ARIA Library Research Workshop: Preparing for a Research Assistantship David Greene, MLIS Liaison Librarian, Humanities and Social Sciences Library david.greene@mcgill.ca Emily Kingsland, MLIS Liaison Librarian, Humanities and Social Sciences Library emily.kingsland@mcgill.ca

Today’s Objectives Get to know EndNote Translate your research topic into a search strategy Learn to critically assess sources Publishing tips

EndNote: Create a Library DG - Save references from online searches, as well as manually enter references; - Organize your references into different folders (groups); - Find the full text of your references; - Format your references in your favorite citation style and create bibliographies; - Cite references within a text document (Cite while you write). - The library offers 90 minute EndNote Essential workshops all year.

Where do I start? DG - Library catalogue (classic vs WCL) - Multidisciplinary databases - Subject-specific databases - Format-based databases - Citation tracking databases - Subject Guides list most important research resources by discipline.

Identify your research question

Narrowing a sample research topic Migrant workers in Asia and North America Filipina nannies working in Canada in the 21st century What are the working conditions of Filipina nannies working in Canada?

2. Identify the main concepts in the question

Finding the main concepts What are the working conditions of Filipina nannies working in Canada?

3. Brainstorm synonyms and related terms

Work environment Quality of work life Job satisfaction Domestic worker CONCEPT 1: Working conditions CONCEPT 2: Nannies CONCEPT 3: Filipina CONCEPT 4: Canada Work environment Quality of work life Job satisfaction Domestic worker Domestic labo(u)rer Governess Babysitter Filipino Philippines Southeast Asia Canadian North America North American

4. Build your search

Narrows Narrows Boolean Operators Expands AND a search a search OR NOT (Nannies Job satisfaction) OR OR Domestic workers) NOT (North America NOT Mexico) Narrows a search Expands a search Allow you to demonstrate relationships between your search terms. - AND - allows you to search for both concepts – means they will both words appear in the same record – OR - allows you to find things that contain either one or both concepts/words – NOT - Requires the presence of one word/ concept but excludes all records with the other ->excludes records containing the second word/concept - since words like plant has multiple meanings, allows you to exclude results containing the word plants under its other meaning Narrows a search

Boolean Operators - AND Narrows a search 107 Hits Nannies 2560 Hits Job satisfaction 10230 Hits

Expands a search Boolean Operators - OR 258 Hits Nannies 156 Hits Domestic workers 102 Hits

Boolean Operators - NOT Narrows a search 291 Hits North America 336 Hits Mexico 45 Hits

* Truncation Canad* Canada Canadian Canadians Canadian’s Canadiens Etc… Canad*  

More Advanced Search Techniques Quotation marks Use for phrase searching Example: “domestic workers” Parentheses (nannies OR “domestic workers”) AND (Philippines OR “southeast asia”)

Exercise: Searching a Database Hands on!

EndNote: A Quick Primer - Save references from online searches, as well as manually enter references; - Organize your references into different folders (groups); - Find the full text of your references; - Format your references in your favorite citation style and create bibliographies; - Cite references within a text document (Cite while you write). - The library offers 90 minute EndNote Essential workshops all year.

The Past 2003 The Future Literature continuum Knauper, Barbel & Turner, Patricia. (2003). Measuring health: Improving the validity of health assessments. Quality of Life Research: An International Journal of Quality of Life Aspects of Treatment, Care & Rehabilitation, 12, 81-89. Reference List 26 References Cited References - Using either Web of Science (26), Scopus (31), or Google Scholar (64)

Conducting a cited reference search Web of Science Scopus Google Scholar

Creating Author, Citation, and Journal Alerts Citation Alerts Author Alerts Journal Alerts

Impact measurement guide: http://libraryguides.mcgill.ca/impact

Reading & Interpreting Search Results What type of article is it? What methodology is used? How long is the article? Is the article peer reviewed? If not, who is the publisher? Scholarly is not a synonym for good!

Disseminating Your Research Why publish? Attract an audience for your work and increase its relevance Be part of a scholarly community Improve chances for employment Improve grad school acceptance chances

Other Library Services Available to You Interlibrary loans service (COLOMBO - Online) BCI Card (Library Services Desk) Rare Books and Special Collections (4th floor) McGill University Archives (6th floor) Specialist librarians: data, copyright, scholarly communications Liaison librarians

The Research Process (in reality) Choosing a topic Collecting information Reading, evaluating, shaping ideas Managing references Structuring and writing Source: NCSU Libraries

Contact us if you need additional assistance! david.greene@mcgill.ca emily.kingsland@mcgill.ca