1 CEGEP Champlain St. Lawrence The Donald Petzel Library Donald Petzel was a poet, philosopher and English teacher for some 40 years at St. Lawrence. He passed away in 2004.

2 Donald Petzel Library Linda Bélanger Nathalie Faure Alexandra Houle Our Team

3 What will you find ? (1/2) 30,000 documents Reference books : dictionaries and encyclopedias e-Books and e-Reference Databases Periodicals, newspapers

4 What will you find ? (2/2) 152 seats 10 computers Internet Study rooms Laptops and video cameras A section dedicated to careers and much more

5 Of course we have rules ! (1/2) We are open –8 AM to 5 PM Monday to Thursday (4 PM on Friday) - Happy hour 5 PM to 7 PM Monday to Thursday Loans (with your student ID card) –10 books, 2 periodicals for up to 2 weeks, one renewal if not reserved –Reserve books for 1 night (3 PM to 8:30 AM) –Strict reserve books (for library use only) Interlibrary Loans (ILL)

6 Of course we have rules ! (2/2) Printing : 0.07$ per page and 0.10$ per double-sided page Fines : 0.25$ per book per day no noise, no food, no drink … !

7 Developing a topic ! Where should you start ? Properly define your topic Identify the topic’s key concepts Determine which type of information sources could be useful for your assignment Gather information Read and evaluate what you have found

8 Search strategies How to locate a vast amount of information in a library catalogue or an article database, searching for the author, title, subjects, … ?

9 Using search tools (1/2) Search statement : write an expression the search tool can interpret using boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) and truncation (*), for example : –Topic : the effects of eating disorders on teenagers –Possible search Statement : (eating disorder OR bulimia OR anorexia) AND (teen* OR youth OR adolescent*)

10 Using search tools (2/2) Use quotation marks to search the exact phrase or expression, for example : « video games » Truncation : the asterisk (*) can replace the missing caracter(s) Parentheses to group keywords Field searching : author, title, subject, keywords, …

11 Types of information Sources Encyclopedias Books Magazines and newspapers Web sites Databases

12 Internet and search engines Where you can find a wealth of information on almost any topic imaginable, BUT … Internet documents have not necessarily been evaluated Most do not index pages according to standards like those used in library catalogues and databases Many times, their goals are different from yours !

13 The Library Catalogue The Horizon Information Portal of St. Lawrence and St. Lambert libraries Contains the records of all the material in the library Provides a brief description and the location of each item Now let’s see some examples Reference: - Info Research Concordia University Libraries - UnlockingResearch.com