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1 2012 Feb 16 Patty Martinez – Instructor Liz Dobson - Librarian
Policy research

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5 How to translate your strategy into an actual search?
One example: in Canadian Reference Centre database …

6 Use the Library Guide: Social Policy in Canada research

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8 Background information…encyclopedias , guides & books

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12 Use “Search Everything” engine to find books…

13 Over 31,000 records in the Library on this topic (books, newspaper & journal articles, videos, etc.)…

14 Limit to Book / eBook: 2,803 titles

15 Limit to Book / eBook at Ashtonbee campus only: 589 titles
Click on the title to get more info…

16 Book is available “on the shelf” (If a book is charged out, or at another campus, you can “Place Hold”…

17 For background information, you can also search for books on SOCIAL POLICY IN CANADA (in general)…

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23 Guide to Toronto Police Services - webpage
Guide to Toronto Police Services - webpage

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28 Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System - website
Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System - website

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31 Statistics Canada website
.. Statistics Canada website

32 ESTAT – a database in the Library from Statistics Canada…popular data & some free material that is normallyoffered for sale ($) to the public

33 City of Toronto Ward Profiles website
.. City of Toronto Ward Profiles website

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