1. TSEM 102
Laksamee Putnam
lputnam@towson.edu
Research & Instruction Librarian
Slides:
http://bit.ly/storrs2014slidesc3

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Laksamee Putnam
lputnam@towson.edu
Cook Library Reference:
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410.704.2462.
IM/email
Phone: 410.704.3746.
Twitter: @CookLibraryofTU
Albert S. Cook facebook profile!
Slides: http://bit.ly/storrs2014slidesc3

3. Agenda
 Quick
review of last class
 Group work
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Finding Books
Finding Articles

4. Review
 Keywords
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OR NOT
 Check for CRAP
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Currency
Reliability
Authority
Purpose/POV
http://librariandesignshare.org/2013/10/10/know-your-meme-and-boolean-too/

5. Putting it all together…
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Does intelligent design serve a political role in the
classroom?
Intelligent design
creationism
Panda’s thumb
Discovery Institute
political
Board of Education
controversy
philosophy
classroom
education
K-12
curriculum
“Intelligent design” OR creation*
AND
Politic* OR controversy OR “board of education”
AND
Classroom OR education OR curriculum

6. Real research is complicated

7. Critique Cook OneSearch!
 Small
groups
 Discuss Cook OneSearch
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Books
Articles
 Fill
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out this worksheet
http://bit.ly/tsem2014storrsspws2
Report back to the class

8. Critique Cook OneSearch!
 Find
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books
One here at Towson
One outside of Towson
 Report
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back
A feature which helped your search
What your group disliked

9. Finding Books
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Plenty of relevant
information in print
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Use broad keywords
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Multiple places to search
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Cook OneSearch
Library Catalog
USMAI Libraries

10. Finding Books

11. Finding Books

12. Critique Cook OneSearch!
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Find an article
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Identify
Article title
 Journal title
 Content Provider (i.e. Database)
 Access
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Report back
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A feature which helped your search
What your group disliked

13. Finding Articles
 Scholarly
– Peer
Reviewed
 Use
specific
keywords
 Utilized
advanced
search features
Card Catalogue. [Photographer]. Retrieved from
Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest.
http://quest.eb.com/images/115_2838287

14. Finding Articles

15. Finding Articles
 Content
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providers you should note:
ScienceDirect
Scopus
arXiv
SocINDEX

16. Finding Articles
 Features
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Yellow Findit button
Citation creations
Email yourself
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to remember
as you are searching
Take a look at the article citations
Make note of additional keywords

17. Thank you!
 Please
feel free to contact me for
research help!
 Please
provide feedback on the library
sessions:
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http://bit.ly/storrs2014springsurvey

18. Questions?
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Feel free to contact me:
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Laksamee Putnam
lputnam@towson.edu
410.704.3746.
Twitter: @CookLibraryofTU
Or any reference librarian:
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Visit Cook Library Reference Desk
410.704.2462.
IM – tucookchat