GERO101, Spring 2014

1. Please log on to your computers
and open the presentation using
the link on the whiteboard.

2. Albert S. Cook Library
Research and Instruction

3. Sarah Espinosa
Library Resident for 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 articles and 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 whether 3 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

7. http://cooklibrary.towson.edu

8.  APA citation guide 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 keyword synonyms, 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

10. http://bit.ly/1izGByU

11. Sarah Espinosa
Library Resident for 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