AFM - SPCOM 111  

This Guide was created for the AFM 1st Year session on Research and Referencing, Winter 2012, for SPCOM 111

Key Library website links:

Your WATCard is your Library card. Use it to borrow books from uWaterloo and other University Libraries as well as to remotely access the uWaterloo Library's electronic resources.

To access the Library's electronic resources (Research Databases, E-Journals,
E-Books, etc.):

• Choose an appropriate resource
  • Books
  • Articles
    • Research Databases
    • Specific Journals
  • Primary Sources
• Break down your topic
  • imagine the title of the ideal book or magazine article
  • identify the key concepts
  • think of synonyms or alternate words for each of the key concepts
• Use appropriate searching techniques
  • boolean operators (and, or, not)
  • phrase searching
  • truncation/wildcard symbols
  • field searching
  • setting limits
  • refining your search (using subject headings/descriptors and other terminology)