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Introduction and welcome back Who are we? Librarian A Librarian B Workshop 2 – Keywords – Google / Google Scholar / Summon – Evaluating sources Access to LSE Library (valid until end of July)

Quiz results And the winner is………. Image from WikipediaWikipedia

Homework?? Using LSE Library resources: Find a book, a journal article or journal, and a website you think will be useful for your assignment. Complete the evaluation form to say why you have chosen this item. Bring the form back to the next class. How did you get on?

Research process Define topic

Keywords Thinking about keywords 1st year from

Keywords for politics assignments

Keywords for philosophy assignments

Where to search? Google Google Scholar Your Library LSE Library (using Summon)

Where to search? Google Caution Google ScholarBetter Your LibraryGood LSE Library (using Summon)Good

Evaluating information The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is hard to verify their authenticity - Abraham Lincoln Image from WikipediaWikipedia

The CRAAP test Currency Relevance Authoritative Accuracy Purpose The CRAAP test was developed by California State University, Chico see

Google or Library search engine Google Easy to use Fast to search Finds too much Access from anywhere Finds some books & journals Sponsored links & Ads Results from anywhere & anyone Pay to access academic information LSE Library Easy to use Fast to search Finds lots of academic materials Search from anywhere Access academic books & journals Designed to help you search Searches quality information Free access to resources – access from LSE Library

Activity: Compare Library Search Engine and Google Scholar Search in both for: What is a person OR Pressure groups in the UK

Refine your search Access online from Library Visitor PCS Type of information Add keywords or use advanced search

Searching LSE Library (Summon) Searches content: journal articles, print books, e- books, databases, theses, newspapers Refine e.g. Items in LSE Library to narrow your results to print materials held in the Library Link to full-text? select Full-text online at Visitor PCs Too many results? Add extra search terms Not enough results? Think of different search terms Results too vague? try “…….” to phrase search May be directed to more in depth subject-specific databases for comprehensive searches of a topic

Searching Google & Google Scholar ‘Search tools’ button – Web, Images, Maps, More (News, Books, Blogs, Discussions) Related searches Advanced search – Restricting by date, domain (.ac.uk,.gov.uk) – Search by file type, e.g..ppt Phrase searching Author search – Google Scholar Test your Google skills:

Google Results page Title, URL, snippet Indented results Related searches More results Ads Knowledge graph Cached: the webpage as it looked when it was last indexed

Google Scholar Different search index to Google Contains references to: – peer-reviewed, un- reviewed papers, abstracts, articles – theses – Books From: – academic publishers – professional societies – universities and other scholarly organisations

Scholar advanced search Use phrase searching, e.g. “invisible web” Enter specific publication Exclude terms Enter specific author

Wikipedia Have you used it? Come on be honest! Don’t discount everything on Wikipedia Can be a good starting point – follow up references Good example: Regression analysisRegression analysis Bad example: LSE Wikipedia pageLSE Wikipedia page Apply the CRAAP test……

Homework Review some websites to see which they think are good quality and which are poor quality – Wikipedia entry on …. – Government website – Dealing with Emergencies – Dihydrogen Monoxide Dihydrogen Monoxide Use the CRAAP test

Getting further help in the Library Helpdesk on the first floor Library website: lse.ac.uk/library for help: Visit your Library to ask for help! Workshop 3: