Where Am I Supposed to Find That?
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This document discusses how to search for and find Arizona state publications using the Arizona Memory Project database. It provides examples of searching by title, creator/publisher, subject, and other metadata fields to locate reports, statistics, and annual reports on various topics published by Arizona state agencies. Basic and advanced search techniques are covered to help users efficiently find relevant state documents.
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- 1. Where am I Supposed to Find That? Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian A Finders’ Guide for State Publications in the Arizona Memory Project
- 5. Where to Begin Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian http://azmemory.lib.az.us
- 10. Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian Keywords can be combined “All of the words” AND Used in a phrase “The exact phrase” “” Expanded “Any of the words” OR Excluded “None of the words” NOT
- 11. Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian Select the metadata field to search from the drop down menu
- 15. Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian Metadata in Action To see how all of this works lets look up some public library statistics Search TITLE for the keywords “public library statistics” Select the State Publications collection
- 16. Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian Results This report contains several years worth of reports clicking on the title will take you to the view page where you can select the year you are interested in.
- 17. Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian Results
- 18. Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian Metadata in Action To see all the publications of a state agency Search CREATOR for the keywords “dept public safety” Select the State Publications collection
- 19. Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian Results These 6 reports were all created by the Department of Public Safety
- 20. Creator or Publisher Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian Some agencies will have reports created for them by outside agencies. These reports will not have the agency name in the CREATOR field. The agency will be listed in the PUBLISHER field. Some agencies create reports for other agencies as well. Tip: Try your search both ways to maximize results.
- 21. Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian Results These 4 reports were all published by the Department of Public Safety 1 Report was created for another agency and published by them the other report was published by the “department” of public safety
- 22. Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian Need to know the Name of an Agency? http://www.lib.az.us/azdocs/list.aspx The current list of State Agencies as used by the catalogers in State Documents.
- 23. Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian Metadata in Action Searching by SUBJECT can bring up reports from several agencies Search SUBJECT for the keywords “Arizona lotteries” Select the State Publications collection
- 24. Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian Results Documents from several agencies appear in the list.
- 25. One Last Tip Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian Most information about an agency is contained in their Annual Report Many of these are included in AMP.
- 26. Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian Metadata in Action To see all the Annual Reports in a given year Search TITLE for the keywords “annual report” and the field DATE ORIGINAL for “2009” Select the State Publications collection
- 27. Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian Results We have a list of all the annual reports from 2009 or do we?
- 28. Questions Vincent A Alascia Az State Library, Archives and Public Records State Documents Librarian