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Searching the Library Resources Louise Fletcher (l.fletcher@Lboro.ac.uk) Academic librarian - SBE

University Library Resources available: Library catalogue & Subject guides Marketing reports Journals Company information Newspapers Books you would otherwise have to buy!

Library Databases available Business & management databases: Business source complete – useful for business related research Emerald - Elsevier Science Direct – useful for psychology and other science based subjects Marketing reports: Mintel, IBISWorld UK company information: FAME Newspapers: Nexis, FT.com British Standards publications E- journals

You’ve been given an assignment What next?.... Break up concepts Identify key words Check terminology, Americanisms Branding?

Keyword search What could you search for?...

Keywords General Specific Spelling Truncation & boolean logic American General Spelling Alternative terms Related terms misspelling Truncation & boolean logic Abbreviations ?, * ATM ‘AND’, ‘OR’ Proximity searching

Using ?/* for alternative spellings organi?ation (organisation/organization) organi?ation* (organisational/organizational) behavio*r (behaviour/behavior) behavio?r* (behavioural/behavioral?

Start searching….. Google? Google scholar? Library database? (who and what do you trust?)

Search results Check for: Number of citations New paper? Possibly cutting edge research? Analyse search results critically Quick scan read – intro and conclusion Download for full read at a later date

Analyse your results You need to evaluate and critique the results you find. Just because they have your keywords in the title or abstract, doesn’t mean they will help you answer your essay question. Make sure they are relevant!

SCONUL Make the most of it! SCONUL Access is a scheme which allows many university library users to borrow or use books and journals at other libraries which belong to the scheme. http://www.sconul.ac.uk/sconul-access

    Access to full text Online – off campus use the VPN: http://bit.ly/lu-vpn  Check Library Catalogue: http://vufind.lboro.ac.uk  Order via Inter Library Loan: http://bit.ly/1VU9z21  Use SCONUL Access: http://bit.ly/2ck9mmw

Contact details & useful sites on LEARN Louise Fletcher – L.Fletcher@lboro.ac.uk Always available for help with searching for resources/quick refreshers Workshops(Skills to succeed) PGT area https://learn.lboro.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=5792&section=5