Research Help Training Program: Spring 2019

Demonstrate the attributes of an effective reference interview: listening/ inquiring, searching, and follow-up
Feel confident creating an effective search strategy 
Identify appropriate query keywords and search language 
Use SuperSearch as a discovery layer database
Effectively search and retrieve information via keyword and topic-based searches 
Successfully evaluate results and revise search strategies 
Know how and when to broaden and/or narrow a search strategy 
Explain, encourage and provide additional or alternate sources 
Communicate effectively and close the engagement in a timely and effective manner

Visibility/Approachability
Interest
Listening/Inquiring
Searching
Follow-up

1. Identify at least 3 databases you’d like to know more about and email Ian[1] before the next session.
2. Complete all five literature search questions and be prepared to show us how you did one of them.
3. Identify and share one new thing you learned from today’s exercises and/or homework.
4. Fill out the feedback form.

EBSCO Discovery Service SuperSearch Help and Tutorial

I need help finding a couple of articles on the #metoo movement in Canada. Can you help?

A professor at Brock studies the plant Madagascar Periwinkle as a way of investigating
the synthesis of natural products for medical research. How can I find peer-reviewed
recent articles on this topic for a lab report?

Looking for a good article on the teaching strategies of mathematics to secondary
school students with autism for a seminar in 15 minutes.

Canadian engagement at Vimy Ridge was a defining moment in Canadian history.
Why is this so and can you help me find magazine and scholarly articles on this?

Looking at gender bias of women in Canadian politics since world war two.
Where can I start to look? How is this topic covered in the news?