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Research resources from UM Libraries

Today we will look at:

• Library services during pandemic times
• Finding sources in the library collection & beyond
• Citing sources in Chicago Style

Quick Poll

How many of you have:

• used the Library Search (aka the "library catalogue", once called "One Stop Search")
• visited the History subject guide
• made an appointment with a librarian for research help
• ordered something using Document Delivery
• used a database outside the Library Search

Library services during pandemic times

Note - during pandemic times:

• Online library services are always available
• In-person services are available in a limited capacity, which may change as the situation evolves.

Currently:

Request physical books to pick up at
Elizabeth Dafoe Library

Request scanned portions of books in & outside our collection (up to 10% or 1 chapter)

Limited in-person study space available

Starting your research:

Reference books

(encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc)

• Overview of a person, movement, sometimes a specific building
• Recommended resources on Environmental Design subject guide:
  • Oxford Art Online
  • Credo Reference

UM Library Search

• All physical resources within the Libraries
• Some (not all) of the databases we subscribe to
  • Includes many reference texts available online (encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc)
  • If you sign in, more results (eg ArtStor images)
• Very broad search engine - might get a lot of unrelated results.

Requesting Items

• Sign in to the Library Search with your umnetID
  • Problems signing in? Staff on the Ask Us library chat can help
• If the item is checked out, users have at least 7 days to return (we allow more if needed)
  • No late fees during pandemic
• Check out from Hold Locker using your student ID card
• Max 10 holds at a time

Tips for navigating the Library Search:

umanitoba.ca/libraries

Search Tip: to get more results

Try to find all the different ways of expressing the concept you're searching for. This can be done by:

• putting OR between synonyms (rome OR roman)
• adding an asterisk (*) to the root of a word:

E.g.: Christian* - finds Christian, Christians, Christianity...

Note - Christ* also finds Christmas, Christo (the artist)...

Search Tip: to get more specific results

(narrowing down your search)

• Put a phrase "in quotation marks" to find results with those words in that order.
  • E.g.: "gothic revival"
• Use NOT to exclude unrelated content.
  • E.g. union NOT soviet - for content about unions, but not the soviet one

More search tips on the Undergraduate Help & Services pages

Document Delivery during pandemic times

("Request from another library" link in the Library Search)

No physical book requests

Request a copy of up to 10% or one chapter of a book

Request journal articles

Requesting a chapter or 10%

Search for the Table of Contents:

• in the Details area of a Library Search record
• via Google Books or Amazon (sometimes there is also a preview...)
• email documentdelivery@umanitoba.ca just to request the Table of Contents
  • Provide at least the title, author, link to the book in the Library Search

Finding Images

• Library Search > limit resource type to Images
  • Pulls images from the ArtStor database (if you're signed in!) and other sources
  • All images in these databases are OK to use for research & educational purposes
• Images in books and journal articles
  • The publication should have at least nine other images to fall within the fair dealing guidelines for copying an image.
  • Libraries and/or UM Copyright Office can answer Qs
• Images via Google Images
  • Might be uploaded illegally, might have copyright restrictions... check the terms of use & use with caution (ask us if you're unsure!)

Citation Guides

Academic Learning Centre Resources

• Workshops
  • In-person workshops and online tutorials
  • Reading textbooks, reading journal articles
  • Integrating sources: quoting & paraphrasing
• Handouts
  • Advice on writing (connection words, paraphrasing, summarizing, etc)
  • Advice on reading (finding main ideas, SQ3R reading strategy, etc)

And more!

Questions?

General Library Help

• Questions about your library account, or how the UM Libraries work? The Help & Services page for undergraduate students may have the answer.
• During the Fall term, library staff are available via the Ask Us chat service: 9am-8pm Monday-Thursday, 9am-6pm Friday, and 1pm-4pm on weekends.
  • Fastest way to ask a general question about the Libraries.
  • If we're not online, your message will be received the following morning.

Questions?

Research Support

• Environmental Design subject guide
  • resources for research
  • citation info
• Contact Ellen for help with your search strategy when looking for resources for your assignments, advice on which databases are the best places to look for various research topics, and with questions about citing.
  • By email: Ellen.Tisdale@umanitoba.ca
  • By appointment, via phone or video chat
  • By cellphone: (204) 583-1528