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- 1. latrobe.edu.au CRICOS Provider 00115M ANT1CAG: Introduction to library resources Searching JSTOR September 2016
- 2. 2La Trobe University Example Topic “Explain how anthropologists have explained witchcraft as a feature of ‘modern’ society” Each topic has 2 or 3 main concepts/ideas- these are: E.g. Anthropologists witchcraft ”modern society” 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 anthropology OR AND witchcraft OR AND “modern society” OR Anthropologist witch modernity 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 • Wom?n = woman OR women Phrase searching: This requires terms be searched in the exact order specified within the “quotation marks”. • “modern society”
- 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 ‘JSTOR’; an archive of scholarly journals predominately from the humanities and social sciences. i 5
- 8. 8La Trobe University Searching the databases: Using JSTOR Using JSTOR- searching for articles 6. Select ‘Advanced search’
- 9. 9La Trobe University Searching the databases: Using JSTOR Using JSTOR- searching for articles 7. Look back at the search concepts and add each concept to a search box 8. Where two or more words are used to describe a concept (such as ‘witchcraft’ of ‘witch’) put the terms in brackets separated by OR
- 10. 10La Trobe University Searching the databases: Using JSTOR Using JSTOR- searching for articles 7. Narrow your search by item type (journal) and date range 8. Use the ‘journal filter’ to restrict your search to just Anthropology journals 9. Click on search
- 11. 11La Trobe University Searching the databases: Using JSTOR Using JSTOR– finding the full text 10. You can get the full text from here
- 12. 12La Trobe University Searching the databases: Using JSTOR 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
- 13. 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