INTS 2250 - Local Indigenous Health and Wellbeing - K. Pritchard - Nursing - MRU Library Website at Mount Royal University

Slides from Today's Session

The slides from today's session are available online.

Finding Different Perspectives on Your Issue

Adapted from Redden, M., & Newman, J. (2024, May 16). Exploring marginalized voices: Information literacy beyond the peer review paradigm [Presentation]. WILU 2024, Richmond, BC.

Where to Look

Looking for....	Try...
Community Voices	The Elders or community members who have shared their knowledge with your class. If they have shared knowledge with you in person, don't forget to acknowledge their contributions by citing them using the template provided Social media Writing by members of the community
Academic sources like peer reviewed research papers and books	LibrarySearch, Google Scholar, or specific databases like PubMed
Reports or publications from Non-Profits and Associations	Web search of specific websites, LibrarySearch (limited) Not sure what organizations are working in your area? Here are some tools that can help InformAlberta Alberta 211 - Search by topic and geographic region Making Treaty 7 - List of Indigenous focused resources Alberta Government's Indigenous organizations and service directory
Government/Public Sector resources	Web search of specific websites using targeted Google Searches, LibrarySearch (limited) Federal government: First Nations health statistics site:gc.ca Alberta government: Indigenous health site:ab.ca OR Indigenous health site:alberta.ca Calgary city resources: Indigenous health site:calgary.ca Indigenous sovereign nations: Identify the homepage for the Nation to do a deep dive of their website e.g. health site:tsuutina.com
Statistics	Web search of specific websites like Statistics Canada or Canadian Institute for Health Information Additional resources: Statistics on Indigenous Peoples - Statistics Canada First Nations Data Centre First Nations and Inuit Health and Wellness Indicators/Government of Canada Alberta First Nations Information Governance Centre Statista database
News Media	Try Indigenous centred media outlets like APTN, Windspeaker, and IndigiNews More tips on finding additional sources of Canadian news can be found on this guide

It is Asking Me to Pay to Open an Article - What Do I Do?

While you are a student at MRU, you never need to pay to access an article. Sometimes you will come across articles in Google that will not allow you to access the full text - if that happens, here are your options:

- Copy the title of the article and paste it into LibrarySearch. If the article is covered by our subscriptions, a link will be provided to the full text.

- If we don't have the article in our collection, you can request a copy of the article for free using our Interlibrary Loan service.

If you are using Google Scholar at home, you will have to adjust the settings to see which articles are available full text through MRU library.

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