Three amorphous blobs theory 2014

Three amorphous blobs theory 2014

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  Three Amorphous Blobs of Library Research • All available via the WEB • All offer access to different types of materials and different levels of access • All have different uses and purposes • You will need to use all three when doing library research at Princeton • Good News! You are already the expert in using one of these! 11/06/14 Anne Langley
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  What is aCITATION? • A citation is an address that gives you location and other information about books or journals in a library, or articles in journals, web site addresses, to name a few. • Citations have specific pieces of information that help you figure out where a piece of writing can be found, such as: author, title, journal name, volume, year, web address 11/06/14 Anne Langley
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  Citation examples catalog: journal: More life: Centrality and marginality in human development. Ken Corbett. Psychoanalytic Dialogues. 2001. Vol. 11, Iss. 3; 313-335 URL: http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-most-unexpected-fan-bases-in-pop-culture/ 11/06/14 Anne Langley
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  Two kinds ofsearches 1 You know what you are looking for. “I have a citation, or URL, or call number.” 1 You are looking for something but you don’t know what you will find. “I need information about _____.” 11/06/14 Anne Langley
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  BLOB #1 -PrincetonLibrary Catalog What: citations to books, journals, DVD’s, movies, cds, artifacts, etc. owned by the Princeton Libraries How Big: index of over 7 million volumes, 60K serial titles, and more Who creates it: 40+ Princeton librarians How to use it: Specialized searching With Boolean operators, and other power searching tools Why: Use it to find out what library materials we have here at Princeton and which library the material is in 11/06/14 Anne Langley
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  Blob #2-Databases andIndexes What: Searchable citations to articles in journals, magazines, newspapers How Big: We own 700+ in all subjects Who creates them: various commercial vendors and publishers How to use them: Specialized searching with boolean operators, and other power searching tools Why: Use them to find articles 11/06/14 Anne Langley
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  3 steps tofinding articles: Database to Main Catalog to Article DATABASE MAIN CATALOG Article (citation with title, author, journal name, dates, pages. . .) Journal Name: does Princeton subscribe? 1. Search for your topic in a Database, then 2. Look in the catalog to see if we have a subscription, and what library it is in, or is it on-line? 3. If Princeton subscribes, use the citation information To locate y 11/06/14 our articleA ninne tLhaeng jleoyurnal – on-line or print
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  Blob #3 -Free Internet What: How Big: Who creates it: How to use it: Use a search engine and natural language and specialized search language Why: You know how to answer most of the questions in this blob! 11/06/14 Anne Langley
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  Things to remember: • Not Everything is Digitized – you still need information that is in paper form! • The free internet does not have all of the information you need. Honest! • Think about how long it takes to write a book, an article in a journal; or a newspaper; create a web page; write a tweet? 11/06/14 Anne Langley
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  Things to remember: • Not Everything is Digitized – you still need information that is in paper form! • The free internet does not have all of the information you need. Honest! • Think about how long it takes to write a book, an article in a journal; or a newspaper; create a web page; write a tweet? 11/06/14 Anne Langley