Maya Sharsheeva, reference-librarian AUCA Library Effective information search in the Library e-Resources

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 the ability to access, evaluate, organize and use information in order to learn…  problem-solve, make decisions - in formal and informal learning contexts, at work, at home and in educational settings…  a key characteristic of the lifelong learner - strongly connected with critical and reflective thinking… What is Information Literacy?

Defining the Research Topic and Determining the Keywords:  Synonyms  Terms  Phrases Selecting Research Materials  Books  References  Periodicals  Databases  Internet Searching using Boolean operators: And Or Not Truncation * Wildcard ? Double quotation “ ” Comparing and Evaluating SynthesizingInformation  Writing a Bibliography Research Strategy Model

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Information timeline Web Newspaper PopularmagazinesReferencesourcesScholarlyjournals Books Day WeekPresent Months Years Depending on your topic, different types resources may be more appropriate than others. You need to be aware of what kind of information is in each type of resources and who the intended audience is. Step 2.

Searching Step 3. Boolean operators: And Or Not social insurance social insurance social insurance

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Searching by subjects  Business and Economics  Business and Economics  Behavioral Science  Behavioral Science  Humanities, Social Sciences and Law  Humanities, Social Sciences and Law Searching by title of journals  Find journals by title  Find journals by title  Browse by publications  Browse by publications The common features of Databases Basic (simple) search  search by keywords Advanced search  using expanders and limiters Searching by publishers  Blackwell Publishing  Blackwell Publishing  Elsevier  Elsevier  Oxford University Press  Oxford University Press  Springer Verlag  Springer Verlag

Oxford Reference Online

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Multidisciplinary Databases on The Arts and Natural Sciences EBSCOhost ® Databases

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Other kinds of search  Publications: search by Titles of Journals  Subject Terms: search by Subject Headings  Cited References: search by a List of Citation Records  Images: search of Images  Indexes: search by a List of Fields

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Cambridge Journals Online

eBRARY is a growing collection of more than 30,000 full-text books and other authoritative content (journals, maps, reports, sheet music) from the world’s leading publishers such as: Routledge, Greenwood, McGraw-Hill, and Cambridge University Press etc. Routledge, Greenwood, McGraw-Hill, and Cambridge University Press etc. eBRARY overview  Agriculture (472)  Auxiliary Sciences of History (118)  Bibliography, Library Science etc. (190)  Education (1518)  Fine Arts (285)  General Works (24)  Geography, Anthropology, Recreation (914)  History (General) and History of Europe (1827)  History: America (1332)  Language and Literature (4128)  Law (982)  Medicine (2896)  Military Science (358)  Music and Books on Music (494)  Naval Science (50)  Philosophy, Psychology, Religion (2732)  Political Science (1325)  Science (4184)  Social Sciences (8474)  Technology (2806) eBRARY includes such multiple subject areas as:

 Easy Search Toolbar  conduct a simple or advanced search, browse of books by subject areas  Multiple Interface  English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Swedish  Archives in Personal Bookshelf  automatically save & manage highlights, notes, bookmarks  Copy/Paste and Printing with Automatic Citations  copy & paste text into any text editor such as MS Word, includes URL to exact location book eBRARY features

eBRARY main page 1. Search tab Choose language’s interface 2. New additions

Browse books by subject areas Browse button Subject listings

Advanced search - enables to narrow your search by a number of different parameters Advanced search button Search for keywords or phrases Search in text, subject, title, author… social insurance Search in all documents, or in books, journals, maps, reports… Search by languages: English, French, Spanish… Subject All documents

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Step 4. Comparing and Evaluating ? Consider the criteria listed below when critically evaluating sources:  Is the Information Relevant?  Is the Information Timely?  Is the Information Timely?  Is the Information Reliable?  Is the Information Accurate?

Step 5. Synthesizing Information Writing a Bibliography You will be able to analyze your materials and combine the different elements of information into a new entity. This process of integrating materials you have gathered and then creating your own information product is called synthesizing. The Copyright symbol Full citations (a listing of the author, title, publisher, etc.) must be provided in your bibliography or list of sources, for all types of sources including books, articles, government documents, interviews, Internet sources, software and other nonprint material (videos, graphics, sound recordings, etc.).

Contacts Maya Sharsheeva Reference librarian tel.: (275 int.) Thank you for your attention!