1. Welcome: Thesis in a Nutshell Lisa Barnett Instructional Services Librarian 765-285-1807 Brenda Yates Habich Information Services Librarian 765-285-1101

2. Services: From the Library’s homepage: Ask a Librarian –Live Chat –Email a Librarian –Reference by Appointment Research Guides Interlibrary Loan http://www.bsu.edu/library/collections/dista nceed/ for those who are distance education studentshttp://www.bsu.edu/library/collections/dista nceed/

3. CardCat Advanced Search: –Basic Search Author Title Periodical Title (to see if we have the journal) –Advanced Search limit to General Collection for books to check out YOU WILL NOT FIND ARTICLES!!

4. Databases: Access from the Library’s homepage –Should be able to access from off- campus when it shows “on/off campus” –If you are asked for information, use your Outlook account information –Journal articles –FindIT@BSU

5. FindIT@BSU If no full-text is available, see if CardCat can locate the journal, if it’s not available in CardCat, You’ll need to use Interlibrary Loan

6. Databases Continued: How do you know which database to use? –View by subject area (drop- down box) –Click on the red information box If Bracken Library does not have the item you need, use Interlibrary Loan

7. WorldCat Catalog of over 50 million books, web resources, and other materials worldwide. Updated daily. Accessed from the Library’s databases page Use Interlibrary Loan if we don’t have the item you need

8. Academic Search Premier – Scholarly or Popular: Semi- scholarly Time Period: 1965-present Type of Materials: Journal articles Sources: over 4500 journals

9. Dissertations and Theses – Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly Time Period: 1861-present Type of Materials: Dissertations and master’s theses Sources: over 1.6 million individual titles –Work with Interlibrary loan to get dissertations and theses: –http://www.bsu.edu/library/collect ions/ill/

10. ERIC (EBSCOhost) Subject Headings: Education Scholarly or Popular: Semi- scholarly Time Period: 1966-present Type of Materials: EJ: Journal Articles ED: Other materials Sources: over 750 journals Information Included: Citations, abstracts, and some Full Text Link to What BSU Libraries Own: Yes

11. E Journals http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/ejo urnals/subject_all.asphttp://www.bsu.edu/libraries/ejo urnals/subject_all.asp Good for finding a specific article or browsing a specific issue of a journal

12. Other possible useful databases: PsycINFO for psychology related topics Sociological Abstracts for social science topics JSTOR for education, general, humanities Health Source Nursing/Academic for health related topics Contemporary Women’s Issues for women’s studies Business Source Premier for business focused topics