SMART START
Library Resources for Mechanical Engineering Technology
I AM . . .
Melanie ParletteLRC Program Liaison for
School of Engineering and Information Technology
TODAY we will…• Locate the LRC website and identify the most
relevant components of the site as emphasized during the session
• List and explain the criteria one can use to evaluate resources to ensure they are of good quality.
• Perform a basic search in an article database or Article Search in the Library’s Discovery Service and narrow that search and create a list of results.
• Discover resources to help you cite in IEEE
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YOUR Research Guidehttp://bit.ly/LRCMechEng
Key Tabs: •Articles from Databases•Books . . .•Cite Your Sources•Contact Us
LRC Homepage Research Help Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Today’s Research Topic is….•Is there a relationship Facebook use and academic performance?
Finding A Source to Answer Your Question• Where do we begin?
• Wikipedia
• Other suggestions…
Choosing Better Sources • How can you tell trustworthy information (the “better” information)
from less-trustworthy information (“worse” information)?
The CRAAP TestThe CRAAP Test• Currency The timeliness of the information
• Relevance The importance of the information for your needs
• Authority The source of the information
• Accuracy The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the information
• Purpose The reason the information exists
http://bit.ly/LRCcraaptest
http://bit.ly/LRCcraaptest
Let’s begin our search…
SearchingTips:•Select “Full Text”•Narrow by Date•Determine appropriate source type•Consider narrowing by subject
IEEE
Tools:•Conestoga “IEEE Information”: Examples of citations for both Print and Electronic References•RefWorks: Online tool available to create your References. Step 1: Export directly from the databases. Step 2: Export bibliography from RefWorks to Word. Check out the tutorials! Or ask at the Service Desk
Today We…
• Located key sections of the LRC’s website• Practiced evaluating resources to ensure they were
of good quality• Performed a basic search of LRC resources,
narrowed our search and created a list of relevant results
• Located the tools available to assist with organizing citations and using correct style
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