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TOP TIPS FOR LIBRARY RESEARCH
JOUR 2310 Fashion, Media, and Culture
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1. RESEARCH GUIDES
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Find recommended sources
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2. START WITH SOURCES
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What information type fits your need?◦Background information (definitions, important people and events)◦Encyclopedias (ex. Literati)◦Specialized encyclopedias (ex. Star struck: an encyclopedia of celebrity
culture)◦Newspapers◦Books
◦Analysis◦Scholarly articles (very specific)◦Books of essays
◦Evidence◦Primary sources◦Data, statistics◦Original research
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What information tool fits that type?◦Internet◦Databases◦Newspapers◦ Journal articles◦Magazine articles◦ Images◦Statistics
◦Book catalog
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A word about Discover SMU
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3. DATABASES, NOT JUST FOR
ARTICLES…
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Find a database by subject
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Recommended databases on guides
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4. A BOOK COULD BE YOUR BEST BET
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Complete coverage of a topic
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5. SUBJECTS FOR POWER SEARCHES
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How does subject searching work?◦How does a database pull results based on what you type in the box?
◦ Words are matched to any terms appearing in the text◦What are the problems with keyword searches?
◦ Trash results◦ Need to search with different ways of saying the same thing◦ Need to come up with terms on your own
◦How are subjects more powerful?◦ Applied by a human◦ No synonym problem◦ More relevant results◦ Can browse a list of terms
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Subject searches work in databasesand the book catalog
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6. FIND ONE SOURCE, AND
THEN FIND MORE
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Citation tracing
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Subject tracing
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7. BORROW FROM OTHER LIBRARIES
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Intralibrary loan for articles
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Books, too…
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8. ASK FOR HELP
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For help with any research needs