EVDS 1680

Library Research Methods

Today we will cover:

  • An overview of UM Libraries resources
  • Search strategies
  • Citing using Chicago style

Course Reserves

  • Short term loans for high-demand items
    • from one hour to a few days
  • Fines: $.50 per hour for hourly loans, $3.00 per day for daily loans
    • Note - no other late fees for UM Library books... unless you lose the book :)

The UM Library Search

umanitoba.ca/libraries

In here you will find:

  • All our physical resources (eg books)
  • Course reserves
  • Some (not all) of the databases we subscribe to
    • Databases contain:
      • journal articles
      • online encyclopedias & dictionaries
      • images (eg the Artstor database)

Preliminary Searching

  • Start brainstorming keywords
    • What do you know about the subject so far?

 

  • Expand your background information
    • Reference sources: Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc...

 

How would you start a general search on the topic of new urbanism?

Search Tip #1

Put a phrase "in quotation marks" to find results with that phrase.

 

E.g.: "new urbanism" - finds documents with this phrase

Searching for new urbanism without quotation marks finds all documents with new and all documents with urbanism.

        "climate change"

        "sustainable development"

 

As you learn more about the topic, you can find more keywords to try in future searches

Requesting Items

  • Sign in to the Library Search with your umnetID
    • UM email account without "@myumanitoba.ca", same password
    • Problems signing in? Staff at any library desk can help, or chat with staff online

 

When requesting a book that's checked out, the other person has 7 days to return it.

Which is the better search?

A: "climate change" AND Canada

B: "climate" "change" AND "Canada"

Library Resources

1. UM Library Search

  • Very broad search engine - might get a lot of unrelated results.

2. Databases

  • The main place to go for journal articles
  • Often more narrow in terms of subject

bit.ly/UMLevds

Search Tip #2

  • Use AND between keywords to narrow your search

E.g.: (Canada AND "new urbanism") - results will contain both of these keywords

 

  • Use OR between keywords to make your search more broad

E.g.: ("climate change" OR "global warming") - results will contain at least one of these phrases

 

 

Search Tip #3

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

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

 

E.g.: Canad* - finds Canada, Canadian, Canadians...

"new urbanis*" - finds "new urbanism", "new urbanist"...

 

(note: don't use this for short root words - art* = art, arts, artist, artificial, arthritis, Arthur... 292 million results in Library Search)

Search Tip #4

Use NOT (all caps) before words or phrases you want to exclude from the search

 

E.g.: gothic NOT revival - no results for "gothic revival" will come up.

 

        Miami dolphins NOT football

 

 

True or False:

Adding an asterisk to the root of a word (eg architect*) will give you fewer results.

If you're searching for info on genre painting done in France...

Chicago citation style

 

Chicago style has two systems:

  • Notes & Bibliography System: sources are cited in numbered footnotes or endnotes
  • Author-Date System: sources are briefly cited in the text, with author's last name & publication year in parentheses

Basics of Citing in Chicago Style

In her book The Great Big Sea & Me, Smith raises the excellent point that "architects handle rising sea levels like champs."

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Footnote:

 

Routledge, 2008), 33.

Bibliography:

Smith, Jessie. The Great Big Sea & Me. New York:

Routledge, 2008.

1. Jessie Smith, The Great Big Sea & Me (New York:

Citing a presentation

As discussed in the lecture "Natural Systems",  analysis of the natural environment must inform the design process.

1

Footnote:

 

presentation, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, September 11, 2019).

Bibliography:

Ghosh, Suchita. "Natural Systems." PowerPoint

presentation given at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, September 2019. http://website.com.

1. Suchita Ghosh, "Natural Systems" (PowerPoint

A few tricky citation examples...

Citing a report

The Global Report on Climate notes X and Y interesting facts.

1

Footnote:

 

(New York: UN Publications, 2018), 45, http://www.reportwebsite.com.

Bibliography:

United Nations. Global Report on Climate. New York:

UN Publications, 2018. http://www.reportwebsite.com.

1. United Nations, Global Report on Climate

(pretty much the same as citing a book)

Citing an image

Matisse had a strong penchant for painting women with things on their heads, as evidenced in his 1905 masterpiece, The Woman with the Hat.

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Footnote:

 

canvas, 81.3 x 60.3 cm., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.

Bibliography:

Matisse, Henri. The Woman with the Hat. 1905. Oil on

Seen in person:

canvas. 81.3 x 60.3 cm. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.

1. Henri Matisse, The Woman with the Hat, 1905, oil on

The best diptych by far is widely recognized as Rogier van der Weyden's Saint Catherine of Alexandria.

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Footnote:

 

1430-1432, diptych panel, 18.5 x 12 cm., Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, accessed January 20, 2012, http://www.artstor.org.

Bibliography:

Weyden, Rogier van der. Saint Catherine of Alexandria.

Citing an image seen online:

1430-1432, diptych panel, 18.5 x 12 cm., Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, accessed January 20, 2012, http://www.artstor.org.

1. Rogier van der Weyden, Saint Catherine of Alexandria,

Questions?

  • Environmental Design Research Guide: bit.ly/UMLevds
  • All library staff can help with basic questions
  • Research support: librarians on desk 1:30-4:30 Monday-Friday
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