1. Simulating Hurricane Katrina What Would the Librarian Do? Fred O’Bryant Applied Sciences Librarian Brown Science and Engineering Library April 2008

3. Search Database – Mark Desired Records

4. Export to RefWorks

5. Records Now in Last Imported Folder

6. Move Citations to Project Folder (Animal Rescue Citations)

7. Bibliography Created by RefWorks

8. Make Folder Available to Others Using Shared Folder Option

9. Set Sharing Options as Desired

10. Creating a Group RefWorks Account Method 1 A project member creates a personal RefWorks account and shares his/her login ID and password with all in the group Method 2 A project member creates a “project account” using a fictitious user name and shares the login ID and password with all in the group

11. Search VIRGO

12. Some VIRGO (and Other Databases) Hints Use single quotes in VIRGO to search for phrases—use double quotes in most other databases: ‘hurricane katrina’ or “hurricane katrina” Use the truncation symbol $ and Boolean connectors to improve results (symbol may vary in other databases): hurricane$ AND (wind OR tornado$) NOT flood$ Try various combinations of terms and synonyms to insure best coverage and specificity

13. Interlibrary Loan

14. Journal Article Databases

15. Newspaper Article Databases

16. Journal Article Databases – Citation Referencing

17. Reference Books

18. Dissertations

19. Scholar’s Lab in Alderman Library (for Statistical and GIS Data)

20. Guide to Resources for the Study of New Orleans

21. Government Information Resources in Alderman Library

22. Search Engine for U.S. Government Science Resources

23. Weather Information

24. Technical Report Literature

26. Pictures and Graphics Courtesy AP Photo Archive

27. Web Searching

29. Military Resources

30. And if you have questions later, you should always… Ask a librarian! Phone 924-3628 E-Mail sciref@virginia.edusciref@virginia.edu IM UVALibRef Meebo Chat Research Tutorial

31. Simulating Hurricane Katrina – What Would the Librarian Do? Fred O’Bryant Applied Sciences Librarian Brown Science and Engineering Library 924–6836 obryant@virginia.edu April 2008