Getting Started in the LibraryThis library guide points you in the direction of some basic library resources for completing library assignments and writing research papers in this course. Many of these resources are available from the library's homepage at http://www.lib.ipfw.edu/, so you may want to bookmark both the homepage and this guide.
Here are some resources to get you started:
Gaining an OverviewTo develop and refine your search, it often helps to consult a specialized dictionary, encyclopedia, handbook, textbook, guide, or bibliography. These tools are designed to offer an overview of your topic or research problem written by an expert. They may provide an historical perspective, a chronology of events, definitions of terms or concepts, or bibliographic references leading to the literature in a particular field of study. Many useful reference works are now available online. These handy e-reference collections are accessible via Find Resources By... Subject, Title, or Type on the library's homepage.
Discover Your Best-Best Research Strategies and Information ResourcesHelmke Library offers collections and rapid access to a wealth of resources to support research in medical anthropology, medical sociology, transcultural nursing, psychiatric anthropology, and cross-cultural aspects of public medicine and health care. Our subject pathfinder for Medical Anthropology and Transcultural Nursing highlights some of the major tools in this highly interdisciplinary field of study.
Power Up to Google Scholar
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Brief Description: Google Scholar is a specialized Google search engine that limits your search to scholarly material combed from Web sites, databases, and publication lists of the world's major academic publishers, scholarly and professional societies, and university repositories. |
Tools Available: Google Scholar Help is available. |
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Note: Let's face it. Google is great and everyone uses it. But don't expect to be able to access everything you find in a Google search. You need to be an authorized user to be able to access most publishers' resources.
Because many scholarly materials are not freely available on the Web, IPFW now offers a handy tool called  that works to deliver these valuable goods directly to your desktop.
Follow these steps to configure Scholar Preferences within Google Scholar, where appears as a hyperlink labeled FIND IT@IPFW.
Style Guides for this CourseThe most commonly recommended style guide used in this course is the AAA Style Guide recommended by the American Anthropological Association, freely available online.
A local version of this style guide has been created by the IPFW anthropology librarian and posted on the library homepage under Find Resources By... Title > Anthropology Style Guide.
And Finally, Ask a LibrarianLibrarians and skilled information assistants are always available to assist you. Visit the Service Desk to meet an information assistant who will help you get started. You are welcome to make an appointment with Your Subject Librarian if you need more in-depth assistance.
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sandstrp@ipfw.edu
2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499
260-481-5404
Fax: 260-481-6509
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Pamela Sandstrom M.L.S., Ph.D.
Director of Library Programs & Development; Liaison to Anthropology, Mathematical Sciences, Physics; Collection Developer for Library & Information Sciences
Helmke Library, LB 148 |
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