1. Library Resources ATOC/EPSC 185: Natural Disasters
Tara Mawhinney & Emily Kasuto
Schulich Library of Science and Engineering
Fall 2010

2. Topics Library Resources Citing your sources Getting help
Finding Books
Finding Articles
Citing your sources
Getting help

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4. Predicting avalanches in western Canadian recreational areas
Search strategy
1.Define your topic:
2. Identify key concepts & brainstorm synonyms
Predicting avalanches in western Canadian recreational areas
Concept table
avalanches
Canadian
recreational areas
Canada
recreation
British Columbia
parks

5. Library Resources For Books: For Articles: try the Library Catalogue
try article databases
See Library Course Guide for tips and recommendations:

6. Search tips AND: to retrieve both words example: avalanches AND Canada
Combine keywords together:
AND: to retrieve both words
example: avalanches AND Canada
OR: to retrieve either word
example: Canada OR “British Columbia”

7. example: “British Columbia”
Search tips
Wildcards: specify alternate endings/spelling
example: predict*
predict
predicts
predicted
prediction
predicting
Phrase searching: use quotation marks to search words in a phrase
example: “British Columbia”

8. Source: : Gaunt, J., et al. Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching. Cardiff, Wales: Cardiff University, (accessed May 14, 2008). Used in accordance with a Creative Commons license (Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 UK)

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