Subject and Course Guides

Anthropology

Anthropology 3H03: Anthropological Demography

• Presentation (February 8, 2007)
• How to Get Census Data from E-Stat (September 2006)
• 1961 Map of Census Tracts in Hamilton
• 1971 Map of Census Tracts in Hamilton
• 1981 Map of Census Tracts in Hamilton
• 1991 Map of Census Tracts in Hamilton
• 2001 Map of Census Tracts in Hamilton
• Comparison of Census Variables Over Time

Anthropology 4S03: The Anthropology of Infectious Disease

• Presentation (October 18, 2006)

Art & Art History

Art History 2Z03: Arts of China, Korea and Japan

• Quick Start Research Guide: Arts of China, Korea and Japan (October 2010)

Art 3D03: Practical Issues

• Presentation: Finding Images (September 2006)
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Art History 2A03: Visual Literacy

• Presentation: Finding Articles, Web Resources and Books on Visual Literacy (October 2005)

Art History 4C03: The High Renaissance

• Art History Quick Start Research Guide (September 2005)

Biology

Biology 1MO3: Biodiversity, Evolution and Humanity

• Quick Start Research Guide

Biochemistry

Biochemistry 2L06 (updated fall 2010)

Business

High School Business Heroes

• Library Presentation (March 12, 2012)

General Library Orientation

• Library Resources & Services for MBA Students at the Ron Joyce Centre (September 2010)
  

Master of Communications Management (MCM)

• Library Presentation Slides (June 2011)

Master of Health Management (MHM)

• Research Guide (2010-2011)

PhD Students in Business

• Library Orientation Slides (September 2011)

RefWorks for Business

• Presentations: Basic | Advanced
• Handouts: Basic | Advanced

Chemistry

Chemistry 1A03/1AA3/1E03/1R03

• Library Information Guide

Classics

• Guide to using L'Annee Philologique (APh) Online

Commerce

Commerce 1B03 - Business Environment and Organization

• Course Research Guide

Commerce 1E03 - Business Environment and Organization

• Tutorial: Library Session - Handout | Slides | Evaluation Form
• Course Research Guide

Commerce 2KA3 - Information Systems in Management

• Library Presentation (March 8, 2010)

Commerce 2MA3 - Introduction to Marketing

• Library Presentation Slides (January 2012)
• Course Research Guide: Finding Canadian Business Information

Commerce 3MC3 - Applied Marketing Management

• Library Presentation Slides (Winter 2012) 
• Course Research Guide: Canadian and Local Marketing Information
• Canadian Business Patterns User Guide

Commerce 4BL3 - Occupational Health and Safety Management

• Library Presentation Slides (January 2012)

Commerce 4KH3 - Management Issues in Electronic Business

• Presentation (February 2012)

Commerce 4SA3 - International Business

• Library Presentation Slides (January 2012)
• Course Research Guide: International Business & Marketing

Communication Studies

Communication Studies 1B03: Developments in Human Communication: Past & Present

• Presentation: Library Research for Communication Studies, Amanda Etches-Johnson (January 2007)

Communication Studies 2A03: Quantitative Methods in Communication Research

• Presentation: Library Resources for Communication Studies, Krista Godfrey (October 2006)

Communication Studies 2A03: Quantitative Methods in Communication Research

• Presentation: Finding Articles and Statistical Sources for Communication (February 2006)

Divinity

• Presentation: Library Research Methods for Divinity Graduate Students, Peggy Findlay (September 2007)

Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences 3AA3: Geoscience Explorers and Adventurers

• Explorations in Mapping: HTML | PDF

Earth Sciences 3RD3: Research Design and Dissemination in Earth and Environmental Science

• Presentation: PDF

Earth Sciences 4G03: Glacial Sediments and Environments.

