FYS: Doing Library Research
Welcome
- Resources: Books, Journals, Documents, Videos, etc.
- Services: People!
- There's no such thing as a dumb question.
When in doubt, ask.
- If you only remember one thing from these sessions, remember to ask questions.
- BTW, in case we forget to mention it, ask!
The University Libraries as Place
- The Hesburgh Library: First Year of Studies, Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities
- Branch Libraries: Sciences, Engineering, Math, Business and Architecture
The Surface Web v. the Deep Web
- Searchable v. not searchable
- Generally free v. often expensive
- WalMart v. a Mall
The Libraries Website: Help and Services
- Ask a Librarian
- How Do I ... ? Start My Research
The Libraries Website: Finding Resources
- Using the Catalog to find Periodicals and Books
- Browsing for a title or author
- Creating a search statement
- Keyword searching for a subject
- Using Indexes (AKA Databases) to find Journal Articles
- General Indexes: Popular Magazine & Newspapers
- Specialized Indexes: Scholarly Journals
- FindTEXT: the next best thing to one stop shopping
J. Douglas (Doug) Archer
Reference and Peace Studies Librarian
Reference Department.
109 Hesburgh Library
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46656
574-631-6656
archer.1@nd.edu
Creation Date: September 15, 2004
Last Modified: February 12, 2006