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- 1. Please log onto your computers and open the presentation using the link on the whiteboard.
- 2. Albert S. CookLibrary Research and Instruction
- 3. Sarah Espinosa Library Residentfor Diversity and Innovation sespinosa@towson.edu 410-704-5169 Sarah Crest Health Science Subject Liason, Research and Instruction Librarian screst@towson.edu 410-704-4725
- 4. • Finding articlesand books • Library printing and technology • Navigating the library’s resources • Getting started with research • Citation resources • No question is a bad question The struggle is real. Let us help! Students in the A-LIST program will be available to help you with your research needs! Look for their gold shirts on all floors of the library!
- 5. Evaluate whether3 resources are scholarly One that contains background information One from an EBSCO-hosted database One from Scopus Create citations using APA style * Ask your librarians questions *
- 6. The CRAAPTest Currency Relevance Authority Accuracy Purpose Designed by librarians at CSU Chico: http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_websites.pdf
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- 8. APA citationguide from Cook Library http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/citing-sources You can also use Purdue OWL: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
- 9. Identifying keywordsynonyms, connecting with OR Children OR youth OR adolescents OR teenagers Identifying your population Over 65?With Alzheimer's? In the military? Connecting unlike terms with AND “health care” AND “business” Citation chasing following hyperlinks, references to locate new resources Look in a different database, maybe one in a different subject area
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- 11. Sarah Espinosa Library Residentfor Diversity and Innovation sespinosa@towson.edu 410-704-5169 Sarah Crest Health Science Subject Liason, Research and Instruction Librarian screst@towson.edu 410-704-4725