Locating and Retrieving Sources - Text version of HOWLER module 
07/29/2011

Slide 1 - Title: Locating and retrieving sources

Slide 2 - Closed Captioning
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Slide 3 - Intro to Module
Hi, I'm Mark, one of the librarians at Madison College Libraries, where we help you find and evaluate the information you need for your assignments.
This tutorial shows you how to locate and retrieve books, videos, and articles through the Libraries website. There are review questions throughout, and you will receive a cumulative score at the end. (Graphics: Madison College Libraries logo, photo of Mark, librarian.)
Text Captions: This section should take about 10 minutes to complete. If you need to pause or rewind at any point, use the navigation bar at the bottom of the page. 

Slide 4 - Objectives
After determining which information sources you will need, the next step is to find and retrieve those sources. (Graphics: Photo of a patron looking through books; Images of magazines, books, newspapers, journals)
These might include books, e-books, and magazines, newspapers and journals, in addition to sources you have found on the World Wide Web.
Text Captions: ww.gatech.edu/libraries/

Slide 5 - Book Search
To search for books and audio-visual material, visit the Libraries' Home Page. (Graphics: Library home page; Photo of Buffy doing research in the library)

Slide 6 - Books dropdown
Here you can do a keyword search or change the dropdown menu to search by author, title or subject.  Let's say you're looking for a book on wolves. (Graphic: screen shot of books' drop down menu)
Here you can do a keyword search or change the dropdown menu to search by author, title or subject.  Let's say you're looking for a book on wolves.

Slide 7 - Select Subject
Let's change the dropdown menu to subject... (Graphic: Drop down with 'subject' highlighted)

Slide 8 - Click Submit
Enter our terms and click submit! (Graphic: Wolf entered in search field and mouse click on search button)

Slide 9 - Search Results
Let's say you're interested in the second item, "Yellowstone Wolves..."  Click the title to learn more. (Graphic: Screen shot of results)
of results.  
The search has retrieved 30 records, meaning we have 30 books and AV items on the subject of wolves to consider.  Generally, the newest material appears at the top 


Slide 10 - Title of Book
Slide notes: Click on the title of this record to see more about this item. (Graphic: Yellowstone wolves record from OPAC)
To advance the video, click the title of the record!

Slide 11 - Full Sirsi Record
In the full view of the record you can see the item's call number, which is where you will find it on the shelf, details you would need to cite this book in a bibliography, and library in the district that has the book. (Graphic: separate parts of record highlighted)

Slide 12 - Dewey
If you've found a good book on your topic, you might want to spend some time browsing in the corresponding Dewey area to see what other related books are available.
The Dewey Decimal System is based on ten general subject areas (see above), each further broken down into subcategories. (Graphics: List of general Dewey subject areas, 000-999; Image of a surfer dude in a parody of Mountain Dew with the caption, "Do the Dewey".

Slide 13 - Dewey-click
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Text Captions: 
000 Generalities
100 Philosophy
200 Religion
300 Social sciences
400 Language
500 Natural sciences & mathematics
600 Applied sciences
700 The Arts
800 Literature & rhetoric
900 Geography & history 

If you were browsing for a book about wolves in national parks, which of the broad Dewey areas do you think would be best?
Click on the Dewey range to the left that you think is the best answer.

Slide 14 - Books - Collection
To retrieve books, go to the book stacks. The stacks are broken up into the circulating collection, books that can be checked out of the library, the reference collection contains books that have to be used in the library, (Graphics: Books with arrows indicating they can be taken home, photo of circulation desk, a reserve label, and a close up of the spine of a reserve book)and the reserves collection, which are books that have been placed behind the circulation desk by your instructors.
Text Captions: Demco

Slide 15 - Location of Videos
At the Madison College libraries, AV (audiovisual) materials such as DVDs, CDs and , are included in the library catalog and shelved with books in the stacks. (Graphics: Photo of DVDs in our collection; Photo of audio book shelved next to a print copy of the same title.)

Slide 16 - ILL
If you're having problems finding an item, please ask a librarian for help.  If Madison College Libraries do not have an item you're looking for, we can try to borrow a copy from another library through Interlibrary Loan. (Graphics: Image of Interlibrary Loan link on home page) 

Slide 18 - Finding Articles Intro
Full-text articles from subscription databases can be found through the Madison College Libraries Home Page. (Graphics: Screen shot of a list of article links)

Slide 19 - Periodicals
Magazines, journals, and newspapers can be in paper form in the stacks of a library or in digital form through a library database. Because they come on a periodic basis, they are often called periodicals. 

Slide 20 - Databases Tab
To link to the Libraries list of article databases, locate the database tab. (Graphics: screen shot of web page.  Image of databases tab.)

Slide 21 - Select Databases Tab
And select it! (Graphic: Screen shot of mouse pointer clicking on databases tab)

Slide 22 - Browse by A-Z List
To see a list of databases available at Madison College Libraries, click 'Browse databases by A to Z list'. (Graphic: Link to browse a-z list of databases)

Slide 23 - A-Z List Page
You'll get an alphabetical list of databases, and each one contains a different collection of electronic versions of published articles. (Screenshot of database list)

Slide 24 - Browse by Program/Center
If you know which database you would like to use, you can link to it from this list, or select the 'Browse by Program / Center' tab.
Text Captions: Select Browse by Program/Center

Slide 25 - Starting Points
Here, you can select one of our starting point databases, or one of our reference databases. (Graphic: Screenshot of a list of starting point and reference databases).

