1. Joy Suh Government Information and GIS Librarian hsuh1@gmu.edu Feb 26, 2012

2.  Writing a report or story on: Hidden History, Neighborhood, Transportation, Job Hunting, Food Access, Faith (Religion), Sustainability, etc. in “ Fairfax County ”

3.  How to find Books, Journal Articles, and other government resources (data, maps, pictures, etc) on your topic.  Key Resources  How to search, evaluate, and cite your resources.

4. Find Books and More Find Journal Articles Steps taken:  Mason Catalog  WRLC  FX County Public Library Catalog ( Local Government Document Holdings )  Worldcat  Interlibrary Loan Steps taken:  Databases for Newspapers, Legal Cases, Current Events, Data/Statistics, journal articles, etc.  E-Journal Finder

5. Using Catalogs: Mason, WRLC, Fairfax County Public Library Catalog, and Wordcat.  Keyword Search-your topic AND Fairfax County, etc.  Subject Search—Fairfax County  Subject (your topic) AND Keyword (Fairfax County)  See Tutorial-Combining Search ToolTutorial-Combining Search Tool Find out how your search results are different with different catalogs/different search strategies.

6.  Newspaper Articles Lexis/Nexis Academics (Washington post ) Virginian Newspapers  Legal Cases Lexis/Nexis Academics  Journal Articles on your topic: JSTOR, Academic Search Complete, PQ Research Library.  Journal Articles on Online Journalism : Communication Abstracts or Communication Mass Media Complete

7.  Census Data: --American FactFinder (2000 & 2010)American FactFinder --Social Explorer Database (Covers all census data and thematic maps): See Data Services pageData Services  www.fairfaxounty.gov (Local Data, Maps, Events/News, and more) www.fairfaxounty.gov  Visit FX Public Library (Fairfax City-Virginia Room)  Artstore Database (Pictures)

8.  How to Search,  How to Evaluate,  How to Cite, See Infoguide: Library Research BasicsLibrary Research Basics See also: Online Tutorials A-ZOnline Tutorials A-Z

9.  Take library workshops (Zotero, Data Services’ Workshops)  Explore “inPrimo”-a new search tool Contact--- Joy Suh (hsuh1@gmu.edu)hsuh1@gmu.edu Jen Stevenson (jsteven7@gmu.edu)