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LIBRARY RESEARCH SKILLSLIBRARY RESEARCH SKILLSFOR LE4000 STUDENTS

SEM 1 2010/2011SEM 1 2010/2011

Gentle reminder1. Evaluation form – please fill

in & submit at the end of class

2 Attendance list – please 2. Attendance list please circulate and return by end of class

3. Checklist for effective searching

To provide the students To provide the students with sufficient with sufficient

knowledge on finding knowledge on finding

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preparation for their preparation for their research assignmentsresearch assignments

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ContentsContents

1.1. Conducting a search Conducting a search 2.2. Understanding search techniqueUnderstanding search technique3.3. Using Library Catalogue (OPAC)Using Library Catalogue (OPAC)g y g ( )g y g ( )4.4. Using Digital Library ServicesUsing Digital Library Services5.5. Using Using ebooksebooks servicesservices6.6. Using online databasesUsing online databases7.7. Using internet search enginesUsing internet search engines8.8. Understanding CitationsUnderstanding Citations

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i.i. Researching a topic Researching a topic What is the nature of your research?What is the nature of your research?

•• Type Type –– oral presentation, short oral presentation, short paper, long essay?paper, long essay?

•• Quantity Quantity –– of information neededof information needed•• Format Format –– printed or electronic printed or electronic

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ii.ii. Obtain background information on Obtain background information on your topicyour topic•• Refer to study guides and reading Refer to study guides and reading

listslists•• Read research guides Read research guides –– in print or on in print or on

the webthe web

iii. Build your search terms by referring iii. Build your search terms by referring to some reference sources:to some reference sources:•• encyclopediasencyclopedias•• specialized dictionariesspecialized dictionaries•• thesaurus, etcthesaurus, etc

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•• contentscontents ofof thethe databasesdatabases (index,(index, abstractabstractoror fullfull text)text)

•• subjectsubject coveragecoverage ofof thethe databasesdatabases toto useuse ––(sciences,(sciences, socialsocial sciences,sciences, arts,arts, humanities,humanities,etc)etc)

•• thethe materialsmaterials coveredcovered byby -- journalsjournalsneeded,needed, proceedings,proceedings, books,books, etcetc

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Identify the key concepts or ideas in your Identify the key concepts or ideas in your topic, examples:topic, examples:

“Educating school children withlearning disabilities”.

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List alternative keywords for each concept/term.List alternative keywords for each concept/term.

“Discuss the learning disabilities amongschool-children”.

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•Education•Scholarship•knowledge•Wisdom •Understanding

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•Children•Adolescents•Youths•Youngsters•Infants•Babies•Boys/Girls•Teenagers

•Preschools•Primary•Secondary •High schools

•Implications•Causes•Reasons•Challenges

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CombiningCombining keywordskeywords usingusing connectorsconnectorsknownknown asas BooleanBoolean operatorsoperators

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NOTNOT –– to exclude a termto exclude a term

Boolean search is applicable when youconduct search queries in electronicsearch tools such as OPAC, onlinedatabase or internet resources

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ExtendExtend thethe powerpower andand precisionprecision ofof booleanboolean searchingsearching viaviawildcards,wildcards, truncationstruncations andand phrasephrase searchsearch

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3.USING 3.USING LIBRARY LIBRARY

CATALOGUECATALOGUE

3.USING 3.USING LIBRARY LIBRARY

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Click on the icon to read the summary or content of the book. Sometime the biography of the author is also made available

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Use Call Number Browse if you know the call number of the book to search

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EXERCISESEXERCISES1. Using the Library catalogue name one book by each of the

following authors, when and where was it published?i. Ahmad Ibrahimii. Stephen Kingiii. Yusuf Qaradawi

2. Who is the author of this book entitled The lost World? 3. Find some titles on “ozone depletion” using the following

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4. Name one reference source related to “children with disabilities” Where is it located?

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If you see this message meaning that thesoft copy is not available for viewing yetplease get the document number and referto the Multimedia Counter on Level 3 for thehard copy

Sample of Islamic Economics

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Click on the Click on the respective respective contents/ contents/ chapterschapters

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6.USING ONLINE DATABASES

6.USING ONLINE DATABASES

EXERCISEEXERCISEUsing Proquest Social ScienceJournal search for information onthe following topic:

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EvaluatingEvaluating resourcesresources

Accuracy Accuracy –– reliability, org. reliability, org. domain, etcdomain, etcAuthority Authority –– author, publisherauthor, publisherObjectivity Objectivity –– aims, biases, etcaims, biases, etcScholarly/popular Scholarly/popular --intended intended

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University of Michigan Document Center: Citation Guides http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/cite.htmlA Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (6th ed., University of Chicago Press, 1996), by Kate L. TurabianA Guide for Writing Research Papers based on

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1. Book1. Book

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Malandro, L.A. (2003). Say itright the first time New York:McGraw-Hill.

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Muazzam Ali (2000). Equity and moralityin Islamic Banking. In Asma Siddiqi(Ed.), Anthology of Islamic Banking(pp.62-65) London: Institute ofIslamic banking and Insurance.

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OehlerOehler, A. , A. (2004). Governance, public health and the Millennium Development Goals: Some lessons from Burma. International Journal of Development Issues, 3(2), 7-29.

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StuckyStucky,, CC.. ((20022002,, December)December).. ChildrenChildren withwith aahungerhunger toto survivesurvive.. WorldWorld PressPress ReviewReview,,

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5. Website

Lynch, T. (1996). DS9 trials and tribble-ations review. Retrieved January 2, 2009 from Psi Phi: Bradley's Science

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Fiction Club Web site: http://www.bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/503r.html


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