How To Research: Library Notes

• Micheal
• Occupation
• Library Researcher
• Purpose of His Speech
• To teach us how to perform proper research
• Credibility
• He has helped people perform research of all kinds.
• What is Micheal's Outline of the Day?
• Topics
• Building on Research
• Search strategies and tips
• Finding good sources
• Evaluating sources
• Research
• Information Literacy
• Definition
• Recognizing when you need certain information, where to go for it, how to evaluate it, and how to apply it to create something.
• Primary Sources vs Secondary Sources
• Primary Source
• Direct Sources, Data, Facts
• Secondary Source
• Academic, Peer-Reviewed, Sources
• Academic Content vs Popular Content
• Popular Content
• Is based on popular opinion
• Academic Content
• Academic
• Peer-Reviewed
• Written by scholars, experts
• What Websites Have Better Sources
• .edu
• .gov
• .org
• CRAAP Test
• Currency
• Relevance
• Authority
• Accuracy
• Purpose
• Searching Effectively
• Methods
• Search repeatedly using different key words and different databases
• Use filters to narrow your results
• Boolean Logic
• You want to search two different topics, and you want documents that cover one or the other.
• Ex. Topic 1 /or Topic 2
• You want to search two different topics, and you want documents that cover both.
• Ex. Topic 1 /and Topic 2
• You want to search a topic, but you don't want another topic.
• Ex. Topic 1 /not Topic 2
• When Taking Notes
• Make sure to always list the source and the page number of every note you take from a specific source.
• Good Sources
• Britannica
• Oxford Journals
• Oxford Reference Library
• UAH One Search
• What are Research Starters?
• If you search a topic on UAH One Search, you could find a research starter which is a relevant encyclopedia entry.
• How to do Domain Searches?
• site:(.edu,gov,etc)
• Think Tanks
• Definition
• Organization or Institution that conducts research and engages in advocacy in policy, politics, etc.
• Examples of Think Tanks
• Harvard Think Tanks
• Is a database of think tanks 
• Brookings Institute
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 
• RAND Corporation