TSEM 102Laksamee Putnamlputnam@towson.edu Research & Instruction Librarian

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First… Laksamee Putnam lputnam@towson.edu Cook Library Reference:

410.704.2462. IM/email

Phone: 410.704.3746. Twitter: @CookLibraryofTU Albert S. Cook facebook profile! Slides: http://bit.ly/storrs2014slidesc3

Agenda Quick review of last class Group work

Finding Books Finding Articles

Review Keywords AND OR NOT Check for CRAP

Currency Reliability Authority Purpose/POV

http://librariandesignshare.org/2013/10/10/know-your-meme-and-boolean-too/

Putting it all together… Does intelligent design serve a political role in

the classroom?

“Intelligent design” OR creation*

AND

Politic* OR controversy OR “board of education”

AND

Classroom OR education OR curriculum

Intelligent design political classroom

creationismPanda’s thumbDiscovery Institute

Board of Educationcontroversyphilosophy

educationK-12curriculum

Real research is complicated

Critique Cook OneSearch! Small groups Discuss Cook OneSearch

Books Articles

Fill out this worksheet http://bit.ly/tsem2014storrsspws2 Report back to the class

Critique Cook OneSearch! Find books

One here at Towson One outside of Towson

Report back A feature which helped your search What your group disliked

Finding Books Plenty of relevant

information in print

Use broad keywords

Multiple places to search Cook OneSearch Library Catalog USMAI Libraries

Finding Books

Finding Books

Critique Cook OneSearch! Find an article

Identify Article title Journal title Content Provider (i.e. Database) Access

Report back A feature which helped your search What your group disliked

Finding Articles Scholarly – Peer

Reviewed

Use specific keywords

Utilized advanced search features

Card Catalogue. [Photographer]. Retrieved from Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. http://quest.eb.com/images/115_2838287

Finding Articles

Finding Articles Content providers you should note:

ScienceDirect Scopus arXiv SocINDEX

Finding Articles Features to remember

Yellow Findit button Citation creations Email yourself

Also as you are searching Take a look at the article citations Make note of additional keywords

Thank you! Please feel free to contact me for

research help!

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Questions? Feel free to contact me:

Laksamee Putnam lputnam@towson.edu 410.704.3746. Twitter: @CookLibraryofTU

Or any reference librarian: Visit Cook Library Reference Desk 410.704.2462. IM – tucookchat