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Library Research WorkshopLibrary Research Workshop
Megan FitzgibbonsMegan Fitzgibbons
Liaison LibrarianLiaison Librarian
October 15, 2008October 15, 2008
Political Science Graduate Students
Did You Know?
Provide help by phone, e-mail, chat and in Second Life
Offer individual consultations
Find stuff!
Give classroom presentations
Prepare Subject Guides
Your Liaison Librarian can:
Office Hours
Every Monday
14:30-16:30
Leacock 541
Office Hours
Every Monday
14:30-16:30
Leacock 541
Agenda
Planning a research strategy
Selecting a retrieval tool
Searching databases
Searching the library catalogue
Library services
Concept maps
Concept maps
Did You Know?
The McGill Library has more than six million items
Information Types and Sources
Information Type Description Tool Suggested databases
Encyclopedias, handbooks
Background information. General or specialized.
CatalogueSubject Guides
Books (scholarly monographs)
Broad, thorough, academic treatment of a subject.
CatalogueBibliographies
Scholarly journal articles
Detailed scholarly examination of a topic. Peer-reviewed.
Article indexes Google Scholar
Web of ScienceInternational Bibliography of the Social SciencesInternational Political Science Abstracts
Newspaper articles
Historical and current.
Article indexes Internet
Factiva, Canadian Newsstand
Theses & dissertations
Master’s and doctoral theses. Detailed scholarly analysis.
Article indexesCatalogueeScholarshipInternet
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
How do I find all of this?
Individual articles are NOT listed
directly in the library catalogue!
Article indexes and databases
Provide references to articles and other documents published in journals, which may or may not be in our library
Subject-specific or multidisciplinary
Index one or many types of documents
Provide citations, abstracts or full-text articles
But why can’t I just it?
Search term triangulation
Using AND, OR
AND
AND
VPN
Off campus?
The library catalogue
What Information about the library’s materials
What Information about the library’s materials
WhyFinding books and known journal titles
WhyFinding books and known journal titles
How Online, from the library’s website
How Online, from the library’s website
Did You Know?
Renew books
Place holds
Book a meeting room
(Cyberthèque pods)
Access e-exams
You can use your library account to:
Search the library catalogue for the journal titleSearch the library catalogue for the journal title
Use CREPUQ or Interlibrary Loan (ILL)Use CREPUQ or Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
If full text is not available onlineIf full text is not available online
If not
What to do if…
Ways to access materials
Print: search the library catalogue
Full-text online
If no full-text, use
Not in Montreal? Use Interlibrary Loan
Use the VPN to access materials off-campus
Did You Know?
Government Information Service
Electronic Data Resources Service
The Library offers specialized services:
A good place to start:
The Subject Guide
To take away
Start with the library’s website!
Books: use the catalogue
Articles: use indexes (databases)
VPN for off-campus access
Specialized services available
Contact a librarian
NOT a last resort!
Office hours:
Mondays 2:30-4:30 Leacock 541
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 514-398-4696