1. * Know Your Library *
Learn About
–Research Help
–Interlibrary Loan Services
–Online Database Assistance
–Lifelong Learning Needs
at
UNM-Taos Library

2. You’ll Need a Library Card
• New patrons will need to fill out an
application. Please have a picture ID, and
proof of student status at UNM-Taos
available.
• Community members are welcome, but
will need a picture ID and proof of local
mailing address.
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3. Reference Assistance
• Library Assistants are always available to
get you started.
• Librarians are available to provide you
with professional reference assistance.
• Fill out a “Request for Information” form for
those tough projects that have you
stumped.

4. Using Interlibrary Loan
• Order books, journal articles and other
items not available in the UNM-Taos
Library.
• UNM-Taos Library has access to some
10,000 other libraries…and over 60 million
records!
• This service is FREE to UNM-Taos
students, staff and faculty.
• Receive items in 7-10 days.

5. Learn the Library Basics
• Use the Library of Congress system to find books.
• Distinguish between scholarly (refereed or peer-
reviewed) articles and popular magazine articles.
• Avoid plagiarizing someone else’s work.
• Use LIBROS online catalog to find books.
• Be a power-searcher using boolean terms: AND,
OR, & NOT.
• Use Research Databases to find journal articles.

6. Library of Congress
• UNM-Taos Library uses the Library of
Congress system to organize materials on the
shelves.
• Find library materials using the spine label
which displays a unique Library of Congress
number for each item on the shelf.
• The spine label is like an address …very
specific to each item in the library.

7. Library of Congress Subjects
A General works M Music & Books on Music
B Philosophy, Psychology, Religion N Fine Arts
C Auxiliary sciences of history P Language & Literature
D History (general) & History of Europe Q Science and Math
E-F History: America R Medicine
G Geography, Anthropology, Recreation S Agriculture
H Social Sciences T Technology
J Political Science U Military Science
K Law V Naval Science
L Education Z Bibliography, Library Science,
Information resources (general)

8. Finding Items in the Library
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9. Comparing Magazine
and Journal Articles
Scholarly Journal (peer-reviewed or refereed) Popular Magazine Articles
Articles
To inform, persuade, or entertain
• To present new research findings
Purpose
General readership, mass audience
Scholars, students, and practitioners
• Audience
Journalists, staff, or free-lance
• Professionals in the field or discipline
Authors writers
Associations, academic institutions, and Published commercially; for profit
• Publisher professional organizations
Often has title, abstract, introduction, review of Varies
• Structure literature, methods, findings, discussion,
and conclusion
Informal, non-technical language
• Formal, technical, specialized terminology
Style
Confirmed sources
• Support of Research built on prior research
Argument
Typically, by a panel of peers, (i.e., peer-reviewed An editor
• Review Policy or refereed...experts in the field).
SCIENCE (Amer. Assoc. for Advancement of Time Magazine, National
• Examples Science), NATURE (International Weekly Geographic, Fortune, Business
Journal of Science), New Mexico Historical Week, People
Review, FRONTIERS (A Journal of Women
Studies).

10. Plagiarism
• Occurs whenever you use someone else’s work,
words, or ideas without giving them credit.
• Why not? Because that’s not how we share
information or build up a body of knowledge in a
learning community.
• It is also illegal. There are copyright laws (written
and implicit) involved whenever you use
someone else’s work.
• It could damage your student or professional
career.

11. How do I credit some else’s work?
• There are formal
ways to credit, called
“citing.”
• Citation methods can
be found in a writer’s
manual:

12. UNM-Taos Electronic Resources
We’ll talk about…
• The Online Catalog
And
• Research Databases

13. LIBROS
• Is the online catalog used to find BOOKS
in this Library and in other libraries.
• You will find records for BOOKS mostly,
but you will also find other materials.
• You will find NO full text and NO content.
• LIBROS is a consortium or union catalog,
which means that we share the catalog
with other New Mexico academic libraries.

14. Start with the UNM-Taos
Library Web Page http://taos.unm.edu/library/

15. Click on LIBROS Online Catalog
LIBROS Online
Catalog is
located under
Library Services
Click here

16. Searching in LIBROS
Choose
either
Keyword,
Author, Title
or Subject
for your
search
strategy.

17. Keyword Searching
Type in
your Click on
keyword. the Search
button.

18. Keyword Search Results
The number
of “hits” will
be listed here.
Click on the
blue
underlined
title to find out
more about
the item.

19. Viewing and Using Records
Author,
Title,
Publisher
and Edition
information The Spine
is located label or
here. “address” is
located here.
here
You might
want to click
on the blue
subject
headings for The Status box will
other helpful tell you if the item is
items. in the library or
checked out.

20. Advanced Search
Sometimes a single keyword search does not
bring about the results you many need. By using
the nesting tools in Advanced Search, you will be
able to limit or expand your searches.
•The use of nesting tools in a search string
assures that phrase terms are kept together as
phrases when you are searching.
•Boolean Operators are one such nesting tool.

