2. Library Session Overview Introduction What are we learning today … Library databases Online Catalog Website Evaluation Citing Resources Asking for Help! Search Topic
3. Remember … Use the Advanced Search – Limit from the beginning Large topic – narrow down / Small topic – expand Use synonyms or additional search terms ICEHOTEL ICE HOTEL ICE HOTEL and Sweden
4. Remember … EBSCO change databases feature Interlibrary Loan for articles we don’t own Begin your research early to that you can have the time to use this service WorldCAT for books we don’t own Again, being early so you have the time to get other resources Website Evaluation – Remember the cheat sheet OWL for citing
Editor's Notes
Introduce Self – new to Hudson Valley / been here for two months / background Today we are going to review where to search for information for your research paper … Databases – journals articles, newspaper articlesOnline Catalog – Books, reference materials like encyclopediasWebsites – if you want to use one make sure you evaluate itAsking for Help! – 4 ways to do soWhat we are going to search on today Paper can be on any topic of interestSomething I’m interested in is the ICEHOTEL of SwedenFascinating – saw it on the National Geographic channelHas anyone ever heard of it?Let’s go to the website and see what it is
