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Developing a Search Strategy
Search strategy is the process of finding information in a logical, step-by-step manner. Using a search strategy insures that you will find the information and materials you need as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Research Steps:
- Choose your topic
- Find background information
- Find books on your topic
- Find periodical articles
- Find networked resources or relevant Web sites
- Evaluate your sources
- Cite your sources
For more information
about library research strategy and using library resources, go to Research
Strategy: a tutorial.
Finding
Background Information
Reference
Sources
Encyclopedia
of clothing and fashion.
Detroit: Thomson, 2005
Mann Library Reference (Non-Circulating): GT507 .E53
2005
The
historical encyclopedia of costumes. A. Racinet.
New York, N.Y: Facts on File, 1988
Olin and Uris Library Reference (Non-Circulating): GT510
.R12x 1988+
The
encyclopedia of world costume. Doreen Yarwood.
New York: Scribner, 1978
Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating): GT507 .Y26;
+ GT507 .Y29
Countries
and their Cultures. Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember, editors.
New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2001
Uris Library Reference (Non-Circulating): GN307 .C68x
2001
Finding Books
Click
on the image to connect to the Cornell Library online catalog:
- About
the CU Library Catalog
The Cornell University Library Catalog includes the holdings of 19 Cornell University libraries. The catalog contains records for books, computer files, government documents, manuscripts and archives, maps, musical scores, periodicals, serials, sound recordings, and visual materials. There are also records for items that are on order or in process. CU Library Catalog Help Pages
- Interlibrary
Loan Services
If Cornell Library does not have an item you need, Use ILLiad (InterLibrary Loan Internet Accessible Database) to request that we borrow materials from other libraries.
- Borrow
Direct
A new rapid book request and delivery system that enables Cornell faculty, staff, and students to search the combined library catalogs of Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale, and directly request expedited delivery of circulating items.
Finding Articles
Periodical indexes are resources that identify and locate articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers. Increasingly, indexes are available as online databases that will often provide access to the full text of the articles.
Find Databases provides access to over 1000 online indexes and abstracts, almanacs, catalogs, dictionaries, directories, and encyclopedias. Entries for these resources provide descriptive information, dates of coverage, and links to the databases. You can find databases in your areas of interest by either searching by title or keyword or browsing through the subject menus.
Find Articles allows you to search for journal article citations in more than one database simultaneously. In many cases, these citations will provide links directly to online full text of the articles themselves.
Electronic Periodical Indexes/Databases
Databases by Subject
Anthropology
plus [Restricted
to Cornell]
Anthropology Plus provides worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports,
commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural,
physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology,
folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies.
AnthroSource
[Restricted to Cornell]
Current issues of American Anthropological Association journals and bulletins,
plus searchable archived issues of all the Association's publications, <1888-2003>.
Covers political, medical, cultural, and legal anthropology; ethnology; education;
humanism; archaeology; nutrition; gender issues; and linguistics.
Sociological
Abstracts
[Restricted to Cornell]
Contains records
from 3,000 journals covering sociology, social work, and other social sciences.
Databases by Geography/Ethnic Group
Bibliography
of Asian Studies
[Restricted to Cornell]
Bibliography of Asian studies (BAS) contains more than 410,000 records
on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to
East, Southeast and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present.
Index
Islamicus
[Restricted to Cornell]
Index to literature on Islam, the Middle East and Muslim areas of Asia and
Africa, and Muslim minorities elsewhere.
Interdisciplinary Databases
Periodical
Abstracts (ProQuest Direct Web)
[Restricted to Cornell]
Available
as part of the ProQuest Direct system, Periodical Abstracts indexes and abstracts
an extensive number of periodicals, covering general interest magazines and
scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities and sciences. Also included
are citations and abstracts to selected television and radio programs. Full
text of many articles is provided.
Lexis-Nexis
Academic [Restricted
to Cornell]
Provides access to full text resources on topics including current and
general news; business and financial information; newspapers; company directories;
government and politics; medical and health topics; accounting, auditing,
and tax; federal and state laws; legal cases; and regulations. Resources include
TV and radio news transcripts.
Internet Resources
Use web portals, search engines, or Internet subject guides to find resources or sites on the World Wide Web on your topic. Search Engines are software programs that allow you to search the contents of web pages and Subject Guides are web pages that use menus and lists to sort and classify web sites.
Question and
evaluate the information that you find on web pages. As you would do with
books and journal articles, look to see who is responsible for producing the
web page or site that you are accessing. How objective is the information? How
accurate or truthful? How authoritative? Go to the Evaluating
Sources section of this page for more information on how to assess the web
sites you have accessed.
Evaluating Sources
Evaluating the sources you find is a crucial step in the process of scholarly research. The questions you ask about books, periodical articles, or multimedia sources are similar whether you're looking at a citation to the item or have the item in hand.
How
to Critically Analyze Information Sources
Lists some of the critical questions you should ask when you consider the appropriateness
of a particular book, article, media resource, or Web site for your research.
Distinguishing
Scholarly from Non-Scholarly Periodicals: A Checklist of Criteria
Shows how to evaluate periodicals by looking at their format, intended audience,
and appearance.
Evaluating
Web Resources
Lists ways to analyze the Web sites you find.
Evaluating
Web Sites: Criteria and Tools
See this page for additional suggestions specific to Web sites.
Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites
Offers a table of suggestions.
Citing Sources
| APA
citation style Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.) Africana,
Hotel, Management, Olin, and Uris Libraries APA citation style (CUL Gateway Help pages) APA Reference Examples for Electronic Source Materials (Excerpted from the 5th edition of the Publication Manual) APAStyle.org (APA's web site) |
MLA
citation style
Olin and Uris Libraries Z253 .M68 2003 MLA citation style (CUL Gateway Help pages) MLA Style (MLA's web site)
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Managing Information using Bibliographic/Citation Software
EndNote allows you to build your own database of bibliographic references from a variety of resources, including library catalogs and periodical indexes. EndNote interfaces with several standard word processing programs and provides direct connections to resources, making it easy to import references and incorporate them in your writing. EndNote (or RefWorks) is highly recommended for researchers. EndNote workshops are regularly held on campus at Uris Library and Mann Library.
Research and Reference Help
- Library
Gateway Help
- CU
Library Catalog Help
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- Reference
Desk Directory
- Reference
Desk Schedules in Olin and Uris Libraries
- Olin Library
Reference phone number: 255-4144
- Uris Library Reference phone number: 255-2339
- Olin Library
Reference phone number: 255-4144
- Writing Walk-in Service (Knight Institute) -- available in Olin Library | Fall 2005
October 11,
2005
Maureen Morris
Reference Librarian
Olin and Uris Libraries, Cornell University, Ithaca
NY 14853
Information and reference: 607-255-4144, okuref@cornell.edu
Circulation: (Olin) 607-255-4245, (Uris) 607-255-3537, olincirc@cornell.edu