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FYSP 166: Heroes and Villains

In-session: Finding the Guide

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Session Outline

Here is the schedule for our session today:

  1. Introductions, and how to get help
  2. Finding, recognizing, and accessing resources
    • Preliminary poll: What do you use, and what does it do?
  3. Recapitulation
  4. Exploring the stacks

Preliminary Poll

Which of these search tools or platforms do you use most frequently?
Google: 11 votes (30.56%)
Google Scholar: 13 votes (36.11%)
JSTOR: 6 votes (16.67%)
Web of Science: 0 votes (0%)
Search.Libraries: 3 votes (8.33%)
EBSCO: 1 votes (2.78%)
ProQuest: 0 votes (0%)
Something else!: 2 votes (5.56%)
Total Votes: 36
In the search tool or platform that you use most frequently, can you limit your results to scholarly articles?
Yes: 23 votes (76.67%)
No: 1 votes (3.33%)
I'm not sure: 6 votes (20%)
Total Votes: 30
In the search tool or platform that you use most frequently use, for a given article, can you view a list of later articles that have cited that article?
Yes: 12 votes (38.71%)
No: 2 votes (6.45%)
I'm not sure: 17 votes (54.84%)
Total Votes: 31