Accessing Information Resources at Central Methodist University. A guide to our library resources

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1 Accessing Information Resources at Central Methodist University A guide to our library resources

2 What do I need to do to find Quality Information? o Overview: What is your research question? o Identify your topic and keywords o Decide what resources you need o Gather your resources, check credibility o Reject any duds, refine search if needed

3 Overview: The Big Picture What kind of paper are you writing? Case study, compare/contrast, lit review, position How many resources do you need? What kind of sources can you use? Print, web, articles, scholarly, etc. What is your timeframe for writing the paper?

4 Identify Topics and Keywords Write down your topic Identify the main concepts Write down synonyms for your search terms Example: You want to write about how juvenile offenders are punished.

5 Make a List of Main Concepts and Additional Terms To Describe Your Topic Topic Chart Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3 Juveniles OR Adolescents OR Teenagers AND Offenders OR Criminals AND Law OR Punishment

6 Boolean Connectors The Or Connector Tells The Computer To Retrieve Items With Either Term. Example: Gets articles with (teenagers or juveniles or adolescents) The And Connector Tells The Computer To Retrieve Items With Both Terms. Example: Gets articles with both law and punishment.

7 What kind of resources do you need? Books Check the Quest and Mobius Catalogs Articles Check the databases Web Resources Evaluate sources and use Google Scholar

8 Finding Books The library has two catalogs for books on its web page QUEST: This smaller catalog is for our cluster and contains items from CMU, UCM, MO Valley, and SFCC MOBIUS: This larger catalog contains items from libraries all over the state Both catalogs are linked off the Catalogs and Databases web page.

9 CMU webpage Go to the Academics Menu Library link

10 Library Homepage

11 Choose Catalogs and Databases for all resources Search from here! Scroll Down for more Options Or choose subject guides for specific depts. or classes

12 Use these to find books

13 Quest Catalog: contains books for CMU, UCM, Mo Valley and State Fair Type your search terms here and hit Submit

14 These are the search results Click titles for more info and to request an item

15 Click here to request this item If you don t find what you need, click Search Mobius Or use this box to limit to books at CMU

16 MOBIUS Catalog: All academic libraries in MO Enter search terms here

17 Results are here. Click on a title for more information or to request an item.

18 Click here to request an item

19 Choose your Cluster (we are QUEST)

20 Enter your name and ID number plus CMU Choose your pickup cluster & location. You can choose any MOBIUS library. For Example, if you live in St. Louis, choose MOBIUS-Archway, then choose the library closes to you! Click submit. You will get an when the book has arrived

21 Finding Articles Databases are services the library subscribes to, in order to provide access to quality information They are not the same as web pages or web resources, but they are free for students! The best general databases to start with are ProQuest Central and Credo Reference

22 General, multipurpose databases Newspapers Subject Specific Databases Click any of these links to reach a specific databases

23 Which Database? Central Search Searches all databases! Credo Reference Reference materials like encyclopedias and dictionaries A good place to start! Newspapers Lexis-Nexis: all content is full-text

24 Central Search: Discovery service Enter your search terms

25 Credo Reference: A good place to start!

26 Enter your search terms

27 These are all the results

28 Narrow results for full-text or peer reviewed items Choose whether to search physical materials as well Or by source type

29 Click on the title to see the whole article

30 Click here for Full-text , print, or cite the article Use these buttons to share your results

31 Subject Area Resources Choose Subject Guides on the library homepage Choose your subject and use the guide to find the resource tools you need!

32 Click here for Subject Guides

33 Scroll down for MLA and APA guides! Choose the area you need

34 Subject Resources

35 Newspapers Use Lexis-Nexis to find news articles Newspaper content is full-text

36 Lexis-Nexis Enter Search terms here. Put titles or proper names in Quotes Up to date content!

37 Click on the article you want to view

38 Web resources When using Google to search, combine terms with AND, OR, and NOT, and use Quotes to search for titles or proper names Look for authors, publication dates, and advertising to evaluate the quality of a web page

39 Put titles in quotes and combine terms with AND

40 Google Scholar Allows you to find scholarly content in the web Set preferences for CMU to link to full-text content

41 scholar.google.com Click here to set preferences

42 Find Central Methodist in Library Links This will give access to some of our full-text material

43 In conclusion Identify your search topic and terms Look in the QUEST and MOBIUS Catalogs for books Look in the databases for articles Evaluate web resources! Questions or Problems? Ask Us!

44 Contact Information Smiley Library Webpage