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Teaching Assistant Conference Handout 8 22 08
1. TA Conference
“The ‘Real Stuff’! Information Research in a Googled Society”
22 Sep 2008
1. Agenda AltPress-Watch
Research & Critical Thinking Tips & Tools… LION
o For your students & For you 9. Reference E-Resources
Encyclopaedia Britannica
2. Helping your students… Many more…
“Hoax…” exercise & quality web sites
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_1 10. Key Points
2006.cfm Pick a useful database
Thinking Critically About World Wide Web Can search display & save Display
Resources Look for…
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_1 o Online help
2337.cfm o Boolean operators
Thinking Critically About Web 2.0 & Beyond
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_1
o Truncation (Wild Card) Symbols
2008.cfm o DON’T PAY FOR ARTICLES!!
3. Unlicensed (Free) vs. Licensed Databases 11. Help for Instructors
Information Literacy Help Menu
4. UCLA Library Home Page http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/10374_118
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/ 37.cfm
5. UCLA Library Catalog 12. Help for Students
http://catalog.library.ucla.edu/ Assignment Calculator
Books, periodical subscriptions & more in all 13 http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/library/modules/freecalc/in
UCLA libraries dex.php
No individual articles listed here “Road to Research” tutorial
Research Paper Planner
Help Using it:
-“Road to Research” tutorial http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_1
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/library/ 2197.cfm
-College Library Help Guides College Library Help Guides
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605.cf 13. More Help for Undergraduates
m “Academics in the Commons” (Covel Commons)
6. Strategy & Use: Licensed Databases http://www.college.ucla.edu/up/aitc/workshops.html
DB Selection Criteria
o Subject matter 14. Google Scholar v. Databases
o Time period http://www2.library.ucla.edu/googlescholar/searchengi
o Types of materials indexed or full-text nes.cfm
7. Get FREE Articles! 15. Review
BOL Proxy Server Information Illiteracy
http://www.bol.ucla.edu/services/proxy/ Web Critical Thinking
UC-eLinks: Request UCLA Library Home Page & Catalog
Selecting & Using Databases
8. Sample Licensed Databases Online Help
Academic Search Complete Google Scholar
Lexis-Nexis Academic
PsycInfo 16. Questions
PubMed@UCLA http://www2.library.ucla.edu/questions
Ethnic Newswatch
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I:Ref/EG/TA Conference/TA Conf Handout.doc 8 Sep 2005 E. Grassian <estherg@librrary.ucla.edu>