Use GeoRef to Find Materials

Last modified by Steve Custer 6 September 2007

Introduction

Last meeting you were instructed on the use of GeoRef. This meeting you will use GeoRef to find some resources and then go the stacks and obtain them.

Goal

Practice selection of key words
Practice use of electronic search engines
Location practice for materials found in a search
Practice expanding resource base from found materials

Objectives

Complete the Topic Identification and Search Strategy Exercise
    Identify key words relevant to your topic area
    Do a GeoRef Search.
    Locate one or more relevant materials identified in the search in the stacks
    Use found material References Cited section to expand your resource base

Assignments

Due Today

Bring the LC/SuDoc location of materials exercise assigned at the last meeting and give it to your instructor.
Your instructor will be east of the QE's. This is attendance. If you don't finish the work give your instructor
a sheet of paper with your name on it. See instructor or TA if you did not get an exercise.

ALSO

PLEASE PRINT THE TOPIC IDENTIFICATION AND SEARCH STRATEGY EXERCISE AND BRING IT TO CLASS.

Due next meeting

The topic identification and search strategy exercise.

Time Commitment

0.5 hour reading this looking at articles above and thinking about your topic and search words.
1 hour runing GeoRef, finding materials and completing the work sheet.
1.5 hours searching for mor materials for your paper.

Grade

1% Attendance; 1% LC/SuDoc Location of Materials Exercise turned in.