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Lehigh Libraries and the InternetLehigh Libraries and the Internet
Stacey Kimmel-SmithHelp Desk Manager and
reference librarianEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 610.758.4768
What we’ll coverWhat we’ll cover
• Library/computing services and Library/computing services and facilitiesfacilities
• Look at some library and net Look at some library and net resourcesresources
• Advice on citing resourcesAdvice on citing resources
The EW Fairchild Martindale Help DeskThe EW Fairchild Martindale Help Desk
Location:Main Level of the
Fairchild MartindaleLibrary
Help Desk Hours:M-Th 8am to 10pmFri 8am to 5pmSat 10am to 5pmSun 10am to 10pm
Library and computing questions?Library and computing questions?
THE HELP [email protected], weekend hours
Call us!Call us!
Need to find a journal?Got a computer virus?Can’t find the library databases?Forgot your password?
Also try online chat! Also try online chat!
Your business librarian is Bill FinckeYour business librarian is Bill Fincke
• [email protected]@lehigh.edu• Phone: 610-758-3052Phone: 610-758-3052• RBC 343RBC 343
ABI Inform: Thousands of business pubs, including WSJ
Faulkner IT Studies: info tech reports
Step 1: Use Library DatabasesStep 1: Use Library Databases
Research StepsResearch Steps
Netadvantage: Online version of SP publications
LEXIS/NEXIS: full text newspapers, magazines, laws, etc.
www.lehigh.edu/library
Step 2: Search Tools Step 2: Search Tools
Look for selective tools like GlobalEdge (oil production)-- selective means human-reviewed-- also helpful: annotations-- organization for easy retrieval/searchability-- authoritative sources used
See online handouts for more examples
Step 3: Search engines Step 3: Search engines
Google keeps getting better! See Google handout for search tipsGoogleFinanceGoogleScholarSearch patents
Blogs! Keeping current in your areaBlogs! Keeping current in your area
Nanopublichttp://nanopublic.blogspot.com/
In the Pipelinehttp://www.corante.com/pipeline/
Microsoft Communitieshttp://www.microsoft.com/communities/blogs/
PortalHome.mspx
Technorati http://www.technorati.com/ Search by subject of blog, sort by authority
IPL Blog Finderhttp://www.ipl.org/div/blogs/
Citing SourcesCiting Sources
• Why go to the trouble? Why go to the trouble? – So that others can go to the original sourceSo that others can go to the original source– To acknowledge the sourceTo acknowledge the source
• Use Turabian Guide or the Chicago Manual of Style Use Turabian Guide or the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)(CMOS)
• The Author/date format is recommended for social The Author/date format is recommended for social sciencessciences
• See See Web guides to CMOS and Web guides to CMOS and TurabianTurabian Style Style
Example of a commercial database citation:Jacobson, Marjorie. 1988. Note: Pregnancy and unemployment: Three approaches to equal opportunity. Boston University Law Review 68: 1019 [journal on-line]; available from Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, Law Reviews, <http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe> (accessed 16 March 2000).
Library databases vs. The InternetLibrary databases vs. The InternetThe Internet-- unverified -- undocumented -- unorganized
Library databases-- full text-- verified/quality review-- value added-- paid-for