PRF Weekly Newsletter: Using Databases
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This week's study break:
Thursday 8-9pm, Lowell Dining Hall
Study Space of the Week:
** The Tozzer Reading Room
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Well-light room with desks and couches The Tozzer Anthropology Library is located on
Divinity Avenue, among many of the science buildings and labs. The library's reading
room is a bright, open space with chairs and large tables on the first floor immediately
as you walk into the library.
Quick Tips:
Using the “Related Articles” Feature in Databases
Need to find relevant articles for your project with little time to really search
everywhere? Check out the “related articles” function found both in HOLLIS+ and some other
databases. In HOLLIS+, if you are looking at the citation information for an article,
there is a tab immediately next to “Details” that says, “Related Articles.” Clicking on it
will show you a list of articles related to the one you’re currently looking at.
Additionally, some journals and databases will offer related or similar article lists as
you are searching through their own sources.
Did You Know...?
blue books stacked on top of each other
... that you can use full-text vs. index searching to your advantage? Full-text searches
search the entire text for the terms you enter into the search bar. Google Scholar, Google
Books, and JSTOR are examples of full-text search databases. Index searching, on the other
hand, searches through citation information—for example, a work's author, subject or
title. HOLLIS+ and most other databases search in this manner. Full text searches are
great for searching specific phrases, people, or events that you want to appear in a
document. Index searches will get you a variety of sources on a given subject, can help
narrow sources down by year of publication or author.
Opportunities:
Apply for S. T. Lee Innovation Grants
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The Harvard Library is offering grants to members of the Harvard community, including
faculty, staff, and students, in order to fund creative initiatives that improve access to
information and the experience of using library resources at Harvard University. The
deadline is Friday, October 14, 2016 by 4 p.m. and the awards range from $5,000 –
$50,000!
Upcoming Events:
Thank you to those who attended the River Central Write Night yesterday!
Stay tuned for similar events in the future!
Gold on Parchment: How Manuscripts are Made
October 13, 5:30 PM, Houghton Library (Free and open to the public)
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Book of the Week:
The article of the week is "How Donald Trump Set Off a Civil War Within the
Right-Wing Media
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" by Robert Draper in the New York Times Magazine.
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Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity.
In an unusual election year, there has been increased focus (on both sides of the aisle)
on the media's relationship with presidential candidates. This article takes an
in-depth look at some of the major players in the right-wing media landscape, and the
changes this election cycle have brought about. The same author has previous written about
the election's impact on down-ticket Republican candidates
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as well.
Have a work you would like to recommend to your peers? Submit recommendations using this
form!
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Books, articles, DVDs, and other sources are all welcome!
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[Librarian, as patron runs away: "Did you know you can use our website to find the
answers to your questions? You can do a full-text search, or else try the site index. Or
try a combined search of all of our databases, or our directory of web pages that help
with homework. Where are you going?"]
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