Handout to accompany 2012 graduate student residency intro to the online library presentation.

1. Research @ the Online Library
Click on:Resources by Subject(left side of library home: www.esc.edu/library)
Library Home &Sample Subject Guide:
Search Tips
 Brainstorm/create list of possible search words FIRST: www.esc.edu/findkeywords
 Double quotes for exact phrases: "drug abuse" or "mad cow disease"
 AND to narrow search/combine different keywords: teenagers AND "drug abuse"
 OR to broaden search/combine synonyms: teenagers OR adolescents
 Parentheses to group synonyms: "drug abuse" and (teenagers or adolescents)
 Peer-review tutorial: www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/pr/
 Primary vs. Secondary sources: tinyurl.com/primaryvsecondary
 Look for "Scholarly" or "Peer-Review"limit option on results pages
 Critically EVALUATE each source!: tinyurl.com/escrattrap
 Click "Add to Folder" or "Mark" next to article results to save item totempfolder.
Help:www.esc.edu/askalibrarian
 Online Reference: Live Chat, E-mail, Phone
 Library Workshops: learn more!:subjectguides.esc.edu/workshops
 Library Skills Tutorial: commons.esc.edu/informationskills
 How To’s: subjectguides.esc.edu/tutorials
 Research Toolbox (free web tools):subjectguides.esc.edu/toolbox
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2. Research Services:
 Interlibrary Loan (ILL): www.esc.edu/ill
 RefWorks(organize & format citations, integrates w/ Word): www.esc.edu/refworks
 Online Writing Center: www.esc.edu/online-writing-center/resources/
Search Tools:
 Subject Guides (Resources by Subject)
Portal to relevant resources by subject (reference, databases, web sources, stats, etc.)
Sample of Scholarly Search Tools:
ABI/INFORM
Academic Search Complete
Annual Reviews in Social Sciences
Business Source Complete
Congressional Quarterly Electronic Library
Dissertations & Abstracts
Harvard Business Review
JSTOR
Mergent: in-depth company & industry research & data tools
New York Times (& Archive)
Sage Journals Online
Wall Street Journal
Westlaw Campus
 Full-Text Journal Finder: www.esc.edu/fred
Search for or browse available journals by title or subject:
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