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Mastering Library Electronic Resources for Research Success

Learn how to identify relevant databases, develop search strategies, and use Boolean logic to enhance your research skills. Discover effective techniques for storing references using Endnote. Ideal for students in Arts, History, Theology, and more.

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Mastering Library Electronic Resources for Research Success

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  1. SAGE MA Programme 2010 LECTURE 2: LIBRARY ELECTRONIC RESOURCES STEPHEN PEARSON

  2. Lecture 2: Library Electronic Resources • Why come to this particular lecture? • How to identify relevant databases • Developing a search strategy • Identifying keywords and related terms • Using AND / OR / NOT • Storing references to the books and articles you find (Endnote)

  3. What is your Subject Area? • A. Archaeology / Classics & Ancient History / History • B. Art History & Visual Studies / Art Gallery & Museum Studies / Arts Management • C. Drama / English & American Studies / Music • D. Religions & Theology

  4. Library Electronic Resources WHY COME TO THIS PARTICULAR LECTURE?

  5. How do you find information? Search engines? Databases? Serendipity…?

  6. Your undergraduate dissertation • A. At least half of my bibliography was made up of things I’d found using a database • B. Some (but less than half) of my bibliography was made up of things I’d found using a database • C. I didn’t use a database at all to find things for my dissertation • D. I didn’t do a dissertation

  7. Library Electronic Resources HOW TO IDENTIFY RELEVANT DATABASES

  8. Library Electronic Resources DEVELOPING A SEARCH STRATEGY

  9. Identifying Keywords • The Friends Relief Service – faith into action: humanitarian assistance to Displaced Persons camps in Germany, 1945-1948 • The Friends Relief Service – faith into action: humanitarian assistance to Displaced Persons camps in Germany, 1945-1948 • The Friends Relief Service – faith into action: humanitarian assistance to Displaced Persons camps in Germany, 1945-1948 • The Friends Relief Service – faith into action: humanitarian assistance to Displaced Persons camps in Germany, 1945-1948 • The Friends Relief Service – faith into action: humanitarian assistance to Displaced Persons camps in Germany, 1945-1948 • The Friends Relief Service – faith into action: humanitarian assistance to Displaced Persons camps in Germany, 1945-1948 • The Friends Relief Service – faith into action: humanitarian assistance to Displaced Persons camps in Germany, 1945-1948

  10. Boolean Logic

  11. Library Electronic Resources STORING REFERENCES TO THE BOOKS AND ARTICLES YOU FIND (ENDNOTE)

  12. Thank you STEPHEN PEARSON(STEPHEN.PEARSON@MANCHESTER.AC.UK)

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