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COURSE RELATED RESEARCH
INSTRUCTION
Course Name: Introduction to Canada CAS111
Course Instructor: David Palmieri
Session Librarian: Holly
Heller-Ross
Session Date: 2006, revised for February 14, 2007
Your Research Paper requires thinking about a topic, gathering basic
and then detailed information, reading and analyzing
that information, writing drafts and finishing the paper, and properly
citing your research source materials.
Example of thinking about a topic:
Start with a broad topic such as Canadian Healthcare
Explore several aspects of the topic such as financing through taxes,
quality of healthcare, access to healthcare, healthcare for
the elderly, children, adults, women, men, native north Americans,
immigrants, or nursing care, or public opinion about healthcare.
You could also explore healthcare technology, sports medicine, jobs,
history, political influences and legislation, hospital management, social
services and many more aspects of that one broad topic.
Write a research question about one aspect you find interesting...
Then...start looking at information sources going from broad subject
encyclopedias to very specific journal articles and books.
Canadian Studies
Canadian
Periodicals Index
Full-text to many articles covering all of Canada.
ProQuest Research
Library
Information from over 2,600 periodicals and newspapers on a wide
range of topics including the arts, business, humanities, health, social
sciences, sciences.
Once you locate articles you want, look for full-text in the databases, or
search Journals A-Z form the library's homepage.
What is A-Z and how do you use it? Try this step-by-step
guide.
If your journal articles are not full-text online, they might be in the
library's print collection on the 3rd floor.
Try this guide
to finding journals if you need more help, or feel free to ask any staff
member in the library.
Canadian Government
Information
 | Canadian
Government Information : Here you will find
links to Federal, Provincial/Territorial, and Municipal governments,
Canadian government agencies, the Prime Minister's office, Canadian
government publications and forms, and gateways to business, consumer,
cultural, historical, health, and many other subjects for Canadians.
In addition, an entire section is devoted to information such as
immigration, commerce, and tourism for non-Canadians.
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| The
Parliamentary Internet :
"Created and maintained jointly by the Senate, House of Commons
and the Library of Parliament," find senators and members,
committee and chamber business, and information on parliamentary bills
and inter-parliamentary relations.
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| Canadian
Government Information on the Net : Provides
information by level of government and by topic.
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| Statistics
Canada : "produces statistics that help
Canadians better understand their country its population, resources,
economy, society and culture."
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| AMICUS:
National Library of Canada : Access to the
National Library as well as to all of Canada's major research
libraries. Specific
list of Collections Canada |
| St Lawrence University also has a nice
web list of
resources
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Locating Reference and Circulating Books in the Online
Catalog: Search for (Canada or
Canadian) and Your Topic
As you're finding your resources, you have to evaluate them
carefully. Here are some evaluation
tips.
Finally...get to know your library. Take an in-person or online
tour anytime!
Important Services
Reserve Readings: Access through the Library Home Page. Link Electronic
Reserves.
Any questions?
Interlibrary Loan: Access through the Library Home Page. Link to ILLIAD
Interlibrary Loan.
Make sure you register now, so you'll be ready to order articles and books
when you need them!
Reference Help: Access in person in the library reference room and
online at PSUIREF and make individual appointments through the FLIER
service
Quick Service Links
This page created by: Holly Heller-Ross, Associate
Librarian
Email: holly.hellerross@plattsburgh.edu
Last
Updated: February 9, 2007
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