Library Orientation for PAUS 8111: PUBLIC ADM

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Library Orientation for PAUS 8111 PUBLIC ADM
ORGANIZATIONS

• La Loria Konata
• Librarian _at_ GA State Univ Library
• llkonata_at_gsu.edu
• 404.651.3726
• lakonatagsu (AIM)
• http//www.library.gsu.edu/research/paus

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Outline of Session

• Basic Library Information
• Conducting ResearchProcess and Tools
• Search Techniques
• Databases
• Catalog
• Identifying Resources
• Articles
• Books
• Hands on Exercise
• I have a citation, where is the article?
• Cited Reference Search
• EndnoteBibliographic Manager Software
• Questions?

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Basic Library InformationGetting Help

• Reference Desk, 2nd floor of Library North
• Reference Desk via phone [phone]
• Reference Desk http//www.library.gsu.edu/askalib
  rarian/
• Me, La Loria 5th floor of Library South Office
  hours W F, 2-4pm or via apptllkonata_at_gsu.edu,
  lakonatagsu (AIM) or 404.651.3726

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Basic Library Information-Getting Help
www.library.gsu.edu/askalibrarian

• Online ChatMon - Thu 11AM - 5PM
• Instant Messaging (IM) Mon - Thu
  11am-10pmLibrarys buddy name
• gsulibref
• -My buddy name M-F 8-4
• lakonatagsu
• AIM, Yahoo, MSN

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Basic Library InformationAccessing Materials

• Use your PantherCard I.D. to check out materials
  from
• GSU University Library
• University System of Georgia School Libraries
  https//giluc.usg.edu
• Emory University Library (Woodruff Library Only)
  
• Other schools in GAInterlibrary Use Card from
  Reference Desk
• Fill out an Interlibrary Loan request form at the
  Circulation Desk or Online for materials from
  other libraries http//www.library.gsu.edu/ill/

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Basic Library InformationPrinting

• Use PantherCard as PantherCash to print from
  computers
• For photocopying, use cash or visit Auxiliary
  Services to change card to Panther Cash

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Basic Library InformationOff Campus Access

• GALILEO password doormat
• http//www.library.gsu.edu/access/
• Other databases use barcode number--begins
  20785

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Conducting Research _at_ GSU

• Ten Step Process
• Resource Options
• Tools for Research

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Conducting ResearchThe 10-Step Process

• Formulate Your Question
• Get Background Information
• Focus Your Search Topic
• Consider Your Resource Options
• The Tools Available/Select the Appropriate Tool
• Use the tool
• Gather Your Materials
• Evaluate Your Sources
• Organize and Write
• Compose Your Bibliography

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Conducting ResearchThe Tools Available

• GIL our GSU Store
• GALILEO our online
  mall/shopping center
• List of Databases GSUs mall
  outlet

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Conducting ResearchConsider Resource Options

• Books
• Magazine/Popular articles
• Newspaper articles
• Scholarly/Peer reviewed articles
• Reference books
• Websites
• Surveys/opinion polls
• Statistical sources, government publications

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Conducting ResearchThe Flow of Information
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Conducting ResearchAvailable Tools Resources
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Conducting ResearchPopular vs. Scholarly
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Search Strategy

• Boolean LogicAND

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Search Strategy

• Boolean Logic--OR

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Search Strategy

• Boolean Logic--NOT

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Identifying ResourcesDatabases for Public
Administration
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Research Topic

• Privatizing Social Security. Are private
  accounts worth the risk?

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Search Techniques for Online Catalog GIL,
http//gil.gsu.edu

• Basic Search Keyword anywhere
• social security search as a phrase
• privat? private, privatize, privatization
• Subject Browse Example
• Social Security (See Also)
• Post Limit location, date

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Search Techniques for Databases

• Boolean Connectors Use the connectors OR and
  AND to broaden or narrow your search.
• Narrow Search social security AND privat
• Expand Search social security OR retire
  account OR pension AND privat OR contract out

Truncation Use truncation symbols ( Or !) at
the stem of a word to look for multiple word
endings. Example govern govern OR governs
OR government OR government
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Hands On Exercise

• Identify a scholarly article on a topic of your
  choice. Try to email it to yourself.
• What resources (books/articles/data) are best
  suited for your topic?
• Is the article available full-text from the
  database? Is it available in print in the
  library?
• Is there a subject heading for your topic?

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Accessing Materials Once You Have A Citation (I
have a citation, where is the article?)

• Articles
• Check the E- Journal Locator to see if we have
  the journal electronically. If it is listed,
  connect to the database indicated and do a title
  or author search to pull up the article.
• Check GIL to see if we have the journal in paper.
  Write down the location and call number.
• If it is not in either place, do an Interlibrary
  Loan Request at the Circulation Desk or Online
  at http//www.library.gsu.edu/ill/

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Examples / Articles

• Edwards, David Thomas, John Clayton. Developing
  a Municipal Performance-Measurement System
  Reflections on the Atlanta Dashboard. Public
  Administration Review, May/Jun2005, Vol. 65 Issue
  3, p369-376
• Brewer, Gene A. Selden, Sally Coleman. Whistle
  blowers in the federal civil service new
  evidence of the public service ethic. Journal of
  Public Administration 8413-39 no 3 Jl 1998

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Accessing Materials Once You Have A Citation for
Books

• Books and Dissertations
• Check GIL, Pullen Librarys Online Catalog, to
  see if the library owns a particular book or
  dissertation.
• Check WorldCat in GALILEO to see if a near-by
  library owns a particular book or dissertation.
• If dissertation was written recently at GSU, you
  may be able to download it for free from
  Dissertation Abstracts (in GALILEO).

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Examples Books

• Meier, Kenneth. Applied statistics in Public
  Administration. Fort Worth Harcourt College
  Publishers, c2002.
• Dye, Thomas R. Understanding public policy. Upper
  Saddle River, N.J. Prentice Hall, c2002.
• Gore, Al. "Reinventing government and
  representative bureaucracy In Representative
  bureaucracy classic readings and continuing
  controversies. Julie Dolan and David H.
  Rosenbloom, editors. Armonk, N.Y. M.E. Sharpe,
  2003.

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Cited Reference Searching
Traditional search
Cited reference search
2004 paper
2003 paper
1987 paper
1993 paper
2001
2001
1996 paper
1996 paper
1982 paper
1982 paper
1957 paper
1957 paper
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Cited Reference Search

• Web of Science Cited Ref Search
• Social Science Citation Index
• Arts Humanities Citation Index
• Examples
• Implementing privatization policies in Next
  Steps' agencies. By Gains, Francesca. Public
  Administration, 1999, Vol. 77 Issue 4, p713-730
• The Mythology of Privatization in Contracting for
  Social Services. By Van Slyke, David M.. Public
  Administration Review, May/Jun2003, Vol. 63 Issue
  3, p296-315
• Academic Search Premier/Business Source Premier
  Cited References

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Endnote

• EndNote is a widely used bibliographic reference
  software program that can help you store, manage,
  organize, and automatically create and format
  citations and bibliographic references (including
  images, charts, tables, and figures) to be used
  in your research papers, theses, dissertations,
  and other publications.

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Manuals Help/Assistance

• GSU Endnote Website
• http//www.library.gsu.edu/endnote/
• Subscribe to GSU EndNote Discussion List
  http//mailbox.gsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/endnote-l
• EndNote Support Documentation Guides
  http//www.endnote.com/support/ensupport.asp

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Library Resources for PAUS

• http//www.library.gsu.edu/people/lkonata/
• http//www.library.gsu.edu/research/paus