1. Finding the best information Therese Robin, Head of Library and Information Services Library & Information Services 2015

2. Starting point my.unimelb.edu.au LMS provides subject resources  Readers, print and online  Pdfs  Video  Links to articles in UniMelb subscribed databases O RMOND C OLLEGE

3. Internet Information in the public domain e.g. Government reports. Site:gov.au O RMOND C OLLEGE

4. Understand Google to use it well Google’s reach is enormous. Using operators and understanding a bit about how it works will lead to better search results Used with skill, search engines in databases of academic literature deliver a more manageable number of relevant results. O RMOND C OLLEGE

5. Google searching Tips Specify the domain e.g. site:edu; site:ac; site:edu.au; site:gov.au; site:vic.gov.au; link:ormond.unimelb.edu.au The order of your keywords matters. Google weights the importance of your keywords in order of appearance Add descriptive words like ‘facts’ 'summary’ ‘basic’ ‘introduction’ ‘opinion’ 'review’. For some topics, an images search is a good place to start

6. Google and Boolean logic AND: Google assumes a Boolean AND between your keywords. (Narrows) OR: type OR between the words. (Broadens) NOT: place a Minus sign (-) before a word. More on refining search strategy at eSearch workshop

7. The power of OR O RMOND C OLLEGE

8. Google Further Help Library website links: Learning>>Academic Skills>>Research Basics Punctuation, symbols & operators in search Google search results page Search filters and settings O RMOND C OLLEGE

9. Google Scholar http://www.populartechnology.net/2010/08/google-scholar-illiteracy-in-pnas.html Google Scholar searches scholarly literature. Links to Uni. of Melbourne resources Google Scholar See the Library website for how to set up Google Scholar set up O RMOND C OLLEGE

10. Googling cautions What you see is skewed by what you have viewed in the past. The page rank algorithm is vulnerable to manipulation False sense of comprehensiveness Full text is the only option (overload) O RMOND C OLLEGE

11. Evaluation Authority; Objectivity; Accuracy; Currency O RMOND C OLLEGE Think tanks: be aware of affiliations Australian Policy Online The Power index Crikey.com Get Up Avaaz.org The Globalist Guides to Think Tanks: Think Tanks based in Australia UK think tanks US think tanks SourceWatch (left perspective) Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) Grattan Institute Green Institute Chifley Research Centre Per Capita The Australia Institute The Melbourne Institute Lowy Institute The crisis group Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) Australian Business Foundation Australian Business Council (BCA) Menzies Research Centre Page Research Centre

12. Reliable sites Get to know good sites as starting points Victorian government Australian government Australian Parliamentary Library / Hansard Australian Parliamentary Library Hansard The conversation ABC; Radio National ABCRadio National BBC Radio National Trove. Over 284,011,888 Australian and online resources: books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more Trove284,011,888 Australian Academy of Science csiro

13. Libraries still best for some types of information Quality assured Content rich Accessible Relevant Organised O RMOND C OLLEGE

14. Library.ormond.unimelb.edu.au O RMOND C OLLEGE

15. Ormond Library catalogue Use the Ormond Library catalogueOrmond Library catalogue to find Print books & magazines and selected eBooks ; and DVDs – not journal articles Use Ormond’s eBook library (EBL) to browse and borrow eBooks O RMOND C OLLEGE

16. Catalogue tips Don’t just cut and paste your assignment title – think about key concepts and their synonyms Relevant result? – view its catalogue record, use the subject headings The term used by your lecturer and textbook may differ from the subject used in the Library database. E.g. Indigenous v Aboriginal Australians Found a book? Where is it? OS-GENERAL? RESERVES? REFERENCE? RecRead? Lost? – ask library staff O RMOND C OLLEGE

17. At the shelves Dewey classification works by disciplines Depending on the ‘angle” – you may find books on your subject in several areas O RMOND C OLLEGE

18. E.g. Books on China 302 Intercultural communication 320.951 Politics 327.51 Foreign relations 365.45095 Human rights 395 Social life and customs 349.51 Law 495 Chinese language 658.00951 Business/Management 709.51; 759.951 Art 796.48 Sport: Beijing Olympics 895 Chinese literature 951 History Choose some relevant numbers and walk over to the shelves and browse. And don’t forget to have a look for eBooks in EBL O RMOND C OLLEGE

19. Think laterally Question "Have you got anything on focus groups?” “I did a keyword search in the library website search box focus groups and got no results” Answer Try keyword Marketing. Most marketing texts will have a chapter on Focus Groups O RMOND C OLLEGE

20. e-Book Library (EBL) on the Ormond Library page O RMOND C OLLEGE Tip: Amazingly powerful full-text search of the content of all 500,000 eBooks in EBL is available

21. Issues: News coverage – current and retrospective Ormond College Library>Learning>Where Do You Get Your News?  News sites worth exploring  Media news and analysis Ormond Periodicals: General reading in science, design, culture, news and current affairs, law, literature etc. Ormond College Library>About the Library>Magazines (Digital access to archives – ask staff) Ormond College Library>About the Library>Magazines University of Melbourne Subject Guide (LibGuide): Finding NewsFinding News O RMOND C OLLEGE

22. University Library O RMOND C OLLEGE In-depth collections | Gateway to online articles

23. UniMelb Libraries Uni Library Home Specialised libraries Brownless Biomedical Library, the Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library, the Giblin Eunson Business, Economics and Education Library or the Eastern Resource Centre Law Library Land and Environment…Brownless Biomedical LibraryLouise Hanson-Dyer Music LibraryGiblin Eunson Business, Economics and Education LibraryEastern Resource CentreLaw LibraryLand and Environment O RMOND C OLLEGE

24. Online resources: Discovery Library Home page Search almost everything at once  “catalogue, digital collections, eBooks and many databases” Limit your results (full text, Peer reviewed etc.) Store and organise your results O RMOND C OLLEGE

25. Search individual databases Better search function. (Come to eSearch workshop) Which database? Subject Research Guides (LibGuides) Individual ejournals and databases Access on UniMelb Library page O RMOND C OLLEGE

26. eSearch Tips SEQUENCING: An established effective search sequence is: DEPTH: Link synonyms together for each concept. (teenager OR youth OR adolescent) BREADTH: Link concepts together to provide breadth of coverage. e.g. health AND (teenager OR youth OR adolescent) O RMOND C OLLEGE

27. Ormond.library.edu.au O RMOND C OLLEGE Learning>>Academic Skills>>Research

28. UniMelb Library Classes, Tours and online tutorials Throughout the year, the Library offers classes and tours. E.g. Getting started: Library research (multi-disciplinary) Getting started: Library research Beginning historical research EndNote (Windows) Introductory workshops EndNote (Windows) Introductory workshop And Online tutorialsOnline tutorials O RMOND C OLLEGE

29. Further help: Therese Robin, Head of Library and Information Services (Mon-Fri) ext. 1117 Sarah Bertie, Librarian, Online Services (Mon-Wed) ext. 1116 Hala Zabakly Librarian, Technical Services (Tues, Wed, Fri) ext. 1145 library@ormond.unimelb.edu.au O RMOND C OLLEGE