{"id":376,"date":"2012-08-16T12:38:27","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T16:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genderwork.ca\/cpd\/?page_id=376"},"modified":"2016-03-11T09:47:49","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T14:47:49","slug":"library-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.genderwork.ca\/cpd\/library-main\/library-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"library tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>LIBRARY TUTORIAL<\/h1>\n<h2>WHAT\u2019S IN THE LIBRARY?<\/h2>\n<p>The library contains database records representing books, book chapters, journal articles, statistical tables, and other resources related to precarious employment. It can also be used as a tool to search the statistical tables. <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>SEARCHING THE LIBRARY<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are two search options available. The first option is a basic search by keyword, subject, author, or title. The image below shows the basic search option.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.genderwork.ca\/cpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/cpd-library_basic-search.jpg\" alt=\"example of basic search in the library using precarious employment as the subject\" width=\"664\" height=\"223\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Users can specify the resource type, such as a book, book chapter, or an article by using the drop-down menu beneath the main search box, as shown in the image below:<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.genderwork.ca\/cpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/cpd-lib_pic-2.jpg\" alt=\"example of drop down menu for searching by reference type\" width=\"276\" height=\"387\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The second option is an advanced search. This search allows users to combine more than one type of search element. Users can search by keyword, author and title at the same time.\u00a0 In the case of the example below, several search categories have been selected, including <\/span>\u201cedited books\u201d as the resource type, along with \u201cprecarious employment\u201d as the subject, \u201cVosko\u201d as the author, and \u201cGender and the Contours\u201d as the title.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.genderwork.ca\/cpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/cpd-library_detailed-search.jpg\" alt=\"example of detailed search in the library using subject, author, and title fields\" width=\"685\" height=\"299\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">As shown in the image below, the advanced search option allows users to narrow their search results by selecting a specific module<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.genderwork.ca\/cpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/search-by-module.jpg\" alt=\"example of searching by module by selecting forms of precarious employment option\" width=\"754\" height=\"122\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>WHAT\u2019S IN THE SEARCH RESULTS?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are two types of search results. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The first search result contains a list of basic bibliographic information for each source citation including the main author(s) and main resource title<\/span>.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.genderwork.ca\/cpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/cpd-lib-tutorial_image-5.jpg\" alt=\"example of basic library search result showing author and title\" width=\"477\" height=\"74\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nBy selecting <em>[more]<\/em> a second search result is provided.<\/span> This longer search result presents users with additional information on the source including editor(s), publication title, subject headings, and other associated information.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.genderwork.ca\/cpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/lib-results_cpd_last.jpg\" alt=\"example of detailed search results showing more bibliographic information\" width=\"483\" height=\"446\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>I CAN\u2019T FIND ANYTHING!<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Unsuccessful searches may be the result of using a search term that is different than the term in the CPD controlled vocabulary.\u00a0 The thesaurus can guide users to find search terms within the database.\u00a0 The CPD uses Canadian spelling and some subject headings are plural (i.e., immigrants not immigrant).<\/span> See the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.genderwork.ca\/cpd\/?page_id=365\" target=\"_self\">thesaurus tutorial<\/a><\/strong> for more detail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIBRARY TUTORIAL WHAT\u2019S IN THE LIBRARY? The library contains database records representing books, book chapters, journal articles, statistical tables, and other resources related to precarious employment. It can also be used as a tool to search the statistical tables. SEARCHING THE LIBRARY There are two search options available. 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