1. Library Research for the Annotated Bibliography
14 September 2011
English 104 – 12 & 19

2. Finding Search Terms Identify and try the terms you would use
Try to think of the words a professional would use, try them
Brainstorm synonyms for these words; try the synonyms
Find 1 good article and scour it for the terms used to talk about your group topic, try those words
Use database entries to find new search terms.
Trial and Error

3. More about Database Searches
What is the difference between CardCat & Article Databases?
Search Full Text
Academic Search Premier: Choose Databases
Subject vs. Key Word Search
PDF vs. HTML

4. Getting the Right Kind of Source
How will you know it is a journal article?
Be sure to acquire the actual book or the full text of the article (not the abstract).
No book reviews

5. Sources you can use once
1 CQ Research article - often covers basic history of the subject and gives differing interpretation/opinion
1 Subject Encyclopedia - document the whole encyclopedia; annotation should identity and summarize a few of the important terms you found there (photocopy those entries)
1 authoritative website - do your own homework to determine the credibility of the site, then check with me.

6. People
Ask a research librarian: in the library, via instant message, or via appointment (individually or as a group)
Who else do you know who might be able to tell you where to search for good research in your major-based group topics?

7. Bibliographic Information
Record it separately:
Books: Author(s), name of chapter or essay within book and page numbers (if interested in only part of the book), book title, editors (if any), city of publication, publishing company, copyright year.
Article, either print or PDF: Author(s), article title, journal title, volume and issue #’s, date of publication, page numbers.
Article in HTML Full Text: Same as above, but also database you used (more specific than EBSCO), date you found it.