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Communication and MediaResource awareness session

What we’ll cover:

Look at resources

Reference management software

Re-cap : Preparation / search tips

TrialsElectronic Library

Local to global

“Critical literacy”

Evaluate webpage

Newspapers

Lexis Library

Library PressDisplay

Times Digital Archive

Daily Mirror Archive

Times Digital Archive

WEBSITES

www.worldoflibrarians.co.ukBiography of Linda CraneHave a twin sister

Held at gunpoint

Once owned a three legged hamster called Hopalong

Preparation re-cap

Before you startMay want to look for starting points – ideas to put into context what you want to say.Look at a book on the subject – how have they organised their chapters? Look at Wikipedia -DON’T cite it – spark ideas

Types of information -decide what you need

Established facts and figures

General information on a topic

Reviews of the literature of a topic

Publications of recent research results

Primary sources – actual documents or scanned images of original texts

Scholarly debates

Reference books- encyclopaedias, ‘companions to’, biographies

Books of collected articles, text books, research monographs, scholarly websites

Journal articlesBooks of collected articles

Journal articlesProceedings of conferences

On-line digitised collections,Library’s Special Collections and Archives.National archive organisations

Journal articles, newspapersWebsites of relevant organisations

Keyword diagramThe influence of women in filmmaking

InfluenceEmpowerment

Roleequality

WomenGenderFemale

FilmmakingMoviemaking

ProducerDirector

Starting outPreparation is the key. Define your topic. What are you trying to find out? What are your search terms?

Relationships between your keywords Boolean searching

Clint Eastwood AND Westerns

Clint Eastwood OR Westerns

Clint Eastwood NOT Westerns

Search tipsTruncation : politic*

politicspoliticalpolitician

Wild card : Wom?n Globali?ation

“Search for a phrase” in quotation marks

Record what you find

Make sure you have enough detail to find the information againAlways record:

Source used and the date you used itSearches undertaken and results found

Keywords used, date range searched, location of material

Full bibliographic details of the material foundThis will help you with your referencing bibliography

Take a photocopy of the title page

Record search strategies

Be flexible – review

searches

Linda Cranelcrane@liv.ac.uk

0151 794 2686Room 210 Sydney Jones Library