<h2>Request Instruction Session with the Social Sciences Librarian</h2><form name="mail" action="http://www.siue.edu/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl" method="post"><input name="print_blank_fields" type="hidden" value="1" /><input name="subject" type="hidden" value="Request for Instruction" /><input name="redirect" type="hidden" value="http://www.siue.edu/lovejoylibrary/socialsciences/thanks.shtml" /><input name="required" type="hidden" value="instructor,email" /><input name="recipient" type="hidden" value="lcarlis@siue.edu" /><label for="course">Course: <input name="course" size="40" type="text" value="type your course" onfocus="this.value=''" id="course" /></label><br /><br /><label for="instructor">Instructor: <input name="instructor" size="40" type="text" value="type your name" onfocus="this.value=''" id="instructor" /></label><br /><br /> <label for="email">e-mail: <input name="email" size="40" type="text" value="type your e-mail" onfocus="this.value=''" id="email" /></label><br /><br /><label for="phone">Phone: <input name="phone" size="40" type="text" value="phone" onfocus="this.value=''" id="phone" /></label><br /><br /><label for="datestimes">Preferred Dates/Times: <input name="datestimes" size="40" type="text" value="type date or time preferred" onfocus="this.value=''" id="datestimes" /></label><br /><br /><label for="altdatestimes">Alternate Dates/Times: <input name="alternate dates and times" size="40" type="text" value="type alternate dates and times" onfocus="this.value=''" id="altdatestimes" /></label><br /><br /><input name="My Students have an assignment that requires library resources" type="radio" value="yes" id="yes" /><label for="yes">My students have an assignment that requires the use of library resources.</label><br /><input name="My students have an assignment that requires library resources" type="radio" value="no" id="no" /><label for="no">My students do not have an assignment that requires the use of library resources.</label> <label for="cover">Please Cover the Following:<br /><br /> <textarea name="Please cover the following" rows="10" cols="60" onfocus="this.value=''" id="cover">Type Here</textarea></label><br /><br /> <input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Submit" /></form><h2><!--StartFragment--><!--StartFragment-->Examples of information that can be presented:</h2><h3>Library Research Strategy &amp; Reference Sources</h3><ul class="noindent"> <li>Includes: Sample search strategy</li> <li>Examples of subject-specific reference works</li> <li>How to find scholarly books in SIUE Catalog, I-Share, &amp; WorldCat</li> <li>Includes: Subject (Library of Congress), Keyword, Author searching</li> <li>Interpreting results lists</li> <li>Requesting books from other libraries via I-Share &amp; ILLiad</li></ul><h3>How to find scholarly journal articles in a given discipline.</h3><ul class="noindent"> <li>Includes: Difference between scholarly, popular, professional/trade publications.</li> <li>Peer-reviewed journals.</li> <li>How to recognize a scholarly journal/article.</li> <li>Identifying primary research articles.</li> <li>Keyword, subject, author searching in two subject-specific databases</li> <li>Interpreting results lists.</li> <li>Using SFX to find article online.</li> <li>Using SIUE Catalog to find journals in print &amp; microform.</li></ul><h3>Finding current newspaper articles</h3><ul class="noindent"> <li>Includes: Keyword searching in ProQuest Newsstand, EBSCO</li> <li>Newspaper Source, Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe</li></ul><h3>Finding historical newspapers</h3><ul class="noindent"> <li>Includes: Reference works that describe historical newspapers</li> <li>Historical New York Times database</li> <li>Other historical newspapers online (African American</li> <li>Newspapers, Pennsylvania Gazette)</li> <li>Print indexes to newspapers</li> <li>Finding local community newspapers (historical)</li> <li>Illinois Newspaper Project and National Newspaper Project</li> <li>Requesting newspapers on microfilm via ILLiad.</li></ul><h3>Finding Primary Sources for historical research</h3><ul class="noindent"> <li>Might include:</li> <li>Newspapers (see above)</li> <li>Popular magazines (HarpWeek, Historical Readers Guide, Poole&rsquo;s Index)</li> <li>Speeches</li> <li>Archives USA database &amp; print guides to collections</li> <li>Catalogs (I-Share &amp; WorldCat)</li> <li>Local history sources (e.g. city directories, court records, IRAD Depositories)</li> <li>U. S. Government Sources (with U. S. Documents Librarian)</li> <li>Recommended web sites</li> <li>Searching Google for historical documents and images</li></ul><h3>Finding Legal Resources</h3><ul class="noindent"> <li>Might include:</li> <li>Tracing legislation in Illinois (General Assembly web site, print, and microfiche sources)</li> <li>Tracing federal legislation (Thomas, Congressional Quarterly Weekly, etc.)</li> <li>Finding codes and regulations (Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe)</li> <li>Finding court decisions (Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe)</li> <li>Finding articles in law reviews (Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe)</li></ul><h3>Searching for biographical information (current or historical)</h3><h3>Advanced searching in Google</h3><h3>Advanced searching in Google Scholar</h3><h3>Citation styles; avoiding plagiarism; introduction to RefWorks</h3>