RWS 1302 Jack of All Trades

RWS 1302

Information Session​

Maya Conde-Kalmijn, UTEP Librarian

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​Hello and welcome!

Log into a computer or use your own device and make sure you have a text editor:

Word, Pages, or WordPad​

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Then join me by going here.​

Poll

On this hamster scale, rate your current mood.

We often start research with a broad subject and need to find a focus that is specific enough to be covered fully in our work

Narrow (or broaden) your Topic

Ask:

• Who

• What

• When

• Where

​Finding too much information?

Ask:

• Who

• What

• When

• Where

​Finding too much information?

Try to look at the bigger picture:

• Think of key concepts

• Generalize

• Use more keywords

• Some topics are too new

​Finding too little information?

​No results

Multiple Choice

Which research topic sounds like the best option? Not too broad or too narrow.

• William Shakespeare the English playwright.

• Hamlet, a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601.

• The role that revenge plays in the play Hamlet.

• The color shoes that the actor that plays Hamlet wears in the 1996 movie.

Review how to turn a research question into a word bank of keywords to perform a search.

Use this handout to do it on your own later.

Research Question Breakdown

Home

Open in new tab

Copy link

Learn to use carefully selected keywords, boolean operators, truncation, and filters in your search.

Advanced Searching

​UTEP Library's MinerQuest Catalog

​utep.edu/library

​Starting an Advanced Search

​This might be intimidating at first, but we are breaking it down.

Databases for different disciplines are set up in unique ways to best suit their topic.
Today we'll review a database that will help you in your research.

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​Discipline-specific Databases

Let's start with your topics!

Full review of RefWorks

• Account setup

• Manual entry

• Direct export

• Folders & Folder Sharing,

• Bibliographies

• Write-N-Cite

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​RefWorks

If you'd like an additional session that covers additional information, speak with your librarian!

​Extra Session