Research in the Hege Library and Beyond

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Research in the Hege Libraryand Beyond

• Hege Library Information/Reference Services

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Basic Steps in the Research and
Writing Process

• Define and refine your research topic.
• Locate books and other materials.
• Search for periodical articles.
• Search for information via the Internet.
• Read and take notes.
• Write your paper.
• Note These steps often happen simultaneously or
• even in a different order!

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Define and refine your research topic

• What do you want to research?
• Is your topic too broad?
• Example memory
• Is your topic too narrow?
• Example déjà vu in drama
• Write a thesis statement.

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Define and refine your research topic.

• Consult Library of Congress Subject Headings
  located
• at Information/Reference Services of the library.
• Intellect (May Subd Geog)
• Used For UF Intelligence
• Broader Topics BT Ability
• Related Topics RT Knowledge, Theory of
• Narrower Topics NT Age and intelligence
• 
  Cognitive styles
• Logic
• Memory
• Social
  intelligence
• Subheadings - Genetic aspects

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Locate books and other materials in the
library collection.

• Search the NC-PALS Online Catalog.
• Accessible from Hege Librarys homepage
• www.guilford.edu/library
• Four basic searches
• Author nisbett, richard e.
• Title happiness, pleasure
  and judgment
• Subject judgment
• (Use Library of Congress Subject
  Headings.)
• Keyword judgment and age

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Locate books and other materials in
the library collection.

• Other features of the NC-PALS Online Catalog
• www.guilford.edu/library
• Request Title intralibrary loan among the
• consortial libraries Bennett College, Elon
• University, Greensboro College and Salem
  College
• Reserve Room titles on Reserve
• My Account your library account

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Locate books and other materials in the
library collection.

• Advanced Searching in the NC-PALS Online
  Catalog
• www.guilford.edu/library
• Choose Advanced from the tool bar.
• Capabilities of the Advanced Search feature
• Complex keyword searching
• judgment and (age or elderly)
• Limit by location, date, language or material
  type
• Search civil war and diaries
• Limit by date (publication date) 1800-1899
• Search for keyword(s) in Subject

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Locate resources in other
library collections.

• Cooperative Lending
• North Carolina Agricultural Technical
  University
• Bluford Library http//library.ncat.edu
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• Walter Clinton Jackson Library
  http//library.uncg.edu
• Interlibrary Loan
• Fill out a print form at the Circulation Desk
  or..
• Fill out an electronic interlibrary loan form
  accessible from
• the librarys homepage
  http//www.guilford.edu/library/

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Search for periodical articles.

• Electronic Databases
• Accessible from the librarys homepage
• www.guilford.edu/library
• See the Electronic Databases (subject) page
• for database descriptions and links.
• Use keyword search strategy when searching
• these databases. memory and children
• Check the Journal Finder link when looking for
• full text availability of cited references.

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Search for periodical articles.

• Journal Finder
• This database shows you location and format
  for
• a specific journal title by providing
  links to
• NC-PALS Online Catalog Hege Librarys holdings
• A list of links to accessible databases for full
  text
• availability
• A selection of links to area library online
  catalogs
• Hege Librarys electronic interlibrary loan form
• Journal Finder is accessible from the
  librarys
• homepage http//www.guilford.edu/library/
  

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Search for periodical articles.

• Interlibrary Loan
• Use interlibrary loan to get the periodical
  articles you need that are not available in the
  Hege Library or the PALS library consortium.
• Come by the Circulation Desk to fill out an
• interlibrary loan request form or you can
  fill
• out an electronic form available from the
  librarys homepage http//www.guilford.edu/lib
  rary/

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Search for periodical articles.

• Example of a search in a periodical index
• Social Sciences Index, 2000-2001 volume-
• Memory
• See also
• Age and memory
• Attention
• Research
• Does memory belong on the endangered topic
  list?
• D. Kuhn. bibl Child Dev v71 no1 p21-5 Ja/F
  2000
• To locate the full text article, check
  Journal Finder
• http//www.guilford.edu/library/

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Search the World Wide Web.

• The best search engines
• Alta Vista www.altavista.com
• Excite www.excite.com
• Hot Bot www.hotbot.com
• InfoSeek www.infoseek.com
• Lycos www.lycos.com

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Search the World Wide Web.

• Quality is a concern!
• Evaluate the information found
• Accuracy
• Authority
• Objectivity
• Currency
• Coverage

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Write your paper.

• Available in the Quick Reference Collection
• APA, MLA and Turabian style manuals
• Easy Writer A Pocket Guide
• For citation of online information sources
• The Columbia Guide to Online Style
• Electronic Styles A Handbook for Citing
  Electronic Information

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Write your paper.

• Available on the World Wide Web
• MLA Style www.mla.org
• Choose link Frequently Asked Questions about
  MLA Style.
• APA Style www.apa.org
• Choose the link APA-Style Helper in the Quick
  Links box, right side of the screen.
• Choose the link Electronic References.
• For additional information about this Library
  Instruction Presentation, Please contact
  Information/Reference Services at [phone].