Request Instruction Session with the Social Sciences Librarian
Examples of information that can be presented:
Library Research Strategy & Reference Sources
- Includes: Sample search strategy
- Examples of subject-specific reference works
- How to find scholarly books in SIUE Catalog, I-Share, & WorldCat
- Includes: Subject (Library of Congress), Keyword, Author searching
- Interpreting results lists
- Requesting books from other libraries via I-Share & ILLiad
How to find scholarly journal articles in a given discipline.
- Includes: Difference between scholarly, popular, professional/trade publications.
- Peer-reviewed journals.
- How to recognize a scholarly journal/article.
- Identifying primary research articles.
- Keyword, subject, author searching in two subject-specific databases
- Interpreting results lists.
- Using SFX to find article online.
- Using SIUE Catalog to find journals in print & microform.
Finding current newspaper articles
- Includes: Keyword searching in ProQuest Newsstand, EBSCO
- Newspaper Source, Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Finding historical newspapers
- Includes: Reference works that describe historical newspapers
- Historical New York Times database
- Other historical newspapers online (African American
- Newspapers, Pennsylvania Gazette)
- Print indexes to newspapers
- Finding local community newspapers (historical)
- Illinois Newspaper Project and National Newspaper Project
- Requesting newspapers on microfilm via ILLiad.
Finding Primary Sources for historical research
- Might include:
- Newspapers (see above)
- Popular magazines (HarpWeek, Historical Readers Guide, Poole’s Index)
- Speeches
- Archives USA database & print guides to collections
- Catalogs (I-Share & WorldCat)
- Local history sources (e.g. city directories, court records, IRAD Depositories)
- U. S. Government Sources (with U. S. Documents Librarian)
- Recommended web sites
- Searching Google for historical documents and images
Finding Legal Resources
- Might include:
- Tracing legislation in Illinois (General Assembly web site, print, and microfiche sources)
- Tracing federal legislation (Thomas, Congressional Quarterly Weekly, etc.)
- Finding codes and regulations (Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe)
- Finding court decisions (Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe)
- Finding articles in law reviews (Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe)
Searching for biographical information (current or historical)
Advanced searching in Google
Advanced searching in Google Scholar
Citation styles; avoiding plagiarism; introduction to RefWorks
