALOG to find books The library catalog is called BEARCAT. http://library.mercer.edu When you search BEARCAT, you will find books that are located in the Swilley Library or another Mercer Library.
- 21. Subject Headings Exercise Whatis inside all three cans?
- 22. A long keywordsearch (soft drink) OR pop OR soda OR cola OR (carbonated beverage) Search
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- 28. Number of books foundwith this keyword
- 29. Is this bookhere now?
- 31. Links to otherboo about your topic.
- 45. Finding Articles To findArticles, use a database or index A database is a collection of citations for articles or similar information Some databases will contain full texts of articles Some databases are specific (such as Education or Business) and some cover many subjects
- 46. Finding Articles Choosethe appropriate database Find full-text articles OR Find a citation Check to see if your library has the journal in another database – If not, we can order it for you via InterLibrary Loan.
- 47. To find articles,choose a database.
- 48. This shows alist of general databases. These are called multi-disciplinary, which means you can find information about many subjects.
- 49. Sign in toMy Research to save searches, and marked articles.
- 50. Limit your searchto scholarly journals and/or full text documents or…
- 52. A citation includesinformation to help you identify each article, such as the article’s title, the journal’s title and the article’s page numbers. Full text is available. Click on this link Full text is not available here, but maybe we can get it another way.
- 56. Full text isavailable. Click on this link.
- 61. For print ormicrofilm availability, click here Full text is available. Click on this link
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- 64. Serials, 1st floorare located in compact shelving.
- 65. Sign in toMy EBSCOhost to save searches, and marked articles. Limit your search to scholarly journals, full text documents or a specific date range.
- 72. Assigned readings fromAppalachian Journal are accessible to Mercer students via JSTOR’s Register and Read beta program Register and Read has not been officially released and is subject to change at any time. Only 3 Register and Read articles may be used within a 2 week period. Register and Read articles cannot be printed or read offline. Do not access the article until you intend to read it.
- 79. Do not Shareyour GALILEO password or MUID with others. Upload an article to a webpage that others can access. Copy and paste sections of an article into your paper without using quotations.
- 80. Citing Always show from where yougot your information.
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