ISTC 102 Laksamee Putnam

lputnam@towson.edu

Research & Instruction Librarian

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First… Laksamee Putnam

lputnam@towson.edu

Cook Library Reference:

410.704.2462.

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Phone: 410.704.3746.

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Agenda

Quick review of last class

Group work

Finding Books

Finding Articles

Finding Newspapers

Review

Keywords

AND OR NOT

Check for CRAP

Currency

Reliability

Authority

Purpose/POV

Putting it all together… Which age is childhood obesity in the United States

the highest?

childhood

child*

adolescent

young

obesity

over weight

BMI

United States

USA

North America

child* OR adolescent OR young

AND

obesity OR overweight OR BMI

AND

United States OR USA OR North America

Real research is complicated

Critique Cook OneSearch!

Small groups

Discuss Cook OneSearch

Books

Articles

Fill out this worksheet

http://bit.ly/1eJZQ8Y

Report back to the class

Critique Cook OneSearch!

Find books

One here at Towson

One outside of Towson

Report back

A feature which helped your search

What your group disliked

Finding Books

Plenty of relevant

information in print

Use broad keywords

Multiple places to search

Cook OneSearch

Library Catalog

USMAI Libraries

Finding Books

Finding Books

Critique Cook OneSearch! Find an article

Identify

Article title

Journal title

Content Provider (i.e. Database)

Access

Report back

A feature which helped your search

What your group disliked

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

Finding Articles

Finding Articles

Content providers you should use:

Academic Search Premier

Education Research Complete

ERIC

SocINDEX

ScienceDirect

Social Sciences Abstracts

PsycINFO

Finding Articles

Features to remember

Yellow Findit button

Citation creations

Email yourself

Also as you are searching

Take a look at the article citations

Make note of additional keywords

Finding Newspapers

There is a help guide for this too

Find a newspaper article

Enter your newspaper article information

into the worksheet

Next class

Before class:

Read the article, be ready to discuss

Try to create an APA citation

Discussion on plagiarism and citation style

Questions? Feel free to contact me:

Laksamee Putnam

lputnam@towson.edu

410.704.3746.

Twitter: @CookLibraryofTU

Or any reference librarian:

Visit Cook Library Reference Desk

410.704.2462.

IM – tucookchat