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1. Looking for information
in all the right places
Degree Completion Program
September 19, 2013

2. Google vs. Library

3. Formula for Library Research
1. Motivation or
Assignment
2. Topic Selection
3. IMAGINATION
4. Research
Questions
(Brainstorming)
5. Research Plans
(Strategy)
6. Reference Works
& Databases (Tools
and Tactics)
7. [Sources]
8. Evaluation 9. INSIGHT
10. Thesis
11. Argument &
Outline
12.Drafting &
Revising
1-5 Before you reach the library 6-8 At the Library 9-12 Using your resources wisely

4. http://library.cairn.edu

5. Search the Catalog

6. Using Encore Discovery Search

7. Encore Discovery Search cont.

8. Encore Discovery Search Catalog

9. My Account
• Renew books from home
• Place holds on books
• Create reading history list (opt in)
• Create a preferred list
• Modify personal information
• Create a list for research and email it to
yourself

10. My Account, the visual

11. Materials found in the Library:
• Books
– Print
– Electronic
• Encyclopedias
• Magazines
• Journals
• Periodical Index
• Newspapers
• Library Catalog
• World Wide Web

12. Where to Go…
Online Databases :
For a list of all of the
Libraries' Electronic
Resources
Full Text E-Journal : This
allows you to find which
database has the journal
title you need.
Article Linker : Can find
an article among all the
databases if you have a
full-citation
Discovery Search:
Search most of the
databases at one time.

13. LibGuides

14. Cont. of LibGuides

15. Annotated Bibliography

16. Databases

17. Popular vs. Scholarly
Popular Magazines
o Contain many
photographs and
advertisements
o Articles are shorter
and cover a wide
range of topics.
o Research and current
issues are broadly
summarized
Scholarly Journals
• Contain little or no
advertisements
• Long in-depth articles
cover case studies, report
research and contain
bibliographies
• Geared towards scholars,
researchers, or professionals

18. 1. Index: citations only, online version of a print
index
2. Abstract: includes citations and abstracts of
articles, books, chapters, etc.
3. Full-text: includes citations, abstracts and the
full-text of journal
articles, reports, books, chapters.
Three types of tools (databases)

19. Sampling of Cairn database List

20. Ask-A-Librarian

21. Contact Information
Alice Pakhtigian
Reader Services Librarian
apakhtigian@cairn.edu
215-702-4370 or
215-702-4375
9/19/2013