Slide 26 - Select Academic Search
Let's start with Academic Search Complete, which has articles that cover the vast majority of topics that students research. (Graphic: Mouse pointer selects 'Academic Search' link).
Text Captions: Select Academic Search Complete 

Slide 27 - Academic Search Advanced Search
Once you open the database you can begin searching for articles on your topic in the search boxes provided. (Graphic: Screenshot from Academic Search database highlighting the advanced search interface)

Slide 29 - Feedback-Database Tab
Once again, the databases tab is where you click to find articles. 
(Graphic: Screenshot of web page with databases tab highlighted)

Slide 30 - Enter Search Terms
Academic Seach opens with what is called an advanced search, which means that it has more than one search box.  For now, that's ok, we'll just use the first one for this search. (Graphic: Zoomed image of advanced search boxes)

Slide 31 - Enter Search Terms
Let's enter the term 'wolves'... (Graphic: Search term is entered in advanced search interface)
Text Captions: Enter search terms!

Slide 32 - Click Search
And submit the search by clicking on 'Search'. (Graphic: Clicking on search button)

Slide 33 - Ebsco Results
Your results include the total number of articles retrieved and the most relevant appear first. (Graphic: Search results from Academic Search)
Text Captions: Most Relevant First!

Slide 34 - Full Text Links
To find the full text of an article, that is the whole article so that you can read it, look to see if the citation has full text links, either HTML full text or a PDF full text.  Some articles, like 'this one' have both options available.  If you click the link... (Graphic: Two results from database, one with PDF full text, one with both HTML and PDF links)

Slide 35 - Full Text Display
The full text will appear. (Graphic: Screenshot of full text of wolves in Yellowstone article)

Slide 36 - Options for articles
Besides reading the articles online, most of our databases offer options for printing the articles, emailing them to yourself, saving them, and even help citing them in your bibliography or works cited page. (Graphic: Shot from database with tools options highlighted)
Text Captions: Print!Save!Email!Help with Citation!

Slide 37 - Listen
Some databases also have content that you can listen to, as well as read. (Graphics: Article from database with a 'listen' link to audio version of the article highlighted; Photo of a man with iPod headphones)

Slide 38 - Find Full Text Button
Some of the citations in our databases will provide no full text of the article that is indexed.  In cases such as these, try the 'Find Full-Text" link to see if the article is available full-text in another of our databases. (Screenshot of article with no full text and the 'fid full text' link highlighted)

Slide 39 - Link to FT Different DB
In the case of this New York Times article, you can link to it here. (View of link to full text from Libraries' website)

Slide 40 - Click here for ILL
With other articles, the Libraries will NOT be able to provide immediate full text for you.  If that's the case, you'll see this message when you search for the full text.  
Note the link to the right of the screen!  And follow the highlighted link to request the article from Interlibrary Loan.
Text Captions: Link to Interlibrary Loan!

Slide 41
Here is the InterLibrary Loan Form, where, after filling out the required fields, you can click on submit. (Graphic: Screenshot of ILL form)

Slide 43 - Feedback: Full Text
Remember, the databases offer full text for some articles and not others. (Graphic: Screenshot of two database articles, one in full text, the other does not have full text)

Slide 44 - Off Campus Access
Accessing the article databases from off campus involves logging in with your Madison College network user name and password. The library provides access to these databases for you through subscriptions. Please call the Student Help Desk at 243-4444 if you experience problems with off campus access.
Text Captions: Student Help Desk: (608) 243-4444

Slide 45 - Searching the Web
No doubt you have some familiarity with searching the Web.  However, it's often difficult to quickly find the best sources with an online search. (Graphic: Two girls enjoying their laptops in a Mongolian School)
Text Captions: Carla Gomez-Monroy

Slide 46 - Google Advanced Search
One option you may wish to try is the Advanced Search feature available in Google and most major search engines.  It allows you to narrow your search in several ways.(Graphic: Advanced Search screen in Google)

Slide 47 - Limits In Google Advanced
Slide notes: One of the most useful features of Advanced Searches is to limit your search to a particular domain, such as .gov, .org, or .edu.
One of the most useful features of Advanced Searches is to limit your search to a particular domain, such as .gov, .org, or .edu. (Google limiter for searching by domain name is highlighted)
Text Captions: .edu .org .gov

Slide 48 - Other Limits in Google
You can also limit your results by the date the page was created, and you can find pages that are similar to other pages you have managed to find. (Screenshot of more limits are shown)

Slide 50 - Help
If you have questions or need help, you can Ask a Librarian:  (Graphics: ? marks flying and an image of a patron being helped at the Downtown Madison College Library)
Text Captions: If you have questions or need help, you can Ask a Librarian: 
*in person at the reference help desk in the library
*by phone at 608-246-6640
*by email & other methods - link through the Reference and Research Help page on the Libraries’ website

Slide 51 - Friendly librarians
Of course if you need assistance, check with the information experts of the Madison College Libraries.  We're here to help! (Graphics: Eight staff photos)

Slide 52 - end
Text Captions: Thanks for completing this HOWLER learning unit

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