• Glacial Urban Environments (GLUE) Project Sources (Fall 2009)
• Canadian Landform Inventory Project wiki (2007)

Earth Sciences 4MR3: Review Paper

• Presentation: Citation indexes, RefWorks, WriteNCite, Sentenceworks

Economics

Economics 2K03: Canadian Economic History

• Presentation (September 2006)
• Handout: How to do a cited reference search in Social Sciences Citation Index (October 2009)

Economics 3F03: Methods of Inquiry in Economics

• Presentation: Finding Scholarly Articles in Economics (September 2008)
• Presentation: Finding Scholarly Websites for Economics (September 2008)
• Handout: How to do a cited reference search in Social Sciences Citation Index (October 2009)

Economics 733: Economics Policy

• Presentation: Researching in Economics Policy (September 2008)
• Presentation: Finding Scholarly Websites for Economics (September 2008)
• Presentation: Finding Canadian Government Publications (October 2006)
• Presentation: McMaster University Library Data Service (October 2006)
• Handout: How to do a cited reference search in Social Sciences Citation Index (October 2009)

Engineering

Bachelor of Technology

• Library Presentation: PDF

Civil Engineering Graduate Students

• Library Presentation (October 16, 2007): PDF | PowerPoint

Civil Engineering 3L03

• Library Presentation (September 25, 2008)

Electrical Engineering 4BI6

• Library Presentation (2009)

Engineering 1P03

• Library Presentation (Oct 2010): PDF

Engineering: School of Engineering Practice

• Library Presentation: PDF

Master's of Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MEEI) and Master's of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MTEI)

• Library Presentation Slides (October 4, 2011)
• Research Guide: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Engineering Entrepreneurship - Research Guide prepared by Penn Library. NOTE: Resources listed may not be available at McMaster. Please check the Library Catalogue by title.
• Finding Market Research on the Web: Information Technology (IT) Analyst Vendors and Aggregators (Book Chapter published by MarketResearch.com)

Materials Manufacturing MATLS 4L04

• Library Presentation (Session 1): PowerPoint
• Library Presentation (Session 2): PowerPoint

Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Students

• Library Presentation (October 3, 2007): PDF | PowerPoint

Software Engineering 3I03 - Communication Skills - Explaining Software

• Class Presentation (September 19, 2003)
• Quick Start Research Guide

Environmental Science

Environmental Science 1G03: Earth and the Environment

• Presentation: PDF
• Map Skills: Latitude and Longitude
• Map Skills: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)

Environmental Science 4G03: Glacial Sediments and Environments

• Canadian Landform Inventory Project wiki

Geography

Geography 1HA3: Human Geographies - Society and Culture

• Using Electronic Indexes to Find Academic Journal Articles: HTML | PDF
• Using LexisNexis to Find Articles in The Hamilton Spectator: HTML | PDF
• Assignment 4: Resources for Westdale Neighbourhood

Geography 1HB3: Human Geographies - City and Economy

• Using Electronic Indexes to Find Academic Journal Articles: HTML | PDF
• Using LexisNexis to Find Articles in The Hamilton Spectator: HTML | PDF
• Assignment 4: Proposal for Light Rail Transit in Downtown Hamilton - Resource List

 Geography 2HG3

• Community Health Population Pyramid and Census Indicators (Winter 2007)
• Population: Population According to Age, and Sex (1871) (Winter 2007)
• Population: Population According to Age, and Sex (1881, 1891) (Winter 2007)
• Age, Sex, and Marital Status, 1961 (Winter 2007)

 Geography 2HU3: The United States of America

• Instructions for Using ArcView
• United States Base Map
• Reference Map

Geography 2HY3: Cities in a Changing World

• Reference Map for the Hamilton Area

• Case Studies for Canadian Urbanization
  • Wiki for Section 1
  • Wiki for Section 2
  • Wiki for Section 3
  • Wiki for Section 4
  • Wiki for Section 5
  • Wiki for Section 6
  • Wiki for Section 7
  • Wiki for Section 8

