FPST 303 First Peoples and Health Library Workshop · Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2005. One

FPST 303 First Peoples and HealthLibrary Workshop

Michelle Lake

FPST, SCPA, Poli Sci and Government Publications Librarian

Course Page

http://bit.ly/fpst303

Vanier Library – Loyola Campus24/7 access, with student card, after 11pm

1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor VL – “Vanier Library”

Computers/Printers/Photocopiers/Scanners

Group Study Rooms

Course Reserves

Print Journal Archive

Sciences, Psychology, Applied Human Sciences,

Communications & Journalism

Webster Library – SGW Campus24/7 access, with student card, after 11pm

3rd, 4th, and 5th floor of LB - “Library Building”

Computers/Printers/Photocopiers/Scanners

Group Study Rooms

Course Reserves

Current Print Journals

Poli Sci, Gov publications, Maps, History, Social

Sciences, Humanities, Engineering & Fine Arts

Grey Nuns – SGW CampusAccess 9am-9pm, with student card

Group Study Rooms

Quiet Study

Outlets/Wifi

Bring your own device

Library.Concordia.ca

Collections – Print books at WebsterWorld History D-DZ (LB3)

History of North and South America, including Indigenous Peoples E-F (LB3)

Canada, First Peoples FC (LB3)

Geography, Anthropology, Environmental Studies G-GV (LB3)

Economics, Sociology, Social Conditions, Communities, Globalization H-HX (LB4)

Politics, Political Institutions, Government J-JZ (LB4)

Law, including Indigenous law and International law K-KZ (LB4)

Medicine, Public Health, Medicine and Environment, Rural Health, Non-traditional Medicine R-RZ (LB5 & Vanier Library)

Known items - Books

Farmer, Paul. Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2005.

One title

Publisher and city information

Search for the Title in the Library Catalogue

Known items – Journal Article

Finkler, K. Sacred Healing and Biomedicine Compared. Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 1994;8(2): 178-197.

Two titles: an article title and a journal title

Volume and issue information

Search for the article title in the Discovery Search or Google Scholar

How to search for known items1. Identify the format: is it a book, book chapter or an article?

2. For books & book chapters: search the discovery search or library catalogue with the title of the book.

3. For articles: search the Discovery search with the title of the journal article.

4. For articles: search Google Scholar with the title of the journal article.

5. For articles: Search the Library Catalogue – Journal Title search for the Journal’s title.

6. Ask or assistance/request from elsewhere: If you are unable to locate the items, use Ask-a-librarian chat and/or request them through COLOMBO

COLOMBO – Interlibrary LoansUse Interlibrary loans/COLOMBO – to request books and access articles from other libraries via Concordia

Request a book from another university library and it will be delivered to Concordia for your use (for 2 weeks)

Request an article from another university library and (generally) a PDF copy will be delivered to your email within a week

Use the ‘Create Request’ option on the left hand menu in COLOMBO to request articles

BCI Card – Borrow from other Libraries

Use a BCI card – to borrow books from other libraries

You can use the BCI card to visit a different university library in person

Up to 3 books, for 2 weeks

McGill, UdeM, UQAM, Bishops, Polytechnique, Sherbrooke, BANQ and more across Canada, each with their own parameters

To receive a card, take your student card to the circulation desk at Webster or Vanier libraries and ask for a BCI card

FPST Keywords

Aboriginal

Indigenous

Native

First Nations, Metis, Inuit

First people

Indian

Autochtone (native)

Autochtones (indigenous)

Amérindien (Indian)

Subject heading in the Library Catalogue: Indians of North America

Regional differences:Aboriginal – Australia & CanadaNative American/American Indian – U.S.First Nations - Canada

Combining Keywords

What are any alternative words or synonyms for your keywords?

Aboriginal or indigenous or first nations or native

Aboriginal OR Indigenous OR expands the amount of books or articles you will see

Aboriginal OR Indigenous AND DiabetesAND limits the amount of books or articles you will see

Combining Keywords“Mental Health”

Putting quotes “ “ around 2 or more words tells the database to search those words together as a phrase, and it limits the amount of books or articles you will see

Medic* FINDS medicine, medical, medically, medicinal, etc.The * fills in the suffix or end of the root word, this expands the amount of results you will see

Avoid Searching with Linking words

Effects

Impact

Consequences

Influence

Results

Importance

Significance

Each author may use different linking words when discussing similar topics.

You don’t want your search to be limited to

those books and articles that only contain the word

“effect” or “consequence”

Database searching

Use the limits on the left-hand menu to narrow down to scholarly articles and search within a certain date range

Check off the relevant subject terms to add them to your search with AND

Use the Subject terms to narrow your search

Selecting articles

What do I need to consider in selecting an article?

• Look at the title and abstract, does it match your topic?

• What are the article’s subjects? Do they match your keywords?

• When was the article published?

• Length: scholarly research articles are usually between 10-25 pages

Selecting articlesWhat do I need to consider in selecting an article?

• Does the article have extensive Reference or Bibliography or Notes at the end?

• Scholarly research articles always list the books and articles they have cited and used to build their own research

• These lists can also be a place to find other interesting books and articles on the same topic

Selecting articles How do I know this is a peer reviewed journal?

• Use the Ulrich’s database to check if a Journal Title is Peer reviewed

• The symbol for a referee's shirt means the journal is “refereed” or peer reviewed

• In the details of the Journal Title, there will also be an indication that the journal is Academic or Scholarly

Selecting articlesHow can I find related articles?

• Read the abstracts and summaries of the articles, what are the main themes?

• What are additional keywords and subject I can identify to add to my search?

Selecting articles – using Find it @ Concordia

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Clicking on any links under the green banner should take you directly to the article

If there are no direct links, try searching for the journal title in the library catalogue,

using the year, volume and issue information

If we don’t have the journal, you can use the Interlibrary loans link to request it from

another library

Selecting articles – Google Scholar

How do I find articles in Google Scholar?

• Use your keywords and subjects with AND and OR

• Use the Custom Date Range to specify the publication dates

• Find an article that is relevant and look at the list of “Cited By” to see what other articles have used this research to build their own argument

• Find an article that is relevant and look at the list of “Related Articles” to see what other articles may have related themes

If you are off campus, set-up Library Links in

Google Scholar and use the Find it @

Concordia to access the articles

Searching within a specific Journal• Select a journal, double check its status as

peer reviewed in Ulrich’s

• Note the date coverage of the journal

• Search using the keywords and subjects you have identified using AND/OR

Review your results and

make selections

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