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GPHY250 (2011): Geography of Canada: Fault lines research paper.

Research Paper: Library Research Course Guide 1. Background information 2. Books 3. Scholarly journal articles 4. Newspapers 5. Government information 6. Statistics & maps 7. Electronic books 8. Off campus access 9. Researching, writing, referencing GETTING HELP @ Stauffer Library

Monday – Friday, 11:00am – 5:00pm

Susan Greaves Librarian for Geography, GIS & Map, Urban & Regional Planning greaves@queensu.ca Stauffer Library 107G 613 533 6952 I welcome in-person research consultations

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1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Subject related encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, & atlases help you to: . Clarify and understand concepts . Discover research topics International Encyclopedia of Human Geography . “…. an authoritative and comprehensive source of information on the discipline of human geography and its constituent, and related, subject areas …” e.g. Historical Geography, “fault lines”, etc. Sage Handbook of Geographical Knowledge. (also Stauffer G70 .S24 2011) “… a wide range of authors trace the social construction and contestation of geographical ideas through the sites of their production and their relational geographies of engagement.” e.g. Nature and Society, Space and Place, Social Class, Race/Ethnicity, Urban – Rural, etc. Encyclopedia of Human Geography. (Stauffer Reference GF4 .E54 2006) “…a diverse array of topics to offer a comprehensive and useful summary of the state of the discipline in the early 21st century…” Indigenous Environmental Knowledge, Geography of languages, etc. The Canadian Encyclopedia. “... More than 5000 scholars and specialists from every discipline and from every region of Canada have generously contributed their expertise. ... the most detailed portrait of the nation and its complex identity ever attempted....” The Dictionary of Human Geography. 5th edition. 2009. The Atlas of Canada. “ ... telling Canada’s story with maps ...” Brings together the plates of the 1st five editions (1906 – 1995) of the National Atlas plus many more maps about people & society, historic elections, territorial expansion, etc.

2. BOOKS - USING THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE (QCAT) Screen capture of the QCAT Catalogue tab on the library homepage

Search the library catalogue (QCAT) to find materials (such as books, videos, journals, maps, newspapers and government documents) available, in print and online, at Queen’s University Library. • Search by Author: last name first name • Search by Title: omit initial articles (the, a, an, le, la…) • Search by Journal (Periodical) Title: eg Progress in Human Geography • Search by Keyword (“and” is automatically placed between words) Search by Keyword Boolean: To narrow the scope of your search you can join together your search terms with “Boolean operators.” Boolean operators are used to indicate the relationship(s) between words/concepts. They are: [and, or, not, “a phrase”]. In addition, there are special characters (such as “?” for truncating) that allow you to perform more sophisticated searches.

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Example: Search for KW “James Bay” and “Hydroelectric” and “Cree”

Screen capture of the Advanced Search tab of the library catalogue

Once you have found one book that looks right on topic, it is good strategy to use the subject headings that have been used to describe that book to locate more books on the same (or closely related) topic. Title: Social and environmental impacts of the James Bay Hydroelectric Project [electronic resource]

Subjects:James Bay Hydroelectric Project. Hydroelectric power plants--Environmental aspects--James Bay Region. Hydroelectric power plants--Social aspects--James Bay Region. Cree Indians--James Bay Region--Social conditions. Environmental impact analysis--James Bay Region. James Bay Region--Social conditions.

Screen capture of Library of Congress Subject Headings index And if you look at the Full Details of the book, you may see a note something like this:

Screen capture of cataloguing note about availability of a bibliography Following up on these references can help you to pull together more relevant material – quickly and easily!

This number shows how many other books that have been catalogued with this particular subject heading.

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3. SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES START WITH A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DATABASE, SUCH AS: Google Scholar A good starting point…but never search only Google Scholar for journal articles. Also try: Academic Search Complete Indexes more than 10,900 publications including peer‐reviewed journals, popular magazines, conference proceedings, monographs and reports. Summon A Library search engine that lets you search for many Library materials ‐‐ books, journal articles, newspaper articles and more ‐‐ from one search box. Once you have search results use the facets on the left‐hand menu bar to narrow your search results: Scholarly articles; Full‐text online; Content type; Subject terms; Date.