Geography 3GI3: Advanced Raster GIS

• Presentation (January 2009)

Geography 3HR3: Geography of a Selected World Region

• Instructions for using ArcView (Winter 2007)

Geography 3MF3: Field Study in Human Geography

• Resources for Historical Landscape Analysis: Toronto
• Toronto Fire Insurance Plans

Geography 3MR3: Research Design and Dissemination in Human Geography

• The Web of Knowledge: Using Citation Indexes :  PDF

Geography 3UG3: Urban Historical Geography

• Instructions for Using ArcView
• Finding Information for Toronto in the Census of Canada 1901 (Nominal Census)
• Toronto Fire Insurance Plans
• Map 1: Toronto Neighbourhoods 1901, by Name
• Map 2: Toronto Neighbourhoods 1901, by Number
• Base Maps for Toronto Neighbourhoods, 1901 

Geography 3UR3: Urban Residential Geography

• Segregation in World Cities
• Instructions for Using ArcView
• Instructions for Obtaining Census Data from E-Stat

Geography 4G03: Glacial Sediments and Environments

•  Canadian Glacier Inventory Project (January 2007)

Geography 4HF3: Field Research in the Human Environment

• Finding Montreal Fire Insurance Plans (January 2004)

 Geography 4MR3: Review Paper

• Presentation: Citation indexes, RefWorks, WriteNCite, Sentenceworks

Geography 723/Earth Sciences 708: Research and Communications in Human Geography/Geoscience

• Presentation: Researching in Geography (October 2009)
• Handout: How to do a cited reference search in Web of Science (October 2009) 

Gerontology

Gerontology 2C03: Research Methods in Social Gerontology

• Presentation: Finding Articles & Web Sources (September 22, 2005)

Gerontology 2F03: Aging and Health Care Systems

• Presentation (January 11, 2006)

GIS

• Advanced Research Skills and GIS Data Mining (January 15, 2004)

History

History 1B03: The Americas and the World

• Presentation: Finding Secondary Sources (October 9, 2007)

History 2AA3: Modern Caribbean

• Presentation: Finding Secondary Sources (Winter, 2008)

History 2N06: British History, 1500-1970

• Assignment #2, British Newspapers 1700-1710

History 2RR3: U.S. History Since The Civil War

• Presentation (Fall 2007)

History 4CZ3: Advanced Research in Early Canadian History

• Presentation: Resources for Map Project

Inquiry

Inquiry 1SS3: Inquiry in the Social Sciences

• Quick Start Research Guide (Hough, Winter 2006)
• Presentation: Finding Articles -- Nora Gaskin (September 2006)
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  • PDF
• Worksheet: Researching Step by Step (Jan. 06)
• Presentation: More Library Resources for Inquiry in the Social Sciences -- Nora Gaskin (February 2006)
  • HTML
  • PDF
• How to do a Cited Reference Search in Social Sciences Citation Index (October 2009)
• How to Get Census Data from E-STAT (September 2006)
• Presentation: Evaluating & Citing Web Resources -- October 11, 2006 Amanda Etches-Johnson
• Presentation: Evaluating & Citing Web Resources -- October 11, 2006 Krista Godfrey

Italian

Italian 3XX3: Culture & Media in Modern Italy

• Presentation -- Cross-disciplinary research in Italian Studies.

Kinesiology

Kinesiology 4Z03: Selected Topics in Sport Management

• Presentation (January 30, 2006)

Labour Studies

Labour Studies 3C03: Labour Law and Policy

• Handout (February 14, 2008)
• Presentation (February 14, 2008)

Labour Studies 3H03: Social Science Research Methods

• Presentation: Finding Government Publications (October 2007)
• Handout (January 12, 2005)

Labour Studies 700: Work in Society

• Presentation (September 2008)

Mathematics

Mathematics 1C03: Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning

• Research in Mathematics

Music

Music 1BB3: History Of Western Music: Baroque (1580-1770)

