Library 101: Find Info Better, Faster, More Efficiently

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Library 101 Find Info Better, Faster, More
Efficiently

• Mellanye Lackey, MSI
• Public Health Librarian
• mjlackey_at_unc.edu

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Todays agenda

• Services for you!
• Refworks/Endnote
• Tips for better/faster/efficient searching
• Places to find information

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Librarian office hours

• Every Thursday 12-1, Hooker Atrium

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Media design studio

• Create posters for classes, conferences
• Map health disparities (GIS)
• Design websites (Photoshop), edit movies
• (Final Cut Pro, iMovie)

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Individual Consults

• 100 individualized attention to YOUR topic,
  search strategy, terms, databases, and tips for
  making research easier
• Schedule one
• mjlackey_at_unc.edu
• http//www.hsl.unc.edu/asklib/

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Tip for faster searching

• Start at HSLs website http//www.hsl.unc.edu

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Tip for better research

• Use EndNote or RefWorks

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Find information

• on campus scholar.google.com

• Use Google Scholar off campushsl homepage

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Tip for faster searching

• Try lots of searches before settling on one
• Do quick and dirty searches
• Break up complicated questions into small facets
• Test out different terms

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Find Information

• PubMed

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Find Information

• ISI Web of Science

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Find (more) information

• Recommended dbs from E-resources
• PAIS (policy)
• Business Source Premier
• Social Science Research Network
• Annual Review of Population Law
• CCH Intl (Health care, Medicaid/care)

Get these from the alpha list http//eresources.li
b.unc.edu/eid/
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Find (even more) information

• Recommended dbs from E-resources
• PolicyFile
• Intl. Digest of Health Legislation
• World Development Indicators
• Asian/African/Lat.Am. Studies pages
• Reproline (reproductive health)
• Popline (population health)
• Aegis (AIDS education)

Get these from the alpha list on
http//eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/
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Find Statistics
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Find Books, too!

• Books!

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Tips for faster searching

• Ask for help

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Questions?

• mjlackey_at_unc.edu
• http//www.hsl.unc.edu/asklib/