IAT 103W: Library Research Workshop Shane Plante SIAT Librarian [email protected] Agenda • • • • • Finding what you need Evaluating sources Citing sources Getting help Questions (at any time) Meet the IAT 103W research guide Finding what you need Finding what you need on your topic often stems from three things: 1) Finding good keywords for your searches 2) Cycling your search 3) Selecting the right search tools for the job Finding good keywords Finding what you need on your topic often stems from three things: 1) Finding good keywords for your searches 2) Cycling your search 3) Selecting the right search tools for the job Most of our examples today will be related to 3D printers. Can you think of any synonyms or related concepts? Cycling a search Finding what you need on your topic often stems from three things: 1) Finding good keywords for your searches 2) Cycling your search 3) Selecting the right search tools for the job Selecting the right tools Finding what you need on your topic often stems from three things: 1) Finding good keywords for your searches 2) Cycling your search 3) Selecting the right search tools for the job Selecting the right tools Two questions on 3-D printers I want to answer: 1) What materials are used in 3-D printers for the actual printing? 2) Is it ethical to 3-D “bioprint” body parts? Spend 2-3 min. brainstorming places where you might find answers to these questions. (Note: Go beyond just saying “Google” here.) Creative thinking What if I couldn’t find any credible sources to help directly answer this question: Is it ethical to 3-D “bioprint” body parts? Selecting the right tools specialized information specificity S scholarly articles background information not credible credibility very credible Selecting the right tools Fast Search Library Search Catalogue http://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiegall/288377539/ SFU Library’s Russian dolls Selecting the right tools Fast Search Library Search Tip: In most resources, you can add items to a folder and email them to yourself. Many will even email you APA citations. Catalogue http://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiegall/288377539/ Demo: Fast Search Selecting the right tools The library has hundreds of databases, each of them designed for a (sometimes slightly) different function. The main types: – subject-specific databases (+ indexes) – multidisciplinary databases (+ indexes) (The IAT 103 guide includes links to both types.) Evaluating sources Are either of the articles on your handout scholarly? How can you tell? Evaluating sources Popular Scholarly Author No affiliation provided Affiliated with an academic / research institution Abstract No Yes Length Short Long Images For aesthetic appeal Research findings displayed as graphs, charts, etc. Language Easy to understand Elevated, specialized Citations None at all, or very few Yes, many Review Editor Peer-reviewed Evaluating sources How can you tell if a website is credible? Citing sources • What information don’t you need to cite? • What information do you need to cite? Citing sources IAT 103’s Research Guide includes links to – an APA style guide – a guide on citing images in APA style The very basics of APA style… You need to cite each source in two places: • In the body of the paper – Called an in-text citation • At the back of the paper – In the list of References (By the way: APA = American Psychological Association) The very basics of APA style… Two main ways to write in-text citations: • Cite source at start of sentence – For example: Author (year) found that … (page number) • Cite source at end of sentence – For example: … living tissue cells (Author, year, page number) Two sample in-text citations: Start of sentence example: Bose, Vahabzadeh, and Bandyopadhyay (2013) found that ... (p. 498). End of sentence example: ... tissue engineering (Bose, Vahabzadeh & Bandyopadhyay, 2013, pp. 498-499). The very basics of APA style… The format for references at the back of your paper will vary greatly, depending on the types of documents you are using. You find examples of each type of document you’ll be citing on the SFU Library’s APA style guide (link on your handout). Your list of References will be alphabetical. You will use hanging indentation style (shown on the next slide) for your list of references. The very basics of APA style… Here is an sample entry for how an electronic article would appear in a list of References: Bose, S., Vahabzadeh, S., & Bandyopadhyay, A. (2013). Bone tissue engineering using 3D printing. Materials Today, 16(12), 496-504. doi:10.1016/j.mattod.2013.11.017 Practice using APA style… Using the first page of the article on bioprinting, write an in-text citation and an entry for a list of References. Practice using APA style… What did you write for your intext citation? Start of sentence citation: Ozbolat and Yu (2013) found that ... (p. 692). End of sentence citation: …. living cells (Ozbolat & Yu, 2013, p. 692). Practice using APA style… Identifying the necessary citation elements for the article: Authors Ozbolat, I. T., & ? Yu, Y. Year? (2013. ) Article Bioprinting toward organ fabrication: Challenges title? and future trends. Journal IEEE Transactions on Biomedical title? Engineering Vol. + 60(3) issue #? Pages 691699 DOI? doi:10.1109/TBME.2013.224 3912 Practice using APA style… Here is what the References citation for this electronic article should look like: Ozbolat, I. T., & Yu, Y. (2013). Bioprinting toward organ fabrication: Challenges and future trends. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 60(3), 691-699. doi:10.1109/TBME.2013.2243912 Managing citations Citation managers keep track of sources and can generate bibliographies for you. A few of the best known: – Zotero* – RefWorks – Mendeley Image credits All icons used were published with CC-BY licenses or are in the public domain. They all come from The Noun Project: thenounproject.com In order of appearance: Tools by Juan Pablo Bravo Finger Print by Diego Naive Map by Stanislav Levin Binoculars by Luis Prado 3D Printer by Bryan Allen Network by Mister Pixel Bicycle by Anthony Lui Target by Charlene Chen Human Anatomy by Jakob Vogel Juggle by AnsteyDesign Thinking by Timothy Dilich User Help by Murali Krishna Getting help The library provides many ways to get help: – In-person at the reference desk – Telephone – Email – IM – Text message – Student Learning Commons