Library Research Methods   Tags: ba, research  

Presentations:

1. What Is Information? (Oral histories)
2. Social Justice
3. Social Networking
4. Research Process
5. Government Docs
6. Archives
7. Library Research
8. Evaluating Information
9. Copyright & Citing Sources

Handouts

1. Scholarly vs Popular Periodicals
2. MLA and APA worksheet
3. Research Process

This Research Process presentation reviews the steps to take when you're doing your research. The handout is a compact version of the process.

This Government Documents presentation presents the following government and related websites:

• THOMAS (bills and laws)
• National Archives and Records Administration (historical government documents)
• US Government Print Office (current government documents)
• Maplight (illuminating the connection between money and politics)
• OpenCongress (tracks bills, votes, senators, and representatives in the US Congress)
• Versionista (tracks changes to any website)
• Sunlight Foundation (encourages transparency)

This Library Research presentation (split in 3 parts), consists of the following topics:

• Part 1:
  • Boolean logic (to help you refine your search)
  • OhioLINK (research databases)
  • Google Scholar
• Part 2:
  • WeDeliver! (AULA's FREE interlibrary loan service)
  • WorldCat
• Part 3:
  • RefWorks (a bibliographic management tool)

This Evaluating Information presentation reviews the different elements to each source that should be considered for scholarly research. The Scholarly vs Popular Periodicals handout highlights the differences between sources.