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Research Skills for Philosophy Graduate Students
Developing Your Research Skills
Peter GenzingerPhilosophy Liaison Librarian
pgenzinger@wlu.ca
519-884-0710 ext. 3912
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Session Goals
Overview of library website
Provide helpful searching hints and time savers
Discuss PRIMO and TRELLIS
Look at appropriate research databases
Discuss managing results via RefWorks
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Library Website: The basics
1.Ask Us?
2. How do I?
3. Off campus login
4. e-Shelf sign in
5.RefWorks sign in
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Helpful Hints
and
Time Savers
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Helpful Hints and Time Savers:
Using Boolean Searching AND operator narrows a search
finds only the terms connected with AND
consciousness AND naturalism
Using AND returns a small set of results
consciousness naturalism
Enter this into your search engine
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Helpful Hints and Time Savers:
Using Boolean Searching OR operator broadens the search
finds any terms connected with OR
consciousness OR naturalism
Using OR returns a large set of results
consciousness naturalism
Enter this into your search engine
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Helpful Hints and Time Savers:
Truncation ability to search for word
variants, broaden a search, and save time
Example:
Epistem* retrieves episteme, epistemic,
epistemology, epistemological, etc
Symbols to truncate - * in most databases
? when using the WLU TRELLIS catalogue interface
Exact phrase searching use
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Boolean operators allow for a more complex search:
Concept 1. (empistem* OR knowledge*)
AND
Concept 2. justif*
AND
Concept 3. (deontolog* OR consequen*)
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Finding Materials:
PRIMOvs.
TRELLIS
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Advanced
Catalogue
Searching
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Using Subject Headings in the Catalogue:
Most academic libraries use the Library of Congress
Subject Headings (LCSH) to describe contents and
serve as an access point in the catalogue.
This system addresses several problems related to
keyword-only searching
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Using LCSH Headings
Variant words/phrases: problem ofsynonyms, variant phrases, and different
language terms being used to express the
same concept (e.g. death penalty, capitalpunishment)
Uniform heading: principle that addresses this
problem
Source: Mann, 2005.
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Using LCSH Headings addresses the problem of:
Natural language keyword terms are too
diverse to be rounded up systematically by
internet algorithms (rank rather than
categorize)
When using keyword search, your results are only as good
as the keywords you use initially
.
Source: Mann, 2005
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Four ways to search via Subject headings:
1.Follow cross-references in LCSH list
2.Look for narrower terms in your LCSH list
3.Look for subject tracings on relevant records
4.Browse through all of the subdivisions on any
relevant subject heading you find
Source: Mann, 2005.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/research/tracings.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/rr/main/research/tracings.html8/8/2019 PHIL Grad Presentation F10 FINAL
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For more detailed information on library research, see:
Mann, Thomas. (2005). The Oxford guide to
library research. New York: Oxford University
Press. 3rd
edition. Link to the electronic copy
Link to paper copies
http://trellis2.tug-libraries.on.ca/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=3974928http://trellis2.tug-libraries.on.ca/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=3559129http://trellis2.tug-libraries.on.ca/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=3559129http://trellis2.tug-libraries.on.ca/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=39749288/8/2019 PHIL Grad Presentation F10 FINAL
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DatabaseSearching
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How do I find scholarly or peer-reviewed
articles?
start at the Find Articles by Subject page; select
Philosophy or another relevant subject link Library Homepage > Find Articles by Subject > Philosophy
How can I check if an journal is a peer-reviewed
or scholarly journal?
check Ulrichs Periodical Directory Library Homepage > Find Articles Databases by Title > U > Ulrichs Periodical
Directory
http://library.wlu.ca/subject/jindexeshttp://library.wlu.ca/databases/uhttp://library.wlu.ca/databases/uhttp://library.wlu.ca/subject/jindexes8/8/2019 PHIL Grad Presentation F10 FINAL
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Another source of relevant data and
information:
Dissertations and Theses Full Text
(scroll down the page to see this database)
Library Homepage > Find Articles Databases by Title > D > Dissertations and
ThesesFull Text
http://library.wlu.ca/databases/dhttp://library.wlu.ca/databases/dhttp://library.wlu.ca/databases/dhttp://library.wlu.ca/databases/dhttp://library.wlu.ca/databases/dhttp://library.wlu.ca/databases/dhttp://library.wlu.ca/databases/d8/8/2019 PHIL Grad Presentation F10 FINAL
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Also, dont forget to consult our e-books page
here: http://library.wlu.ca/books/ebooks
Library Homepage > Find books > Electronic Books
There are a number of significant and scholarly sources of electronic texts atthis page of particular interest to Philosophy (see e-books @ Scholars Poartal,
Ebrary, Oxford Scholarship Online). Not all these texts are included in the
librarys catalogue at this time, so it is good to check all these sources when
doing in-depth research.
http://library.wlu.ca/books/ebookshttp://library.wlu.ca/books/ebookshttp://library.wlu.ca/books/ebooks8/8/2019 PHIL Grad Presentation F10 FINAL
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You might also wish to consult the following
bibliographic sources:Bynagle, Hans E. Philosophy : a guide to the reference literature. 3rd. ed. Westport,
Conn. ; London : Libraries Unlimited, 2006. (copies at UG and UW)(Comprehensive guide containing specialized fields and annotations.)
Tice, Terence N., and Thomas P. Slavens. Research guide to philosophy. Chicago:
American Library Association, 1983.(Includes reference surveys of significant works covering the history of philosophy and its subjects with
annotations. Somewhat out of date but still useful for certain periods.)
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Managing Your Results
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Two main ways for you to manage your results:
1. e-shelf in PRIMO sign in when you start
your search
2. RefWorks bibliography and database
manager available at the library homepage
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Peter Genzinger
Philosophy Liaison Librarian
pgenzinger@wlu.ca
519-884-0710 ext. 3912
mailto:pgenzinger@wlu.camailto:pgenzinger@wlu.ca