Simulating Hurricane Katrina What Would the Librarian Do? Fred O’Bryant Applied Sciences Librarian Brown Science and Engineering Library April 2008

Search Database – Mark Desired Records

Export to RefWorks

Records Now in Last Imported Folder

Move Citations to Project Folder (Animal Rescue Citations)

Bibliography Created by RefWorks

Make Folder Available to Others Using Shared Folder Option

Set Sharing Options as Desired

Creating a Group RefWorks Account Method 1 A project member creates a personal RefWorks account and shares his/her login ID and password with all in the group Method 2 A project member creates a “project account” using a fictitious user name and shares the login ID and password with all in the group

Search VIRGO

Some VIRGO (and Other Databases) Hints Use single quotes in VIRGO to search for phrases—use double quotes in most other databases: ‘hurricane katrina’ or “hurricane katrina” Use the truncation symbol $ and Boolean connectors to improve results (symbol may vary in other databases): hurricane$ AND (wind OR tornado$) NOT flood$ Try various combinations of terms and synonyms to insure best coverage and specificity

Interlibrary Loan

Journal Article Databases

Newspaper Article Databases

Journal Article Databases – Citation Referencing

Reference Books

Dissertations

Scholar’s Lab in Alderman Library (for Statistical and GIS Data)

Guide to Resources for the Study of New Orleans

Government Information Resources in Alderman Library

Search Engine for U.S. Government Science Resources

Weather Information

Technical Report Literature

Pictures and Graphics Courtesy AP Photo Archive

Web Searching

Military Resources

And if you have questions later, you should always… Ask a librarian! Phone IM UVALibRef Meebo Chat Research Tutorial

Simulating Hurricane Katrina – What Would the Librarian Do? Fred O’Bryant Applied Sciences Librarian Brown Science and Engineering Library 924–6836 April 2008