1. Research Tips for
LRSP 433:
Production & Operations
Management
Laura Berberian
Stafford Campus Reference Librarian
lberberi@umw.edu

2. Library Research Tools
 Library Catalog
 Titles of Books
 Titles of Journals, Magazines and Newspapers
 Searches Simpson Library, Stafford Library, and
2 online books collections
 Databases
 Articles in Journals, Magazines and Newspapers
 Company and Industry Information

3. UMW Libraries
http://libraries.umw.edu/

4. Subject Guides

5. Subject Guide

6. Can I use the databases from
home?
• Log in with your
Canvas username
and password to
access databases
from off-campus
jsmith
• Contact the
password
Library if you
have access
problems

7. • Enter your keywords in
the search boxes
• Click the “Phrase” link
to search for exact
phrases
• Use the “Article Type”
menu for different
results
• Click “Search”

8. • Click on “OpenURL 1” or “View
HTML” or “View PDF” to access
the article

9. Business Source Complete
• Enter your keywords
• Use quotes to search for
phrases
• Consider using some of
the “Limit your results”
options
• Click “Search”

10. Business Source Complete
• Click “PDF” or “HTML” links to
retrieve articles
• Click “Locate Journal Article” if
not full text through the database

11. “Locate Journal Article” page
• Is the article available
in a UMW database?
NO.
• What if the article is not
available in a database?
Use ILLIAD.

12. “Locate Journal Article” page
• Is the article available in a UMW
database? YES.
• Follow the database links to locate
article.

13. Book Catalog:
• Book catalog will search for
books at the Stafford and Simpson
Libraries
• Perform a “Keyword Search”
• Enter your keywords
• Click “Search”

14. Book Catalog: results
• Both print and
electronic books
available
• Call numbers show
location
• NetLibrary – online
book
• Library of Congress -
print book

15. Book Catalog: results
•Click “full record” for ebooks
• Click “Item” or “Copies” for print books

16. eBook Collection- Online books
 In the Full Record, click the “Online” link
to access the book

17. What if my materials are at the main
campus Library? What if UMW doesn’t have
what I need?
 Illiad – for Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan
 Create an Illiad Account
 Online forms to request non-Stafford materials
 Give library lead time to process request
 Delivered to Stafford Library
 $2 fee for articles located from Simpson Library

18. • Try different databases
• Try different keywords
• Use an “asterisk” for multiple
word endings - *
• Phrase Searching - quotation
marks
• Avoid stop words like: in, an,
of, for, on, by
• Ask Librarians for assistance
• Writing Center

19. Need help? Have Questions?
 Come to the Library
 Mondays - Thursdays 1 p.m. - 9
p.m.
 Fridays 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.
 Saturdays 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
 Contact the Library Staff
 cgpslib@umw.edu
 540-286-8025
 IM: cgpslibrary
 Set up a Research Appointment
 lberberi@umw.edu
 540-286-8057