Dr. Jungkun Seo Ms. Sue Cody

Topics for the Sessions Selecting the right information sources Selecting the right finding aids Doing a better search Availability of resources Evaluating resources Citing Sources

Selecting the right information sources News/Opinion or Scholarly Analysis? Current or Historical? Primary or Secondary? Publications or Data?

Selecting the right finding aids Database Scope Bibliographic or Data? Publication Types and Numbers Subjects Time period (publication or subject) Search Engine / Structure Abstract or Full-text search Special Limit features

Doing a better search AND, OR, NOT AND narrows Third parties AND presidential elections OR adds synonyms/related (OR is More) Third parties OR Third party OR Tea party NOT excludes (use carefully) Truncate for word variations (presiden* = presidency, president, presidents, presidential) Words anywhere or phrase? “Third parties” Field-specific searching, e.g., Title, Descriptor/Subject

Availability of Resources Links from databases “Have a Citation? Looking for a Journal” Library Catalog and WorldCat Interlibrary Loan

Do we have? Halper, Stefan “President Obama at Mid-Term” International Affiars 87:1-11. Perry, Glenn E “Taking Tea Parties Seriously: Corporate Globalization, Populism, and Resentment.” Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 10: Schraufnagel, Scot Third Party Blues: The Truth and Consequences of Two-party Dominance. New York: Routledge. Rosenstone, Steven J Third Parties in America. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Evaluating Resources Authority Scope Purpose Persuade or describe? Audience Accuracy Current? Does it matter? CRITIC Model Evaluating News Magazines

Assignment Answer 6 basic questions Pick 2 databases (1 from each column) Explore the scope of database Practice searching – use: AND OR Truncation (*), “quotes for phrases” Due Monday