POLI 327 Library Workshop Michelle Lake Political Science, Government Publications, SCPA & FPST Librarian

Library Course webpage http://bit.ly/poli327

Webster Library SGW Campus 24/7 access, with student card, after 11pm 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th and 5 th floor of LB - Library Building Computers/Printers/Photocopiers/Scanners Group Study Rooms & Course Reserves: Textbooks Current Print Journals Vanier Library Loyola Campus 24/7 access, with student card, after 11pm 1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd floor VL Vanier Library Computers/Printers/Photocopiers/Scanners Group Study Rooms & Course Reserves: Textbooks Print Journal Archive Grey Nuns Reading Room SGW Campus 1190 Guy St. Access 9am-9pm, with student card Group Study Rooms & Quiet Study Outlets/Wifi Bring your own device

Here is where you login to the library, when you re off campus Discovery Search, searches through the library catalogue and some journal article databases This is the section for undergrads, click More to see all services available It s a great place to start if you re looking for a specific book or article

How do I find a book or an article, when I already know the title?

O Donnell, Guillermo, Philippe C. Schmitter, and, Laurence Whitehead, eds. 1986. Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Southern Europe. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

This is a book review, published in an academic journal. This is a book review, published in an academic journal. This is the book! This is a book review, published in an academic journal.

Munck, Gerardo L. and Carol Skalnik Leff. 1997. Modes of Transition and Democratization: South America and Eastern Europe in Comparative Perspective, Comparative Politics 29, no. 3 (April): 343 362.

The full-text of the article is available from the JSTOR database This citation does not match the title we searched; the article we are looking for is cited by this article and appears in its reference list

Bermeo, Nancy. 1987. Redemocratization and Transition Elections: A Comparison of Spain and Portugal, Comparative Politics 19, no. 2 (Jan): 213-231. Article not found in the results.

Bermeo, Nancy. 1987. Redemocratization and Transition Elections: A Comparison of Spain and Portugal, Comparative Politics 19, no. 2 (Jan): 213-231.

Linz, Juan J. and Alfred Stephan. 1996. Actors and Contexts. In Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post- Communist Europe, Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stephan, 66-84. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

What if we don t have the book or article at Concordia? Interlibrary loans/colombo Request print books and e-journal articles from other libraries. Print books are delivered to Concordia for you to borrow. E-journal articles are emailed directly to you.

What if we don t have the book at Concordia? BCI Card Go the Loans/Circulation desk at Webster library with your student ID card and request a BCI card. You can go to other university libraries in the city, like McGill and University of Montreal, and borrow books from their collections, in person.

Two types of sources Non-Academic/Primary Sources: such as news articles, government documents, NGO reports, government agency or international organization websites and publications or data sources (e.g., Freedom House/World Bank) Academic (Peer reviewed) Publications: refer to peerreviewed, scholarly articles and books published by university presses. For articles to be peer reviewed, the journal must use the double-blind peer-review process.

Non-Academic Sources

Country Profiles, Government, NGO & IGO reports Non-peer reviewed Good background sources Created by governments or international institutions that monitor governments http://bit.ly/poli327

Statesman s Yearbook (current year in print, in the Webster reference collection): Gives a recent overview of social institutions, religion, trade, resources and industries and government

Government Information Search Searches Intergovernmental Organization websites Use the drop-down menu to select the region Use keywords and a country name to search for reports http://library.concordia.ca/find/government/index.php

China Domain:.gov.cn Google Advanced Search google.ca/advanced_search Cuba Domain:.gob.cu Israel Domain:.gov.il Philippines Domain:.gov.ph Russia Domain:.gov.ru Singapore Domain:.gov.sg

Wayback Machine: looking at websites over time February 2018 October 2014

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Topics and Keywords AND limits how many results your search produces Example: Cuba AND sanctions OR increases the number of results your search produces Example: china AND (capitalism OR free trade )

Topics and Keywords exact phrase limits how many results your search produces Example: ethnic conflict * increases the number of results your search produces, because it adds all the possible endings Example: democra* finds: democracy, democracies, democratic, democratically, democratization, etc.

Avoid Searching with unnecessary words Effects Impact Consequences Influence Results Importance Significance Each author may use different linking words when discussing similar topics. You don t want your search to be limited to those books and articles that only contain the word effect or consequence

Academic Sources

Searching for books We re searching directly in the Library Catalogue and we are using big, broad search terms, because book titles, subjects and tables of contents, tend to be less specific than journal article titles.

How do I know if a book is academic? University Press Book includes citations and a bibliography or reference list

Academic author & editor affiliations and biographies

Searching for journal articles

Find it @ Concordia: access to journal articles 1. Links under the green banner should take you directly to the article. 2. If not, use the library catalogue link to first locate the journal, then the article. You ll need the year, volume and issue number. 3. If neither option 1 or 2 results in you locating the article, you can request it through COLOMBO.

How do I know if an article is academic? References, Bibliography & citations: Academic articles will have an extensive reference list or footnotes/endnotes listing other scholarly sources.

How do I know if an article is academic and peer reviewed? Check the journal title in the Ulrich s Database Author affiliations

1. Check the journal titles in the Ulrich s database Visit the journal website and read about their peer review process

2. Check the Journal s website for the peer review process Look for sections About the journal or Author instructions, guide for authors, etc.

3. If the journal is Open Access, check the DOAJ This symbol in Ulrich s means Open Access If a journal is Open Access, you can look it up in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) to confirm the type of peer reiew When you look up the journal title in the DOAJ it will indicate the kind of peer review process

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