Library Resources ATOC/EPSC 185: Natural Disasters Tara Mawhinney & Emily Kasuto Schulich Library of Science and Engineering Fall 2010

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Predicting avalanches in western Canadian recreational areas Search strategy 1.Define your topic: 2. Identify key concepts & brainstorm synonyms Predicting avalanches in western Canadian recreational areas Concept table avalanches Canadian recreational areas Canada recreation British Columbia parks

Library Resources For Books: For Articles: try the Library Catalogue try article databases See Library Course Guide for tips and recommendations: http://www.mcgill.ca/library/library-findinfo/courses/guides/atoc185/

Search tips AND: to retrieve both words example: avalanches AND Canada Combine keywords together: AND: to retrieve both words example: avalanches AND Canada OR: to retrieve either word example: Canada OR “British Columbia”

example: “British Columbia” Search tips Wildcards: specify alternate endings/spelling example: predict* predict predicts predicted prediction predicting Phrase searching: use quotation marks to search words in a phrase example: “British Columbia”

Source: : Gaunt, J., et al. Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching. Cardiff, Wales: Cardiff University, 2007. http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/educationandtraining/infolit/hilt/index.html (accessed May 14, 2008). Used in accordance with a Creative Commons license (Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 UK)

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