21. Boolean Search Terms
Boolean search terms
•And
use Boolean Logical
Operators
And, Or, and Not •Or
to narrow or
broaden a search.
• Not

22. Boolean Search Terms -AND
Keyword searching:
The relationship between poverty and
crime.
• In this search, we retrieve records in
which BOTH of the search terms are
present
• This is illustrated by the shaded area
overlapping the two circles
representing all the records that poverty AND crime
contain both the word "poverty" and
the word "crime“
• Notice how we do not retrieve any
records with only "poverty" or only
"crime" University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York. 2005.
http://library.albany.edu/internet/boolean.html Accessed March 21, 2005

23. Boolean Search Terms - OR
Keyword searching:
I would like information about college.
• In this search, we will retrieve records in which
AT LEAST ONE of the search terms is present.
We are searching on the terms college and also
university since documents containing either of
these words might be relevant.
This is illustrated by:
> the shaded circle with the word college
representing all the records that contain the College OR University
word "college"
> the shaded circle with the word university
representing all the records that contain the word
"university"
> the shaded overlap area representing all the
records that contain both "college" and "university"
University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York. 2005.
http://library.albany.edu/internet/boolean.html Accessed March 21, 2005

24. Boolean Search Terms - NOT
Keyword Searching:
I want information about cats, but I
want to avoid anything about dogs.
• In this search, we retrieve records in
which ONLY ONE of the terms is
present
• This is illustrated by the shaded
area with the word cats representing
all the records containing the word
"cats“ Cats But NOT dogs
• No records are retrieved in which
the word "dogs" appears, even if the
word "cats" appears there also University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York. 2005.
http://library.albany.edu/internet/boolean.html Accessed March 21, 2005

25. Keyword Searching
Using Boolean Search Terms
Now, construct your search using boolean search terms
by clicking on the Advanced Search button.

26. Keyword Search
Type in your
Keywords
and choose
your
Boolean
Operator.
You can also
limit or broaden
your searches
by using these
drop down
boxes.

27. Access Research Databases
UNM-Taos Library
has numerous
online research
databases that can
be accessed from
on campus or from
your home
computer with
Internet access.

28. Research Databases
• Use to find • Examples:
scholarly articles * ProQuest
(also referred to as
* FirstSearch
‘peer-reviewed’ or
‘refereed’). * NewsBank
* Health & Wellness
• Full-text of articles
available online
immediately.

29. Access Research Databases
Research
Databases are
located under
Library
Services on
the website.
Click here

30. Select a database
Click here

31. Log in to FirstSearch
Some databases
require an
authorization or
username and
password to
access the
information.
Please ask library
staff for a
database
username and
password sheet.

32. Select WilsonSelectPlus
Use “Jump to Advanced
Search” and scroll down to
select WilsonSelectPlus

33. Advanced FirstSearch Searching
Type in
your
search
words The name of the
here. database you are in
is listed here.
Use your
boolean
limiters
here.
You can You can expand
limit your or limit your
search to record types here.
Full Text.

34. FirstSearch Results
The title
of the
article will The number of
be listed records the
in blue. database located is
listed here.
Click on
the View
Full Text
link to
see the
article.

35. WilsonSelectPlus Record
The title of the
item is listed here.
The citation
information is
listed here.
The abstract is a
description of the
contents of the
item.

36. Another WilsonSelectPlus Record
The record can
contain
additional online
links for your
research needs.
The Subjects
listing can also
be used to
expand your
search.

37. Research Databases
All the UNM-Taos
databases use similar
terms and formats for
researching.
Remember:
*The databases index
newspaper and journal
articles
*Use Keyword, Author
or Title searches
*You can limit your
searches to Full Text
*Use boolean operators
to expand or limit the
number of results

38. Research Databases
Most research databases can
be accessed from your home
computer with Internet access.
Please contact the UNM-Taos
Library for usernames and
passwords. Please be aware
that this service is available to
UNM-Taos students, staff and
faculty only.
Call UNM-Taos Library :
737-6242 or
Email us at:
unmtlib@unm.edu

39. Using LIBROS Online
Use your
LIBROS Online
Services for
easy access to
manage your
account.
You can:
*View your
library
checkouts
*Renew items
that are due

40. LIBROS Online Services
Click on View
My Account to
see what you
have checked
out and when
it is due, plus
any fines you
may have.
You may also
renew your
items online.

41. LIBROS Online
You will need your UNM-Taos
Library Card for entering the
information. Your Patron I.D. ,
LOBO card number or Banner
number is your Library Card
Number.
Click on the submit
button.

42. LIBROS Online
Your record will show your name and mailing
address. Click on the Checked Out Items button to
review what you have.

43. UNM-Taos Library
• The UNM-Taos Library and staff are here
to assist you with your research needs:
– Research Help Requests
– Interlibrary Loan Services
– Online Database Assistance
– Lifelong Learning Needs
Thank You,
The UNM-Taos Library Staff