Welcome to the Carleton University Library website.
In this short video, we will introduce you to the website and two tools to help you find
sources for your assignments, projects and other forms of research.
First we will introduce you to Summon.
This search tool helps you find a range of sources such as books, journal articles, newspaper
articles and government documents Second, we will introduce you to subject guides.
Library subject specialists and librarians create these guides to make it easy for you
to find discipline-specific sources.
Let's get started.
Here we are on the library home page at www.library.carleton.ca.
Summon is our main search tool.
You can enter your search terms in this basic field on the home page.
You can also click on Advanced search.
In Advanced search view, you have more search fields and options for filtering before you
search.
For example, you can filter by publication date, by discipline, by language and by scholarly
materials.
Let's try a search.
Let's say you're looking for materials on climate change.
Put this phrase in the first search field.
Use quotation marks to limit your results to only those that include this phrase.
Then filter by publication date (let's say you want anything published after 2008).
Filter by discipline (and choose environmental sciences).
Finally, filter by scholarly materials.
Now scroll down the page and click on the Search box in the bottom left-hand corner
of the page.
We got quite a few results and now we can use the left-hand navigation to filter or
narrow our search to just journal articles.
Under content type, we will click on Journal article.
Summon has many more features, and you can find out more about using the tool by visiting
the Research Help Desk on the main floor of the library.
Now, let's return to the home page by clicking on library in the top left-hand corner of
the page.
You find a lot of information about library services on the home page such as how to access
the online chat reference service and how to get help with your research from librarians
and subject specialists.
Go to Research on the top navigation and scroll down to Research Help.
Scroll down the page and you will find an alphabetical list of all the subject specialists
and librarians available to help you.
Now let's go back to the home page by clicking on MacOdrum Library in the top left-hand corner
of the page.
Librarians and subject specialists also create special website for each discipline.
These websites are called subject guides.
The link to the guides is found under the Research column in the middle of the home
page.
All the guides are listed alphabetically and usually you'll find a quick guide as well
as a detailed guide for each program.
Let's try finding the guides for Canadian Studies.
First, we will click on Subject guides in the Research column.
, then use the alphabet at the top and click on the letter C. Then we will scroll down
the page to the guides for Canadian Studies.
Click on the link for the Canadian Studies quick guide.
Here you will find a list of the top five databases for that discipline.
These databases have been chosen by the librarian responsible for this discipline.
Now, go back to the full list and click on the link to the Canadian Studies detailed
guide.
This detailed guide provides more resources to help you find a variety of information
you might need for a project in a Canadian Studies course.
Now, let's go back to the home page by clicking on MacOdrum Library in the top left-hand corner
of the page.
So, the library website is the place to find appropriate sources for your assignments.
Remember, you can use Summon (either the basic or advanced search), you can contact a librarian
or subject specialist in a given area and you can use the customized subject guides.
For more information, please visit the Research Help Desk on the main floor of the library.
This is the end of this video.
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