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- 1. latrobe.edu.au CRICOS Provider 00115M ANT1CAG: Introduction to library resources Searching AnthroSource September 2016
- 2. 2La Trobe University Example Topic “How has the emergence of reflexive anthropology changed the practice of anthropological fieldwork? How have these changes been reflected in the global context?” Each topic has 2 or 3 main concepts/ideas- these are: E.g. “reflexive anthropology” fieldwork global Determine the key concepts or ideas of the topic:
- 3. 3La Trobe University Think of synonyms and alternate spellings: Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3 “reflexive anthropology” OR AND fieldwork OR AND global OR “reflexive anthropologist” “field work” OR “world wide” OR “field-work” “world-wide” Define your search terms:
- 4. 4La Trobe University Search tips Truncation: A truncation symbol added to the end of a term allows you to find word variations or alternative spellings. • anthropolog* = anthropology, anthropologist, anthropological Wildcards (use for alternative spellings) are used to substitute a symbol for a single letter (character) of a word • “field?work” = field-work or field work Phrase searching: This requires terms be searched in the exact order specified within the “quotation marks”. • “field work”
- 5. 5La Trobe University Databases! 1 2 You can access a wide range of databases in your subject area from the library homepage. This is how you can find ‘Anthropology’ databases. 1. From the library homepage, select ‘Databases’ 2. From the next page, click on the down arrow next to the ‘Subject area’ box
- 6. 6La Trobe University Databases! 3. Look for the ‘Humanities & Social Sciences’ heading and select ‘Anthropology’ 4. Click on ‘Go’ 3 4
- 7. 7La Trobe University Databases! Here is the list of databases relevant to Anthropology. If you want to know more information about each database, click on the blue button. 5. For this example, use ‘AnthroSource’ which is the produced by the American Anthropological Association i 5
- 8. 8La Trobe University Searching the databases: Using AnthroSource Using AnthroSource - searching for articles 6. Look at the original search question and add the search terms into the search box. Where you are using alternative words for the same concept (such as field work or fieldwork) put them together in brackets, separated by OR Once you have added terms for each concept, combine each concept with AND then click on ‘search’
- 9. 9La Trobe University Searching the databases: Using AnthroSource Using AnthroSource – finding the full text 7. You can get the full text from here
- 10. 10La Trobe University Searching the databases: Using AnthroSource 8. Here is the article. Where a pdf version of the article is available, use this, as it will be presented exactly as it looks in print. This will make referencing easier when you are referring to specific page numbers 98
- 11. Thank you latrobe.edu.au CRICOS Provider 00115M Where to go for help: • In person: Library Help Desk at your campus library • Phone Ask La Trobe: 1300 La Trobe (1300 52 87623) • Assignment support http://www.latrobe.edu.au/library/assignment-thesis-support • Online Chat: latrobe.edu.au/chat/ 11:00 – 14:00 during semester • Search help: latrobe.edu.au/library/assignment-thesis-support/search-tools/search • Video guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1vbVc80ZY0 • Anthropology expert help guide: http://latrobe.libguides.com/anthsoc • Your on-line library: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/library Bernadette Gargan Coordinator Learning & Teaching- Library ASSC – Anthropology B.Gargan@latrobe.edu.au 9479 1915