The document outlines an agenda for a TA conference on research and critical thinking tips and tools for students. It provides an overview of free and licensed academic databases available through the UCLA library, how to access full-text articles for free, strategies for selecting and using databases, and online tutorials and guides for students and instructors on research techniques and avoiding plagiarism. Key points emphasized include picking useful subject databases, learning how to search and save results, using features like Boolean operators and truncation, and not paying for articles when alternative free sources are available.

1. TA Conference
“The ‘Real Stuff’! Information Research in a Googled Society”
22 Sep 2008
1. Agenda  AltPress-Watch
 Research & Critical Thinking Tips & Tools…  LION
o For your students & For you 9. Reference E-Resources
Encyclopaedia Britannica
2. Helping your students… Many more…
 “Hoax…” exercise & quality web sites
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_1 10. Key Points
2006.cfm  Pick a useful database
 Thinking Critically About World Wide Web  Can search display & save Display
Resources  Look for…
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_1 o Online help
2337.cfm o Boolean operators
 Thinking Critically About Web 2.0 & Beyond
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_1
o Truncation (Wild Card) Symbols
2008.cfm o DON’T PAY FOR ARTICLES!!
3. Unlicensed (Free) vs. Licensed Databases 11. Help for Instructors
Information Literacy Help Menu
4. UCLA Library Home Page http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/10374_118
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/ 37.cfm
5. UCLA Library Catalog 12. Help for Students
http://catalog.library.ucla.edu/  Assignment Calculator
 Books, periodical subscriptions & more in all 13 http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/library/modules/freecalc/in
UCLA libraries dex.php
 No individual articles listed here  “Road to Research” tutorial
 Research Paper Planner
 Help Using it:
-“Road to Research” tutorial http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_1
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/library/ 2197.cfm
-College Library Help Guides  College Library Help Guides
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605.cf 13. More Help for Undergraduates
m “Academics in the Commons” (Covel Commons)
6. Strategy & Use: Licensed Databases http://www.college.ucla.edu/up/aitc/workshops.html
 DB Selection Criteria
o Subject matter 14. Google Scholar v. Databases
o Time period http://www2.library.ucla.edu/googlescholar/searchengi
o Types of materials indexed or full-text nes.cfm
7. Get FREE Articles! 15. Review
 BOL Proxy Server  Information Illiteracy
http://www.bol.ucla.edu/services/proxy/  Web Critical Thinking
 UC-eLinks: Request  UCLA Library Home Page & Catalog
 Selecting & Using Databases
8. Sample Licensed Databases  Online Help
 Academic Search Complete  Google Scholar
 Lexis-Nexis Academic
 PsycInfo 16. Questions
 PubMed@UCLA http://www2.library.ucla.edu/questions
 Ethnic Newswatch
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I:Ref/EG/TA Conference/TA Conf Handout.doc 8 Sep 2005 E. Grassian <estherg@librrary.ucla.edu>