• Presentation: Finding Scholarly Articles in Music (February 2009)

• Presentation: Finding Music Materials in Mills & Online (September, 2008)

Native University Program

Native University Program

• Presentation , Peggy Findlay (September 2007)

Nursing

Nursing 2Q03

• How to Get Census Data from E-Stat (September 2006)
• Presentation: Finding Data: An Introduction to E-Stat (September 2006)
• Census Geography--Kitchener-Waterloo Region (March 2005)
• Finding Data: An Introduction to E-STAT (January 2006)
• Finding Data: An Introduction to E-STAT - CONESTOGA (January 2006)

Nursing 3VV03

• Finding Data: An Introduction to E-STAT (January 2006)
• How to Get Census Data from E-Stat (September 2006)

Peace Studies

• Presentation (Fall 2008)

Peace Studies 1B03E

• Presentation (Winter 2007)

Psychology

Psychology 1A03 : Introduction to Experimental Psychology

• IntroPsych Library Resources

Psychology 4D06-4DD6-4D09: Senior Thesis/Senior Honours Thesis

• Presentation:  Web of Science, PsycINFO, RefWorks (Fall 2010)
• Guide: How to do a cited reference search in Social Sciences Citation Index (October 2009)

Social Sciences

Social Sciences 2EL0: Career Planning Through Experiential Learning

• Career Research Beyond Google (2010)
• Career Resources (2010)

Social Work

Social Work 1A06

• Presentation (September, 2007)

Sociology

Sociology 1A06 & 1A06E: Introduction to Sociology

• Guide: Finding Newspaper Articles in LexisNexis
• Presentation: Finding Journals, Books and Newspaper Articles (Neiterman, C03, Winter 2011)
• Course Guide: Researching and Citing in Sociology (Colavecchia, C01-02, Fall/Winter 2010/11)
• Presentation: Finding & Citing Scholarly Sociology Journal Articles (Colavecchia, Fall 2010)
• Presentation: Finding Scholarly Sociology Articles (Fetner, Winter 2010): PDF, PPS, PPT
• Presentation: Using APA Citation Style (Colavecchia, Winter 2010)

Sociology 2U06: Sociology of Family

• Presentation: Finding Articles and Media Accounts (Fall 2009)

Sociology 3PP3E: Canadian Sociological Theory

• Presentation: Finding Articles and Cited References (March 2011)

Sociology 4J03: Global Family and Sexual Politics 

• Guide: Finding country-specific newspaper articles in LexisNexis (Winter 2011)
• Presentation: Finding & Citing Academic and Newspaper Articles (Winter 2011)

Sociology 3W03: Historical Methods in Sociology

• Presentation: Historical Statistical Sources (March 2007)
• Community Health Population Pyramid and Census Indicators

Sociology 4J03: Global Family and Sexual Politics

• Guide: Finding country-specific newspaper articles in LexisNexis (Winter 2011)
• Presentation: Finding & Citing Journal and Newspaper Articles (Winter 2011)

Sociology 4U03: Women, Sexuality, and the Welfare State

• Finding Canadian, US or British newspaper articles in LexisNexis (January 2011)

Sociology 743: Historical Methods

• Research Guide: Historical Journal, Magazine & Newspaper Articles
• Presentation: Historical Data and Statistics (September 2009)

Technology

Proc Tech 4TR3

• Introduction to McMaster Library (March 2009)

Theatre and Film

Theatre & Film 3F03: Development of Canadian Theatre

• Development of Canadian Theatre Quick Start Research Guide (September 2006)

Women's Studies

Women's Studies 1A06: Women in Canadian Society

• Quick Start Research Guide for Women's Studies (June 24, 2004)
• Presentation (January 31, 2005. Instructor: Amanda Etches-Johnson)
• Presentation (February 10, 2005. Instructor: Nora Gaskin)

• Presentation (September 24, 2008)