Research resources from UM Libraries

Today we will look at:

• Library services during pandemic times
• Search strategies & resources
• What you need to know to complete your Library Assignment!

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.
• Physical library material are quarantined for seven days before being processed.

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)

Study space in Libraries suspended during code red

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

(These are at Dafoe Library now!)

UM Library Search

Search box at umanitoba.ca/libraries

• All our books & ebooks
• Some (not all) of the content from databases we subscribe to
  • Journal articles
  • Includes many reference texts available online (encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc)
  • If you sign in, more results from select databases
• Very broad search engine - results from across all areas of study

Let's look up this book:

The Worlds of Medieval Europe,
by Clifford Backman

Chicago Style book citation

Format:

AuthorLastName, FirstName. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, year.

Example:

Tisdale, Ellen. The Real Nice Book. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2015.

Chicago Style book citation

Format:

AuthorLastName, FirstName. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, year.

What's missing from this citation?

Backman, Clifford R. The Worlds of Medieval Europe. Oxford University Press, 2015.

(FYI - Ellen can help you look up details like this!)

"The wood of Merovingian weaponry"
by Tegel, Muigg, & Büntgen

Chicago Style article citation

Format:

AuthorLastName, FirstName, and 2ndAuthorFirstName LastName. "Title of Journal Article." Name of Journal Volume#, issue# (year): pages. DOI or stable URL.

Example:

Bouchard, Constance B. “Images of the Merovingians and Carolingians.” History Compass 4, no. 2 (March 2006): 293–307. https://doi-org.uml.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/j.1478-0542.2006.00315.x.

Chicago Style article citation

Format:

AuthorLastName, FirstName, and 2ndAuthorFirstName LastName. "Title of Journal Article." Name of Journal Volume#, issue# (year): pages. DOI or stable URL.

Example:

Bouchard, Constance B. “Images of the Merovingians and Carolingians.” History Compass 4, no. 2 (March 2006): 293–307. https://doi-org.uml.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/j.1478-0542.2006.00315.x.

What's wrong with the automatically generated citation?

Answers:

• Author names are messed up
• Missing a DOI or stable URL
• Journal name not properly capitalized

Correct citation:

Tegel, Willy, Bernhard Muigg, and Ulf Büntgen. “The Wood of Merovingian Weaponry.” Journal of Archaeological Science 65 (January 2016): 148–153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2015.11.011.

(This journal doesn't have issue numbers)

Topic-based searching

Places to start looking for keywords for your searches:

• course readings & textbooks
• reference books (encyclopedias &etc)
  • In Library Search, limit resource type to Reference Entries to find digital options
• subject headings

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

Research tips:

umanitoba.ca/libraries

Citation Guides

via the History subject guide

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

• History 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