LiBR 250

1. DETERMINING THE
INFORMATION YOU NEED
LIBR 250
Week 3
Jayati Chaudhuri

2. 1. Research process
2. Find the information
3. Distinguish between primary and secondary
information sources
4. Various ways to access information
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

3. Starts broadly and ends narrowly
Effective research question
Ineffective research question
RESEARCH PROCESS

4. 1. Primary Sources-Original document. For example: letter,
diaries, speeches, interviews.
2. Secondary Sources -Interpret and/or analyze primary
sources. For example: encyclopedias, textbooks, and
articles analyzing primary sources.
PRIMARY& SECONDARY SOURCES

5. Reference sources
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Directories
Almanacs
Atlases
Indexes
SECONDARY SOURCES

6. BOOKS
http://www.calstatela.edu/library
1. Print or digital
2. Print – via Catalog
3. E-books – via Catalog

7. HOW TO READ CALL NUMBERS

8. Scholarly journals
Popular magazines
Trade publications
Newspapers
Multimedia
PERIODICALS

9. Trade Publications
Periodicals intended for a
specific industry or business
Published by an association
tied to the trade
NEWSPAPERS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

10. Scholarly Journals
Popular Magazines
SCHOLARLY VS. POPULAR