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Engaging with academic information
POLI 347 The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Crisis, War, &
PeaceSeptember 13, 2011
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How big is the internet?
3
One Trillion URLs
+++…
Research = hard work
Lesson 1: the web is not neutral
Lesson 2: Google doesn’t find everything
Lesson 3: academic work requires the right tools
Scholarship
Finding informatio
n
Evaluating
information
Academic integrity
Joining the scholarly conversation
Tools for understanding academic conversations
Have you ever edited an article?
• Course syllabi• Textbooks• Encyclopedias and handbooks• Country profiles• Current journals• Article databases• Guides for student writers
Understanding academic conversations
• Gale Virtual Reference Library– Contains:
• Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World• Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict• Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North
Africa• Historical Atlas of the Islamic World
• Blackwell Reference• A Political & Economic Dictionary of the
Middle East• Encyclopedia of Political Science
Encyclopedias and handbooks
• Europa World Plus• Economist Intelligence Unit• Various rankings/indicators
Country profiles
Current journals
• International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
• PAIS International• Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies
Article databases
The literature continuum
Professional advice
Regardless of the source, read critically!
• Course syllabi• Textbooks• Encyclopedias and handbooks• Country profiles• Current journals• Article databases• Guides for student writers
Understanding academic conversations
Skills check: where would you find…
Access point for all materials & services
www.mcgill.ca/library
Subject guide
1. The web isn’t neutral
2. Google doesn’t find everything
3. Academic work requires the right tools
…in sum…
Research = hard work
• Library materials• Librarians• Professors• TAs
It’s up to YOU to pursue guidance from:
Why stop here?
www.mcgill.ca/library/library-support/orientation/
Why stop here?
McGill Library from the
Palm of Your Hand
Workshop
What are your questions?
• Slide 2: Pargeter by b_d_solis http://www.flickr.com/photos/briansolis/1411905457/. License: Attribution 2.0 Generic
• Slide 4: Data from P. Gil, "What is the invisible web?" Dec. 2010. Schematic by N. Tann, Goshen College, March 2011.
• Slide 13: Wikipedia image copyright Wikimedia foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia-logo-en-big.png
• Slide 12: Chocolate tools by By JanneM http://www.flickr.com/photos/jannem/3312116875/ License: Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic
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