ATOC/EPSC 185: Natural Disasters

Library Resources

Tara Mawhinney & Emily KasutoSchulich Library of Science and

EngineeringFall 2010

• Library Resources– Finding Books– Finding Articles

• Citing your sources

• Getting help

TopicsTopics

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Search strategySearch strategy1.Define your topic:

2. Identify key concepts & brainstorm synonyms

Predicting avalanches in western Canadian recreational areas

Concept table

avalanches Canadian recreational areas

Canada recreation

British Columbia parks

Library ResourcesLibrary Resources

For Books:try the Library Catalogue

For Articles:try article databases

See Library Course Guide for tips and recommendations: http://www.mcgill.ca/library/library-findinfo/courses/guides/atoc185/

Search tipsSearch tips

Combine keywords together:

AND: to retrieve both wordsexample: avalanches AND Canada

OR: to retrieve either wordexample: Canada OR “British Columbia”

Search tipsSearch tips

example: predict* predictpredictspredictedpredictionpredicting

Wildcards: specify alternate endings/spelling

Phrase searching: use quotation marks to search words in a phrase

example: “British Columbia”

Source: : Gaunt, J., et al. Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching. Cardiff, Wales: Cardiff University, 2007. http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/educationandtraining/infolit/hilt/index.html (accessed May 14, 2008). Used in accordance with a Creative Commons license (Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 UK)

Need help?Need help?1.Ask us Tara: tara.mawhinney@mcgill.ca Emily: emily.kasuto@mcgill.ca

2.Ask at the Schulich Library information desk

3.Ask “Chat with a librarian” service