1. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 while you’re waiting… Search MORRIS for a book on this topic: body modification as a deviant subculture Info Lit @ Mac

2. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 Mills Research Help, 2 nd floor MSN/e-mail us at: library@mcmaster.ca Call us at: ext. 22533

3. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 ObjectivesObjectives Tips for effective searching Finding books in MORRIS Finding Scholarly Articles in e-Resources

4. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 Tips for Effective Searching When you searched for body modification as a deviant subculture what did you type in?

5. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 Tips for Effective Searching 1.Break your topic into keywords/major concepts body modification deviant subculture

6. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 Tips for Effective Searching 2.brainstorm for synonyms (& use “or” to join them together) body modification or tattooing or piercing

7. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 Tips for Effective Searching 3.use truncation (*) body modificat* or tattoo* devian* subculture*

8. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 Truncation, or Wildcard finds different endings e.g.devian* finds deviant deviance deviants

9. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 Truncation Tips don’t truncate too far back: e.g. dev* gets words like develop, devotion don’t truncate too close to the end e.g. deviant* misses words like deviance

10. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 Tips for Effective Searching 4.Use and/or to join your keywords (body modificat* or tattoo*) and devian* and subculture*

11. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 ObjectivesObjectives Tips for effective searching Finding books in MORRIS Finding Scholarly Articles in e-Resources

12. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 MORRISMORRIS Keep your search simple “body modificat*” Start with a title keyword search Check out & click on good subject headings Find a good book? Browse in the Call Number area

13. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 MORRISMORRIS Status In or Out? Check shelf, Checked out, Non-circulating Forms: Recall, Storage, etc. tab Collection & Call No. Book Location Guide

14. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 ObjectivesObjectives Tips for effective searching Finding books in MORRIS Finding Scholarly Articles in e-Resources

15. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 article = published in a journal, magazine, newspaper article database = 1000s of articles, all in one database some full-text, some not searchable by keyword Articles vs. Article Databases

16. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 Examples of Article Databases scholarly: Sociological Abstracts Social Sciences Index news/magazines: LexisNexis CPIQ

17. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 A word about access… You can access article databases from anywhere! Log in with your MAC ID when requested

18. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 Finding Articles Start with Sociological Abstracts: go to library homepage http://library.mcmaster.ca http://library.mcmaster.ca click “e-Resources” click “Sociology” click “Sociological Abstracts”

19. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 Sociological Abstracts Quick search: (body modificat* or tattoo*) and deviant and subculture*

20. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 Do we have the article? full-text might be available in the database If not, click Search the database(s) for articles on your topic. Do we have the article?

21. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 RecapRecap Tips for effective searching keywords, synonyms, truncation (*), “and”/”or” Finding books in MORRIS Keyword search, check “Subjects” Finding Scholarly Articles in e- Resources keyword search, click “Get it!” for full-text

22. Sociology 1A06, Fall 2005 Questions?Questions? Need help? Come to the Research Help Desk, 2 nd floor Mills or email/MSN us library@mcmaster.calibrary@mcmaster.ca Good luck with your assignments!