1. 10 Library Research Essentials in 50 Minutes 10 Library Research Essentials in 50 Minutes Dale Vidmar Hannon Library Southern Oregon University vidmar@sou.edu http://webpages.sou.edu/~vidmar/ii2011/ 10essentials.pptx Instructional Institute 2011 Southern Oregon University September 20, 2011

2. #1 Library Web Site  http://hanlib.sou.eduhttp://hanlib.sou.edu  Library Research Guides  Generic Access to Library Catalog and Databases  General Library Information – Hours, Contact Info, Services  News and Events

3. #2 Research Guides  http://hanlib.sou.edu/research/ subject.htmlhttp://hanlib.sou.edu/research/ subject.html  Direct Link to Catalog, Databases and Other Resources for the Subject/ Discipline  Organized by Discipline  How-to Assistance  Librarian Subject Specialist

4. #3 Library Catalog  Hannon Library Catalog - http://lib.sou.edu/search/X http://lib.sou.edu/search/X Materials from the Hannon Library Access Your Account:  Renew Materials Reserves  Course  Instructor  Textbook Share Help

5. #4 Summit Catalog  http://summit.worldcat.org/http://summit.worldcat.org/ advancedsearch#  Materials from the Hannon Library and 35 Other Libraries  Almost 29 Million Items and About 9.2 Individual Titles  Preview Texts – Google Scholar  Check-Out Items for 6 weeks  Free Delivery to Hannon Library

6. #5 Article Databases  Databases to Search for Scholarly Articles in All Disciplines  EBSCO Interface – Common Interface for Multiple Databases  Access to Full Text and Non-Full Text  Keyword vs. Subject Heading

7. #6 Find @ SOU  Link Resolver  Check for Available Full Text  Works within Databases and Google Scholar  3 Ways to Access Full Text Articles 1..pdf or html 2. Find @ SOU – Follow Links 3. InterLibrary Loan

8. #7 Information Management  Login to Accounts in MyEBSCO, Gale, FirstSearch, and Others  Save Retrieved Citations with Full Text when Available  Save Searches  Set Alerts  Persistent Links to Searches

9. #8 Citing and Citations  Citation Generators in Databases  Tools to Generate Citations – RefWorks, Endnotes, Zotero, Word, Citation Machine, etc.  Correct Citations Rather than Create Citation  Sources to Help Check Citations: http://hanlib.sou.edu/reference /citing.html http://hanlib.sou.edu/reference /citing.html

10. #9 Digital Collections  http://hanlib.sou.edu/ir/http://hanlib.sou.edu/ir/  SODA (Southern Oregon Digital Archives)  Scholarship @ SOU Faculty Scholarship Student Scholarship University Archives  More Digital@SOU Britt, Shakespeare, SOU History, etc.

11. #10 Ask Us  Reference Desk  Email  Phone  24/7 Virtual Reference http://www.oregonlibraries.net/ widget/sou  One-on-One Individual Consultations with Librarian  Library Research Instruction

12. 10 Library Research Essentials in 50 Minutes 10 Library Research Essentials in 50 Minutes Dale Vidmar Hannon Library Southern Oregon University vidmar@sou.edu http://webpages.sou.edu/~vidmar/ii2011/ 10essentials.pptx Instructional Institute 2011 Southern Oregon University September 20, 2011