Pre-Orientation Library Worksheet• Questions you may have …

• How am I going to do the online research for the MATC program? • Where will I find articles? Google?

• Stephanie Brown, MATC librarian, will answer these questions & more during your on-campus orientation.

• To make library orientation more effective, please:Read these brief notes about using UNC’s library. Bookmark http://guides.lib.unc.edu/matc716 Do 3 quick tasks to show Stephanie you read these notes.

• Total investment: about 1 hour – when you choose!

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Need Articles? Don’t Use• What?! I can find everything on Google!

• Stephanie says: Google is ginormous! • Too many results;• Not all reliable;• Hard to find quality, scholarly articles;• Time-consuming to find just what you need• Some require payment.

• So … what should I do??

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Library Search Engines > Google! • Instead: use library “search engines” from “EBSCO.”

• Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) & Business Source Complete. Find articles in …

• Advertising • Social Media• Marketing • Journalism• Public Relations • Broadcasting

• Includes academic articles PLUS titles like AdAge and PRWeek.

• Way better than Google! Better than Google Scholar!

Watch: How to Find Scholarly Articles in CMMC

Watch this short video! http://bit.ly/1t4EXcN

Where is this EBSCO thingie?Go to http://guides.lib.unc.edu/matc716 – and type in some search terms

What EBSCO Looks Like

How to Email an Article• Click on the article title, then find the <E-mail> button!

Do this NOW Watch Stephanie demonstrate how to use CMMC

for scholarly articles in a 3-minute video.• http://bit.ly/1t4EXcN

Bookmark http://guides.lib.unc.edu/matc716.

Search EBSCO / CMMC.• Identify one article on a topic that interests you. • Email that article to swbrown@unc.edu.

Why search now?• If you search EBSCO for an article now, you’ll know how to do it later

… when you really need it.• You won’t have to rely on Google.• You’ll learn more in the library session on Aug. 12!

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Next Up: Chat Stephanie• What is it?!

• Communicate with Stephanie in real-time to get a library question answered – quickly.

• Email is great, but sometimes “synchronous” help is better.• Stephanie can help with questions large & small.

• Why chat?• Online research is tough – sometimes you need “search hacks”• Stephanie is experienced & happy to offer quick tips. • Library school students Lynne & Shelby answer our chats too.

• When can I chat?• Stephanie’s available ‘til around 5 & by appointment nights &

weekends.• Other UNC librarians answer our chats until midnight during the

academic year.

Sample Chat

Do this NOWChat with Stephanie!

• Go to http://guides.lib.unc.edu/matc716 and click the button on to message with Stephanie or Shelby or Lynne.

• Ask questions about these exercises or just say hello.

• JOMC Chat hours: • July 21-31: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.• Aug. 1 – 8: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.• UNC Library chat until 6 pm. through Aug. 18.

Why chat now?• If you chat now, you’ll know how to do it later …

when you really need a quick answer to a library question.• You’ll see how quick it is & how efficient.

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You’re Done!• Yay – you’ve done some great prep work for library

orientation.

• You …• Found an article in EBSCO – more scholarly, more magazines –

less clutter than Google• Emailed it to Stephanie (and maybe to yourself to read later?!)• Chatted with Stephanie or another UNC staffer

• You’ve got great research tools in your toolbox

• I look forward to meeting you in August!

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