3. Sarah Espinosa
Library Resident for Diversity and Innovation
sespinosa@towson.edu
410-704-5169
SarahCrest
Health Science Subject Liason, Research and Instruction Librarian
screst@towson.edu
410-704-4725
4. • Finding articles and books
• Library printing and technology
• Navigating the library’s resources
• Getting started with research
• Citation resources
• No question is a bad question
The struggle is real. Let us help!
Students in the A-LIST program
will be available to help you with
your research needs!
Look for their gold shirts on all
floors of the library!
5. Evaluate whether resources are scholarly
One that contains background information
One from an EBSCO-hosted database
Practice using subject-specific databases for
discovering research and statistics
Create citations using APA style
* Ask your librarians questions *
6. The CRAAPTest
Currency
Relevance
Authority
Accuracy
Purpose
Designed by librarians at CSU Chico:
http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_websites.pdf
8. APA citation guide from Cook Library
http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/citing-sources
You can also use Purdue OWL:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
9. Identifying keyword synonyms, connecting with OR
Children OR youth OR adolescents OR teenagers
Connecting unlike terms with AND
“health care” AND “business”
Identifying your population
Over 65?With Alzheimer's? In the military?
Citation chasing
following hyperlinks, references to locate new resources
Look in a different database, maybe one in a different subject area
11. Sarah Espinosa
Library Resident for Diversity and Innovation
sespinosa@towson.edu
410-704-5169
SarahCrest
Health Science Subject Liason, Research and Instruction Librarian
screst@towson.edu
410-704-4725