Goal:

• Overview of Lehigh Library resources

NOTE: If you have  s , contact Brian Simboli , x5003. Room 633 in Fairchild-Martindale Library.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

RESEARCH TIPS
LIBRARY DATABASES TO USE
OBTAINING COPIES OF PAPERS
PLAGIARISM: HOW TO AVOID IT

Some resources created by Lehigh librarians:

GENERIC SEARCHING GUIDE

RESEARCH GUIDE TO LIBRARY AND ONLINE RESOURCES
 

Infotrac
 

• First select Expanded Academic ASAP when click on link above
• Try the keyword search feature (see the help information about Keyword searching)
• Try using the "and" connector--e.g., einstein and relativity
• Try doing subject searches in this resource (again see help if you want details)
• Choose "subject guide" (link on left)
• Select the refereed publications option.
• Type in a subject using a wildcard (for example, relativ*)
• Subdivisions may come up; they can be very useful
• Scroll through subdivisions to see how the subject can be broken down
• In the search results, some of the results will have links to full text, others not
• You can limit to full text articles
• See below about obtaining copies of papers if you have a search result you l ike, but which does not have a link to full test.

If you do a search of 'time', then click on narrow by subdivision and select "travel", you get time travel related articles--just two. If you go back and do a subject search on time travel (rather than just time, as before), you get many more articles. Just a feature of the database. So try a few approaches.

When doing subject searching (from help doc.):
"It's usually best to search for only one or two words. If you enter more than one word, enter the most important word
first, even if that looks backwards. Use one or more wildcards if you're unsure of spelling or want to search for variant forms
of a word. The word and is ignored. The words or and not are both treated as logical operators and the use of either one forces a keyword
search."
 
 

Other database to try:

 McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

• Good place to go for encyclopedia background coverage of science topics before you start looking for more detailed articles or books.

Do a search on such topics as "Time" or "Relativity". Note how the search results are identified by terms such as "dictionary term", encyclopedia article", etc.

Proquest
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts

And:

Scientific American "Every Issue, Every Page 1993 to the Present"--see the search box at the top

If these databases don't do the trick, contact Brian Simboli, x 5003.

After you have used databases to find references and abstracts for papers, how do you actually locate the paper(s)?

(1.) First, check ASA to see if Lehigh has the journal, either in paper or electronic format. Select "browse", type in the title of the journal,
and then click "Journal Titles".
 

NOTE:

• A record will come up that shows you where the journal can be found in the library, if it is in print.
• Journals in electronic format have a link right out of the ASA record.
• Locations for paper versions of journals are listed in ASA.

(2.) You may want to see if one of the regional libraries has the journal.
(3.) You may order the article through interlibrary loan.    Don't wait til the last moment to order articles through ILL. 
 

An additional way to find papers: browse the tables of contents of recent issues or archived (bound) copies in the library, or look for relevant electronic journals browsable here by title or linked on ASA.

If you engage in plagiarism, it is like a ticking timebomb. There is a good chance you will be found out, with serious consequences.

Without intending to engage in plagiarism, you may unwittingly do so. To avoid it,  familiarize yourself with what it is. If you learn how to do footnoting in the proper style, this can help you.

Here's a new Lehigh University Libraries webpage that can help you get started:  Ante/Anti Plagiarism.

NOTE:   This webpage is not a substitute for whatever instructions your instructor gives about correct footnoting style and what constitutes plagiarism.

Let us know what you think about the "Ante/Anti Plagiarism" webpage--whether you found it useful or how it can be improved. Send an email to Sharon Siegler, the webpage's designer, and copy me (Brian Simboli) in.

BDS    2/25/03