1. ARIA Library Research Workshop: Preparing for a Research Assistantship
David Greene, MLIS
Liaison Librarian, Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Emily Kingsland, MLIS
Liaison Librarian, Humanities and Social Sciences Library

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

3. EndNote: Create a LibraryDG
- 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.

4. 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.

5. Identify your research question

6. 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?

7. 2. Identify the main concepts in the question

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

9. 3. Brainstorm synonyms and related terms

10. 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

11. 4. Build your search

12. 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

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

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

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

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

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

18. Exercise: Searching a Database
Hands on!

19. 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.

20. 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,
Reference List 26 References
Cited References -
Using either Web of Science (26), Scopus (31), or Google Scholar (64)

21. Conducting a cited reference search
Web of Science
Scopus
Google Scholar

22. Creating Author, Citation, and Journal Alerts
Citation Alerts
Author Alerts
Journal Alerts

23. Impact measurement guide:

24. 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!

25. 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

26. 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

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

28. Contact us if you need additional assistance!