Screen capture of the Summon search box on the library homepage http://library.queensu.ca/summon AND THEN, MOVE ON TO A DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC DATABASE: Here are four suggestions, but if your research is in a more specific area like Environment, Health, Social topics, etc. you might want to consult the subject guide for a database relevant to that discipline. A few examples: GEOBASE A comprehensive, international and interdisciplinary database for the fields of physical and human geography, including geology, ecology, geomechanics, mineralogy, oceanography, environmental issues and Third World studies.... PAIS Comprehensive, international index to the literature of public and social policy, and to the social sciences in general. Covers journal articles (scholarly and popular), books, government documents (emphasis on Canada, USA, UN), statistical compilations, committee reports (private and public), and directories. Bibliography of Native North Americans Covers all aspects of native North American culture, history and life. America, History and Life History of the United States and Canada from pre‐historic times to the present. Indexes journals, books and dissertations on history, culture, government and political science, ethnic studies, folklore, international relations and current affairs.

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4. NEWSPAPERS QUL Guide to Newspaper Resources – recommended! Try the Globe and Mail from 1844, or the Times (London) from 1785 …. Canadian Newsstand Eighteen Canadian daily newspapers. Updated daily. Ethnic Newswatch Interdisciplinary, with a focus on publications from ethnic, minority and native presses. (Not as much scholarly material but still very useful.)

Eureka.cc A few selected English and Canadian French newspapers, Canadian Press, and CBC, CTV, and SRC radio and television transcripts Factiva More than 28,000 sources from 157 countries in 23 languages, including more than 600 continuously updated newswires. 5. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION – FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL, LOCAL, INTERNATIONAL

Custom Google searches from the Queen’s Library Government Documents page at http://library.queensu.ca/webdoc/

• Search for only Federal or Provincial or Municipal publications • Search for only IGO publications like the World Bank, United Nations, World Health Organization, etc. or only

NGO publications like Human Rights Watch, The Red Cross, World Water Council, etc.

Screen capture of the Government Information search boxes on http://library.queensu.ca/webdoc/

Screen capture of the custom Google search results

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6a. STATISTICS SUGGESTIONS

Screen capture of the statistics and map sections at http://library.queensu.ca/webdoc

Statistics Canada

• “By Subject” – e.g. Aboriginal peoples, Ethnic diversity & immigration, etc. • “Popular picks” – e.g. Community profiles, etc. • Canada Yearbook – Aboriginal peoples, Geography, etc.

6b. MAP SUGGESTIONS

• The Atlas of Canada - “ ... telling Canada’s story with maps ...” e.g. Map Archives …1906 Atlas … Aboriginal

Peoples ; Map Archives … 5th edition … Territorial Evolution • d-maps.com ‐‐ free outline and blank maps • Aboriginal Canada Portal – a resource web page to Canadian Aboriginal and American online resources

maintained by the Government of Canada. See the Maps & Statistics section. • Statistics Canada Key Resources ‐ Thematic census maps, reference maps • Toronto Social Atlas ‐ an extensive atlas of social demographic data for the City of Toronto. • Stauffer Library Map & Geographical Information Collection!

http://library.queensu.ca/webdoc/

How to cite Statistics Canada publications

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7. ELECTRONIC BOOKS Most of our e‐books should in QCAT (and searchable by title, author, etc.), but there can be *some* delay in this process. Here are some e‐book packages that may help. Canadian Electronic Library Publisher Collection ‐ scholarly e‐books published by leading Canadian publishers as well as by international academic publishers. Canadian Electronic Library Public Policy Collection - research papers, reports, studies, policy papers and briefs, discussion papers, numbered series, working papers and speeches. MyiLibrary and ebrary ‐ books from various academic publishers. Scholars Portal Books - newly published material from some of the world's more important scholarly publishers plus a sizable collection of open‐access material. Springer eBook Collection ‐ over 12,000 books published by Springer between 2005 and 2010, some earlier. The collection consists of textbooks, monographs, reference works, handbooks, book series and encyclopedias.

8. OFF CAMPUS ACCESS

Don’t forget. You must login to the Queen’s University proxy server to access some of the resources on this list when you are off campus – for example if you go home over the weekend or the break. The login screen should automatically appear. Enter your netid and password. If the screen does not automatically appear go to https://login.proxy.queensu.ca/login and sign in.

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9. RESEARCHING, WRITING, REFERENCING ‐ a few suggestions:

• Queen’s Learning Commons (QLC) – includes The Writing Centre (handouts, A Writer's Handbook, workshops)

• Check the library stacks for books like Communicating in geography and the environmental sciences or Making sense : a student's guide to research and writing : geography and environmental sciences .

• How to Cite Sources ‐ a guide to various citation and style guides such as APA, Turabian, Vancouver

• Use RefWorks or another citation manager to organize your research

Credits: Sections of this document adapted from work by S. Andrychuk & Druery, LRS, Stauffer Library, 2010.