LIBRARY RESEARCH PAPER PLANNER - Download as DOC

							                         LIBRARY RESEARCH PAPER PLANNER
         copy and use as often as necessary to help you plan your research approach

      IDENTIFY RESOURCES          GATHER       READ/SKIM        ANALYZE/EVALUATE
                                 CHECK-OUT/COPY USE
DUE DATE: _______________________________________________________________________
INTERIM DUE DATES: draft _______ working bibliography: _____ other: _________
COURSE: __________________________________________________________________________
ASSIGNMENT/THESIS STATEMENT: ______________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________________________________

Figure out a reasonable TIMELINE for your project! Use ISU Library’s ASSIGNMENT
CALCULATOR: library.indstate.edu/tools/calc/ For even more help, visit
core.lib.purdue.edu/. Use Guest anonymous login. Click on Plan Your Project and go through
Tutorial to the Plan Your Timeline and Your Timeline sections.

Type of assignment/project:  research paper    speech  some very specific info like
statistics             other: ____________________________________________________

Length: number of page, minutes, etc.: ____________________________________________


            If specified by professor, how many of what kinds of library materials:
                                              ____ journal articles = ProQuest, LexisNexis
____ general books = Library Catalog                Academic, Ebscohost or subject-specific
____ reference sources (print=Online Catalog;       journal indexes
     online=Library Home Page  [1]           ____ newspaper articles = LexisNexis
     Electronic Resources Online                   Academic or ProQuest or other
     Reference Books [2] For Students >>            newspaper-specific indexes
     More >> Online Reference Books)          ____ Internet = Library Homepage's [1] for
____ magazine articles = Ebscohost,                 Students >> Research Tips >> LibGuides
     ProQuest, or LexisNexis Academic)              [2] for Students  Research Tips >>
                                                    Library Tutorials
Other: _____________________________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________________________________


For each source you use, generate a list of terms you are going to enter as subject and/or
keyword. Print/email out your results. Internet-based materials usually include print,
download and/or email options.

BOOKS = Library Catalog [http://fusion.indstate.edu –OR-
http://fusionplus.indstate.edu]

Term: _______________________________________ Results (quantity): ___________________
Term: _______________________________________ Results (quantity): ___________________
Notes: ______________________________________ ______________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________________________________

The ISU Library provides access to thousands of journal articles available as online full-text.
Additional articles are available via Interlibrary Loan requests. Access DATABASES via the
Electronic Resources portal’s BLUE box at tg5zw4at7r.search.serialssolutions.com/ . Access
the contents of SPECIFIC JOURNAL ISSUES via the GOLD portal box. Browse additional
titles under broad and specific SUBJECTS via the GREEN box.
Look at results to generate additional search words/phrases. Email your results. Download
your citations into EndNote. Download PDF articles into the ISU Student Skydrive or a flash
drive. Back everything up!

ARTICLES LEVEL 1 GENERAL/ALL TOPIC: ProQuest Research Library, Academic Search
Complete, Academic OneFile
Term: _____________________________________Term: __________________________________________
Results/Notes:
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________________________________

ARTICLES LEVEL 2 NEWS: LexisNexis Academic >> News categories; Newspaper Source;
National Newspaper Abstracts (covers New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street
Journal); Historical Newspapers: _________________________________________________

Term: _____________________________________Term: __________________________________________
Results/Notes:
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________________________________

ARTICLES LEVEL 3: SPECIALIZED INDEXES [choose from Electronic Resources’ Subject
Databases [blue box] or Alphabetical listings [click on SHOW ALL DATABASES]:

Term: _____________________________________Term: __________________________________________
Results/Notes:
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________________________________

                Getting Help in Using the Indiana State University Library

                                         LIBRARY SUPPORT

    Subject Liaison Librarian: library.indstate.edu/about/staff/subjects.asp
    Ask a Librarian – chat with reference desk librarian during library hours
     library.indstate.edu/tools/reflive.html
    Email Reference library.indstate.edu/tools/questions/
    Interlibrary Loan illiad.indstate.edu/logon.html; see FAQ for Distance Learners
     library.indstate.edu/about/units/ill/DISTANCE_ILL_Handout_2011.pdf
    LibGuides: libguides.indstate.edu/ & Library Tutorials
     library.indstate.edu/tools/tutorials/ & Library Research Guides
     library.indstate.edu/about/units/instruction/helpdx.html

                        Reference/Instruction, Indiana State University, Terre Haute IN
                              June 2012; Library home page: library.indstate.edu