A series of slides to help students to navigate Brock Library Resources for an ERSC / GEOG 2P11 annotated bibliography assignment.

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ERSC 2P11
Lab #2 Annotated
Bibliography Assignment
SeminarHappy
Pearl Jacobson, Science Librarian,
Carleton University
Ian & Denise

2. Evaluate Find Articles Search Databases
Primary Sources Annotated Bibliography APA Style
Usefulness Research Problem RefWorks
What’s a 2P11
student to do ?

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Agenda…
 Introduce Library Resources crucial for this assignment using
Library Earth Sciences LibGuide resources
http://researchguides.library.brocku.ca/ERSC
 Identify resources on how to write an annotated bibliography
 Learn to identify primary peer-reviewed scholarly sources for your
annotated bibliography.
 Use RefWorks to create and manage citations e.g. APA Style
 Take time to search, explore, examine, and gain valuable experience!

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Resources…
 Identify keywords & Ideas: Google, Oxford Reference database,
Gale Virtual Reference Library database, Online reference resources:
Earth Sciences Dictionaries & Encyclopedias, USGS, etc.
 Article Databases: SuperSearch (which includes books, e-books,
Academic Search Complete, Web of Science, GeoRef and other
databases), Scholars Portal E-Journals, Google Scholar, etc.
 How to write an annotated bibliography!
 Identifying primary resources? Scholarly? Searching for peer
reviewed journals?
 RefWorks instruction - stay tuned!

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Resources…
 Identify keywords & Ideas: Google, Oxford Reference database,
Gale Virtual Reference Library database, Online reference resources:
Earth Sciences Dictionaries & Encyclopedias, USGS, etc.
 Article Databases: SuperSearch (which includes books, e-books,
Academic Search Complete, Web of Science, GeoRef and other
databases), Scholars Portal E-Journals, Google Scholar, etc.
Weathering of rocks by frost action.
Mechanism of frost damage.
Damaging concrete by freezing.
frost shattering, frost heaving, freeze-thaw, water, frost action, congelifraction, etc.
weathering, geolog*, rock(s), concrete, etc.
limit by relevancy (keywords in titles/abstracts), scholarly / peer review,
language (English), by date, by document type, full-text, etc.

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RefWorks… the concept:
export
database
reference(s) bibliographic
management
software
* optional *
produce bibliography

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ERSC 2P11
Lab #2 Annotated
Bibliography Assignment
SeminarHappy
Pearl Jacobson, Science Librarian,
Carleton University
Ian @ igordon@brocku.ca
Denise @ dsmith5@brocku.ca
Ask the Library http://www.brocku.ca/library/help-lib/ask-us