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Locating Library Resources. Presentation for “The Canadian North : Past & Present” class. Map. 10 research tips. Sub catalogues Nesting and Truncation Limits Advanced keyword Locations – shelving map VPN FIND IT @ McGill P drive (1 GB) EndNote Information Services/Liaison Librarians. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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September 2008 Sharon Rankin, Rare Books & Special Collections Division
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Locating Library Resources
Presentation for “The Canadian North : Past & Present” class
http://www.makivik.org/eng/media/nunavik_maps.asp 2
Map
10 research tips
Sub catalogues Nesting and Truncation Limits Advanced keyword Locations – shelving map VPN FIND IT @ McGill P drive (1 GB) EndNote Information Services/Liaison Librarians
http://www.mcgill.ca 3
Searching the Library catalogue
Contents – what am I searching?
Answer: Record descriptions
BrowseKnown item search….begins with
KeywordLess known…..word(s)
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Library web site
Subject guides Anthropology Canadian History Communications & Media Studies Cultural Studies Quebec Studies
Course guides - CANS 407
http://www.mcgill.ca 5
Databases Shopping malls or boutiques (Canadian coverage)
Understand the database coverage – what am I searching? Citations and abstracts, sometimes full-text of the article
Formulating your search question into keywords Try out the search in several databases Adjust your keywords to suit the database, based on
finding a “good “ record!
http://www.mcgill.ca 6
Article Indexes & databases
http://www.mcgill.ca 7
Hubert Wenger Eskimo Database
University of Alaska Fairbanks
“Searchable database of 200 books and journal articles written by explorers, missionaries, ethnographers, and others who were among the first Euroamericans to travel among and write about Inuit/Eskimo peoples. It includes out-of-print and hard to find material, basic works descriptive of each Inuit/Eskimo and Aleut group, drawings, photographs, and maps. ” (Trent University )
Article Indexes & databases
http://www.mcgill.ca 8
Arctic and Antarctic Regions (AAR)
Biblioline 1million recordsAn anthology of 12 files
“AAR is the world's largest collection of international polar databases. Coverage is multidisciplinary. A wide variety of sources are indexed including: scientific periodicals, monographs, proceedings of conferences and symposia, government reports, theses, dissertations, and books”.
http://www.mcgill.ca 9
Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS)
Arctic Institute of North America
“The Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS) database contains over 64,000 records describing publications and research projects about northern Canada.”
Article Indexes & databases
http:/http://www.mcgill.ca 10
Periodical Article Bibliography (PAB)
Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
“The objective of the PAB is to make a major scholarly contribution in the form of a vast retrospective bibliography to the journal and periodical literature of Newfoundland and Labrador, and particularly to record it for the first time”.
Article Indexes & databases
Databases Canadian coverage
CPI.Q CBCA REPERE
Shopping malls Academic Search Premier Theses & Dissertations
Research Databases – Other Anthropological Literature
http://www.mcgill.ca 11
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Current
Nunavut
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Ceased
Nunavik
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Oldest
Current
Labrador
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Caninuit
http://www.libris.ca/inuit/go.exe
Rare Books & Special Collections Access to the collections http://www.mcgill.ca/rarebooks/collections/description/
Special Collections: http://www.mcgill.ca/rarebooks/collections/special/
Lande Canadiana Collection Map Collection Print Collection Tundra Books Children’s Collection
http://www.mcgill.ca 16
http://www.mcgill.ca 17
Primary collections McGill University Library
Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
University of Alberta Libraries
University of Calgary Library Arctic Institute of North America (AINA)
Trent University
University of Saskatchewan