How to find books, journal articles, and reference materials at the library.

A computer based tutorial on library research.

This tutorial is designed to familiarize you with the U of M Library's webpage and doing library research. This will allow you to find the call numbers and location of books, articles, and reference materials in the library system. Please raise your hand if you have a question or are having any problems completing any of the steps as you go through this. If you are familiar with doing tutorials quickly you can speed ahead and then begin researching your own topic with the remainder of the class period. You must complete the tutorial first, however.

Part I. Finding books and journal articles.

1. Turn on your computer and double click on the Netscape icon on your computer's "desktop."

2. Type in the following web address in the "location" window at the top of your browser and then hit "return." This will bring you to the class website.

http://www.oocities.org/kevinlcallahan/composition.html

3. Scroll down and press the "library" link (or button) on the left side of the webpage in the gray area. This will bring you to the library's main page (http://www.lib.umn.edu).

4. Click on the first link called "Books and More." This will bring you to the search window to find books and their library call numbers (the numbers or letters they are filed by). When you actually go to the library remember that books are shelved beginning with letters and also numbers depending on if the book is filed in the Dewey Decimal System or the Library of Congress system. That will determine what floor you look on.

5. Type in the book title "Fire in the Brain" and hit the "GO" button. Write down the call number and the status i.e. if it is available or checked out or lost.

6. Hit "Save." The computer will thus start to keep a running list of books you are interested in and you can e-mail this information to yourself and your writing instructor.

7. Click the "New Search" button on the top of the page.

8. Type in the author's name "Siegel Ronald K." (Use no commas and double check the spelling of his name). Change the gray box or pulldown menu to "Author (last name first)" and hit the "Search" button.

9. Click "Save" on

"Hallucinations: behavior, experience, and theory"

and

"Intoxication life in pursuit of artificial paradise"

10. Click on the "New Search" button.

11. Click on the green "Advanced" button. This will bring up the advanced search window instead of the basic one.

12. Type in the first box: "Harner Michael"

13. Type in the second box: "hallucinogens" and hit the search button.

14. Click the "Save" button.

15. Click on the green title "Hallucinogens and Shamanism" Edited by Michael Harner.

Scroll down the screen. What library is the book available at? (Magrath library is on the St. Paul campus. Your instructor has the Wilson library book checked out.)

16. Click the green "View Saved" button. This lets you view what you have saved so far.

17. Click the purple "Email" button.

18. Type in your "Email address, Subject, and Name" and hit the GO button. This will email your search to yourself (This assumes the lab computers are set up to send email from within the Netscape browser which they may not be. This varies with the lab you are working in. If they are not, you could go up to the "Edit" pulldown at the top of your computer screen and copy the information, open your email program, and paste it into a personal popmail or hotmail email message.)

19.Go to the bottom of the page and click on: "U of M Library Home Pages for the Twin Cities."

20. Click on the "Article Indexes" which is the second link.

21. Scroll down the webpage until you find "General Indexes" and click the link. If you are working at home you will have to log into certain library indexes (the University pays a fee for them). If you are working on a computer in a computer lab you do not have to type in your ID information and can bypass this step. If you must "log in" then just type in your internet ID (e.g. "call0031") and Password and click "GO."

22. Scroll down the webpage and click on: "Connect" Expanded Academic Index. There are many journal indexes but this is a good one to start your research in. Notice how far back in years it goes. Does it index the 1977 Scientific American article by Ronald Siegel?

23. If prompted, type in your internet ID (e.g. "call0031") and Password and click "GO." (You may not need to do this if working in a computer lab.)

24. Click on the Advanced Search button on the left side of the screen.

25. Type in Siegel Ronald K. and hit "Search."

26. Scroll down to the very bottom and click the "mark" button to "Hostage Hallucinations" to give it a checkmark and any other articles that you think look interesting. Click "extended citation and retrieval choices."

27. Click "View Mark List." This is in the blue area on the left side of the web page.

28. Fill in your Email address. Send yourself an email with your list.

29. Go down to the bottom and click the "Library Main Page-Twin Cities Link."

30. This will return you to the main library webpage.

Part II. Beginning your research with general references

e.g. encyclopedias and "Research Quickstart"

31. Move down the list of links.

32. Click on the "Research Guides" link on the main page (3^rd link down).

33. Click on "Research Quicklist."

34. Click on "Anthropology" and "Submit."

35. Click on "Social Sciences Abstracts."

36. Fill in your Internet ID and Password and click GO.

37. Fill in under the "Search For" box the word "hallucination" and click "Search." (Note: If 25 people in a computer lab all do this simultaneously you will get a red warning sentence that the database is overloading and it will send you to a webpage with a list of other indexes. Hit your back button, wait for a couple of minutes and proceed to the next step, or skip to step 47 and continue.)

38. Click on the box to make a checkmark next to "Mechanisms of hallucination"- (Number 5).

39. Click on the underlined link "Mechanisms of hallucination"

40. Read the source of the article then scroll down and click "Hallucinations and illusions."

41. Click on the box to make a checkmark for article no. 10 "Hallucinations in nonpsychotic children: more common than we think?" Then click the underlined article title.

42. Read the Abstract. Joan of Arc was about 12 years old with her first vision and 16 years old when she led French forces in battle. Would this be a good article to read?

43. Go to the email button at the bottom of the page. Send yourself the reference.

44. Click the Libraries icon (link) at the bottom of the page.

45. Which library at the University of Minnesota has it? (Bio Med Library).

46. Click on the "Go" pulldown at the very top of your computer screen (it is in the line above the word "Netscape") and highlight "University of Minnesota Libraries."

47. Type in the top "location" window of the Netscape browser the libraries Main Page web address (http://www.lib.umn.edu/). Hit enter.

48. You should now be at the main library page again.

49. Click on the "Reference sources."

50. Click on the "Health Sciences" link.

51. Click on "Medline Plus"

52. Click on "Dictionaries." This will give you a medical dictionary to look up vocabulary words you may encounter in your research..

53. Hit your gray "Back" button 3 times to return to the Reference Sources webpage.

54. Click on "Encyclopedias."

55. Click on "Britannica.com"

56. Type in "Joan of Arc" and hit "Search." What was Joan of Arc's real name? (Joan La Pucelle).

57. Click "Joan of Arc, Saint."

58. Notice the "Email this article" option, then scroll to the bottom of the pageand click "Bibliography. " Note the annotated bibliography.

59. Click the "Go" pulldown at the very top of the computer screen and select "University of Minnesota Libraries." This will return you to the main library webpage.

60. Click the gray "Choose a campus Library or Collection" and choose "Bio-Medical Library." Click the "GO" button. Click "General Library Information."

61. Click "Directions to the Bio-Medical Library." What building is it in? (Diehl Hall).

62. Click on the "Buildings maps" link in the first paragraph.

63. Scroll down and highlight Diehl Hall with your cursor and click on it.

64. What bank is it on?

65. What buildings is it near? (Moos Tower, etc.)

66. Click the Go pulldown and go back to the Univ.of MN libraries webpage. Congratulations! You have completed the tutorial.

Look over the Lewis-Williams article (On paper, not on the computer) and write out some keywords regarding hallucinations. Also write out as many keywords as you can think of for your own research topic.

Today's assignment: Find at least 2 books and 2 journal articles on your research topic. They may not all be available right now. If you need a book that is checked out you can fill out a recall slip at the library. Email yourself with your research results and then email your instructor at call0031@tc.umn.edu with your research results.