Library Overview

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NEWS FROM THE FIELD CRL News, May 2004Vol. 65,
No. 5, P. 247
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Library Research

• Senior Thesis in Political Theory
• Professor Gundogdu
• Wednesday, September 17, 2008
• Librarian Jenna Freedman

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• http//www.barnard.edu/library
• This is the portal to all knowledge.
• Or, if you insist, Library Web
• http//www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb

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we can help you

• http//www.barnard.edu/library/reference
• Visit the reference desk
• IM BarnardReference, BarnardLibJenna (also
  BarnardLibLois, BarnardLibKaren, BarnardLibHeidi)
  AOL, Yahoo, GTalk
• Call 212.854-3953
• E-mail refdesk_at_barnard.edu
• Chat "Ask us! available M-F 1-5
  http//www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/reference
  
• Consultations http//www.barnard.edu/library/forms
  /consult.htm. Sessions arranged by appointment.

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advanced search concepts

• Boolean logic
• Controlled Vocabulary, descriptors, subject
  headings
• Limits
• Proximity searching, near, with
• Truncation, wild cards

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CLIO - books, e-books, serials (not articles),
media materials, microforms, etc.

• Search for a KNOWN item
• Book or journal title (not the article or chapter
  title)
• Brief
• Holdings
• Full
• Table of contents, book jacket copy, notes, etc.

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search for an unknown item

• Keyword
• Words that appear in any part of the record
  (author, title, publisher, etc.)
• Fun with search results
• Sorting
• Quick limits

• Subject
• Subject headings list
• Subdivisions
• More fun with search results
• Downloading options
• Views basic full

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databases - primarily articles, but also e-books,
dissertations, statistics and other materials

• Explore
• Help
• Truncation/wildcard symbols
• Phrase searching, near, with
• Advanced search and Boolean options
• Controlled vocabulary
• Different types of searches (e.g. citations, full
  text, keywords)
• Limits

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choose a database

• Google/Google Scholar
• JSTOR
• ProQuest Direct
• worldwide political science abstracts

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notes
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etc.

• Other library catalogs (JTS, Law, TC, and other
  institutions)
• Research guide for this class
• Evaluating resources authority, scope, and
  audience.
• Style Guides
• Endnote RefWorks