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LIBRARIAN CONTACT INFORMATION John Gottfried Library, L305 (by appointment) Voice: (516) 876-2895 Email: [email protected] Temporary Web Page: http://johngottfried.googlepages.com

BU 5171: Human Resource Management

LIBRARY & RESEARCH INSTRUCTION

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LIBRARY RESEARCH BASICS

AGENDA: LIBRARY RESEARCH Research Basics Evaluating Sources ´ Library Basics ´ Finding Books ´ Finding Articles ´ Reporting Results ´ ´

Start early

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Ask for help when needed

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Spell out your goals

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Go from broad to specific

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Evaluate resources carefully

« Getting « APA

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EVALUATING SOURCES: AAARG!

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LIBRARY BASICS

Authorship—who is responsible? Accuracy—where did they get their facts? ´ Access—how did you find this site? ´ Relevance—does it really matter to your topic? ´ Goals—Is there an agenda? Is it a business? ´ Example: Dihydrogen Monoxide Site ´ Example: RYT Hospital, Dwayne Medical Ctr. ´ ´

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RESEARCH MATERIALS

LIBRARY WEB PAGE (www.oldwestbury.edu/library)

Question 1: Where do we find books? ´ Question 2: Where do we find articles? ´ Question 3: Where do we find newspapers? ´ Question 4: Where do we find encyclopedias? ´ Question 5: Where do we find dictionaries? ´ Question 6: Where do we find microfilm? ´ Question 7: Where do we find electronic books? ´

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LIBRARY WEB PAGE: CATALOG

LIBRARY WEB PAGE: CATALOG

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LIBRARY CATALOG: BASIC SEARCH

LIBRARY WEB PAGE: CATALOG

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LIBRARY WEB PAGE: DATABASES

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ABI/INFORM GLOBAL

LIBRARY WEB PAGES: DATABASES ´ ´ ´

Business and financial information for researchers ´ Index of almost 3,000 publications ´ 1,920 available in full text

View all Alphabetical toolbar By subject

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BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIERE

WESTLAW CAMPUS RESEARCH

Probably the most popular business database ´ Probably the largest business database ´ Full-text coverage of over 2,300 journals

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Thousands of news databases arranged geographically and topically Hundreds of newspapers, newswires, magazines, and broadcast transcripts Business, trade, and professional journals such as The Economist and BioWorld Today

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APA STYLE

Help with writing problems Appointment not necessary (but you can make an appointment) ´ (516) 876-3093 876 3093 ´ Currently in Room A-124 Academic Village ´ Will soon move to L300, upper floor at the Library ´

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Paper: in the Library (ask at Reference Desk) APA Style Basics (Purdue Owl) APA Style Example (Ivy Tech) Electronic Resources (Purdue Owl)

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APA STYLE: TEXT CITATIONS (EXAMPLE)

APA STYLE: REFERENCE LIST (EXAMPLE)

Like many of the apes studied, gorillas Koko and Michael have been observed signing to one another (Patterson & Linden, 1981). At Central Washington University the baby chimpanzee Loulis, placed in the g g chimpanzee p care of the signing Washoe, mastered nearly fifty signs in American Sign Language without help from humans. “Interestingly,” wrote researcher Fouts (1997), “Loulis did not pick up any of the seven signs that we [humans] used around him. He learned only from Washoe and [another chimp] Ally” (p. 244).

References Fouts, R. (1997). Next of kin: What chimpanzees have York: h ttaught ght me about b t who h we are. New N Y k William Morrow. Patterson, F., & Linden, E. (1981). The education of Koko. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

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QUESTIONS?

http://johngottfried.googlepages.com Library Basics « Information,

contact, Web page, access, links to resources, resources source evaluation

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databases, gov’t Web sites, APA style guides and examples

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