This document provides research tips and an overview of library resources for a production and operations management course at the University of Mary Washington, including a description of the library catalog and databases, how to access them both on and off campus, and tips for searching and locating journal articles and books along with contact information for getting research help.

1. Research Tips for
LRSP 433:
Production & Operations
Management
Laura Berberian
Stafford Campus Reference Librarian
lberberi@umw.edu

2. Library Research Tools
 Library Catalog
 Titles of Books
 Titles of Journals, Magazines and Newspapers
 Searches Simpson Library, Stafford Library, and
2 online books collections
 Databases
 Articles in Journals, Magazines and Newspapers
 Company and Industry Information

3. UMW Libraries
http://libraries.umw.edu/

4. Subject Guides

5. Subject Guide

6. Can I use the databases from
home?
• Log in with your
Canvas username
and password to
access databases
from off-campus
jsmith
• Contact the
password
Library if you
have access
problems

7. • Enter your keywords in
the search boxes
• Click the “Phrase” link
to search for exact
phrases
• Use the “Article Type”
menu for different
results
• Click “Search”

8. • Click on “OpenURL 1” or “View
HTML” or “View PDF” to access
the article

9. Business Source Complete
• Enter your keywords
• Use quotes to search for
phrases
• Consider using some of
the “Limit your results”
options
• Click “Search”

10. Business Source Complete
• Click “PDF” or “HTML” links to
retrieve articles
• Click “Locate Journal Article” if
not full text through the database

11. “Locate Journal Article” page
• Is the article available
in a UMW database?
NO.
• What if the article is not
available in a database?
Use ILLIAD.

12. “Locate Journal Article” page
• Is the article available in a UMW
database? YES.
• Follow the database links to locate
article.

13. Book Catalog:
• Book catalog will search for
books at the Stafford and Simpson
Libraries
• Perform a “Keyword Search”
• Enter your keywords
• Click “Search”

14. Book Catalog: results
• Both print and
electronic books
available
• Call numbers show
location
• NetLibrary – online
book
• Library of Congress -
print book

15. Book Catalog: results
•Click “full record” for ebooks
• Click “Item” or “Copies” for print books

16. eBook Collection- Online books
 In the Full Record, click the “Online” link
to access the book

17. What if my materials are at the main
campus Library? What if UMW doesn’t have
what I need?
 Illiad – for Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan
 Create an Illiad Account
 Online forms to request non-Stafford materials
 Give library lead time to process request
 Delivered to Stafford Library
 $2 fee for articles located from Simpson Library

18. • Try different databases
• Try different keywords
• Use an “asterisk” for multiple
word endings - *
• Phrase Searching - quotation
marks
• Avoid stop words like: in, an,
of, for, on, by
• Ask Librarians for assistance
• Writing Center

19. Need help? Have Questions?
 Come to the Library
 Mondays - Thursdays 1 p.m. - 9
p.m.
 Fridays 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.
 Saturdays 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
 Contact the Library Staff
 cgpslib@umw.edu
 540-286-8025
 IM: cgpslibrary
 Set up a Research Appointment
 lberberi@umw.edu
 540-286-8057