1. SCPA 502 Library Workshop Michelle Lake
SCPA, Poli Sci, FPST and Government Publications Librarian

2. Course Page

3. Webster Library – SGW Campus
24/7 access, with student card, after 11pm
2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th floor of LB - “Library Building”
Computers/Printers/Photocopiers/Scanners
Group Study Rooms
Course Reserves
Current Print Journals
Social Sciences, Political Science, Gov publications, Maps, History, Humanities, Engineering & Fine Arts
Vanier Library – Loyola Campus
24/7 access, with student card, after 11pm
1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor VL – “Vanier Library”
Computers/Printers/Photocopiers/Scanners
Group Study Rooms
Course Reserves
Print Journal Archive
Sciences, Psychology, Applied Human Sciences, Communications & Journalism

5. Print Books Webster 4th floor & Vanier 2nd floor:
Political Science & Government, Political Theory, J – JZ
Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, H-HV
Organizational behavior, change and effectiveness, Corporate culture, labour, HD
Organizational sociology, Organization theory, HM
Social service, HV

6. Known items - Book
Boulmeti, J. & Dutwin, P. (2005) The ABC’s of evaluation: Timeless techniques for program and project managers. S.F. Wiley and Sons.
Search for the Title in Library Catalogue
Leave out “The”, “A”, “An”, etc. when searching for an exact title
You will need the Location and Call Number information to find the book on the shelf

7. Call number is the code you need to find the item on the shelves.
You can request a book, if it has a due date, which means another library user has borrowed it.
Location will tell you the library and floor on which you will find the item.
Call number is the code you need to find the item on the shelves.
Tells you whether it is on the shelf or checked out.

8. Known items - Book
Guérard, G. Les conflits organisationnels: restez maître du jeu, Les Éditions Yvon Blais, Montréal, 2008.
Search for the Title in Library Catalogue
Leave out “Les”, “Le”, “La”, etc. when searching for an exact title
Put the title in quotation marks
You will need the Location and Call Number information to find the book on the shelf

9. All of the subjects are in English.

10. Known item – Book, at Vanier
DeBono, E. (1985) Six thinking hats. Toronto: Key Porter Books.
Search for the Title in Library Catalogue
If the book’s Location is Vanier Library, you can have the book delivered to Webster library by using the Request button

11. Known item – journal article
Costanza, D., Blacksmith, N., Coats, M. et al. (2016). “The Effect of Adaptive Organizational Culture on Long-Term Survival.” Journal of Business & Psychology 31(3):
Journal Article
Search article title in Discovery search
Search for article title in Google Scholar
Search for Journal title in the Library Catalogue

12. Known items
1. Identify the format: is it a book, book chapter or an article?
2. For books & book chapters: search the discovery search or library catalogue with the title of the book.
3. For articles: search the Discovery search with the title of the journal article.
4. For articles: search Google Scholar with the title of the journal article.
5. For articles: Search the Library Catalogue – Journal Title search for the Journal’s title.
6. Ask or assistance/request from elsewhere: If you are unable to locate the items, use Ask-a-librarian chat and/or request them through COLOMBO

13. https://library.concordia.ca/
The Discovery Search, searches the library catalogue AND some of the journal article databases. It is a good place to search for journal article titles.
The library catalogue searches all the print books and ebooks available at the libraries.

14. COLOMBO – Interlibrary Loans
Use Interlibrary loans/COLOMBO – to request books and access articles from other libraries via Concordia
Request a book from another university library and it will be delivered to Concordia for your use (for 2 weeks)
Request an article from another university library and (generally) a PDF copy will be delivered to your within a week
Use the ‘Create Request’ option on the left hand menu in COLOMBO to request articles

15. BCI Card – Borrow from other Libraries
Use a BCI card – to borrow books
You can use the BCI card to visit a different university library in person:
McGill, UdeM, UQAM, etc.
To receive a card, take your student card to the circulation/Loans desk at Webster or Vanier libraries and ask for a BCI card.
Why wouldn’t Concordia have the book?
Different programs/areas of expertise/languages

16. Search tips – Library Catalogue and Databases
AND –limits how many results your search produces
Examples:
power AND organizations
changement organisationnel AND développement
OR –increases the number of results your search produces. You add synonyms or alternative words with OR
development OR change
conflit OR désaccord 

17. Search tips – Library Catalogue and Databases
“ ” – quotation marks around two or more words, is a Phrase search and it limits how many results your search produces
Examples:
“community economic development”
“développement économique communautaire”
*- the star, after the root word, fills in all the suffix/compound wards and increases the number of results your search produces
Example: econom* FINDS economy, economic, economics, economies

18. Avoid Searching with Linking words
Effects
Impact
Consequences
Influence
Results
Importance
Significance
Each author may use different linking words when discussing similar topics.
You don’t want your search to be limited to those books and articles that only contain the word “effect” or “consequence”

19. Searching for Books in the Library Catalogue

20. Does the book include a bibliography or reference list and citations?
Scholarly Books
Who published the book? A university press? An institution? A government?
Does the book include a bibliography or reference list and citations?

21. Scholarly Books
Are you able to find information about the authors, editors and contributors to the book?
Are they affiliated with universities, colleges, research centers, governments or other institutions?

22. Searching for journal articles in the Databases
If you check off the box beside any of these terms, it adds them to your search with AND

23. Accessing journal articles
Use Find Concordia, to access the article from another Concordia Database
If there is a PDF, download it

24. Accessing journal articles – Find it @ Concordia
Clicking on any links under the green banner should take you directly to the article 1
If there are no direct links, try searching for the journal in the library catalogue 2
If we don’t have the journal, you can use the Interlibrary loans link to request it from another library 3

25. Author is affiliated with a University
Selecting Articles
Length of the article
Author is affiliated with a University

26. Selecting articles What do I need to consider in selecting an article?
Look at the title and abstract, does it match your topic?
What are the article’s subjects? Do they match your keywords?
When was the article published?
Length: scholarly research articles are usually between pages

27. Selecting articles What do I need to consider in selecting an article?
Does the article have extensive Reference or Bibliography or Notes at the end?
Scholarly research articles always list the books and articles they have cited and used to build their own research
These lists can also be a place to find other interesting books and articles on the same topic

28. Make an appointment with Michelle.
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