starting your research liberal studies 196 library instruction fall 2002
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Starting Your Research
Liberal Studies 196Library Instruction
Fall 2002
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What is the assignment?
Paper, Presentation, Annotated Bibliography?
Due date – when is the last date for ILL? Citation Style? APA? MLA? Types of publications?
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Basic Search Strategies: Sources Available
Does your topic cover recent events or research? Newspapers, magazines, journals or the Internet are the
best sources.
Do you need current, general information? Try a popular magazine.
Do you need current, in depth information? Try a scholarly journal.
Do you need an overview? Try an encyclopedia, handbook or dictionary
Do you need something more detailed? Try a book on the subject
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Event Information Timeline
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Research Information Timeline
Current
Email, face to face, phone
Months
Scholarly articles, Conference reports
Newspaper articles, popular magazines
Books Reference resources
Years
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TimeLine Detailshttp://wwwtest.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/flow/
hint.htm
Report of Event (Documentation and Dissemination)
Time Frame
Radio/TV/Internet News Services
Seconds/Minutes
Newspapers (print) Day / Days+
Magazines (print) Week / Weeks
Journals (print & electronic)
6 months +
Books (print & electronic)
2+ years
Reference Sources (print & electronic)
average 10 years
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Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Sources
Primary sources are original materials on which other research is based. It includes documents such as poems, diaries, court records, interviews, surveys, and fieldwork.
Secondary sources describe or analyze the primary
sources. Examples of secondary sources include: dictionaries, encyclopedias, textbooks, and books and articles that interpret or review research works. Print and online resources.
Tertiary Sources, e.g., indexes and abstracts, serve to locate secondary and primary sources. An index will provide a citation which fully identifies the work: author, title of article, title of journal or book, publisher and date of publication.
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Article DatabasesPopular Government ScholarlyLexis-Nexis
Newspapers and Magazines
Lexis-Nexis(Full-Text)
Expanded Academic ASAP
Full-Text
ABI Newstand Newspapers and
Magazines
FirstGov Academic Search Elite Full-Text
Academic Search Elite Full-Text
CQ ResearcherFull-Text
ERIC (Index)
Expanded Academic ASAP
Full-Text
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Need a book?
1. Search the Library's online catalog. Start with a keyword search in the Web version of the catalog. If you find a book that looks interesting, note the subject headings and search again using those words
2. If the first search does not retrieve useful books, try using variant spellings and related words
3. If too many titles were returned to review, click the sort button to see the most recent titles. Select a title that seems promising by clicking on the title in blue (Hyperlink).
4. Write down the floor location of the book and the call number where the book will be found on the shelf
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How Call Numbers Work
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Need an article?
1. Start with a keyword search in one of the full-text electronic
journal databases like Academic Search Elite (EbscoHost) or Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac).
2. If the first search does not retrieve useful articles, try using
variant spellings and related words, for example, college students or university students. If you retrieve too many articles, you may need to narrower or topic (make it more specific)
3. Click on the peer-reviewed or refereed box if the article needs to be from a scholarly, expert or academic journal. Click the full-text box to retrieve only full-text and articles. It is possible to limit the search to articles written in a certain year or range of years.
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Types of Periodicals:Scholarly Journals
Authors are authorities in their fields. Authors cite their sources in
endnotes, footnotes, or bibliographies.
Individual issues have little or no advertising.
Illustrations usually take the form of charts and graphs.
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Types of Periodicals:Scholarly Journals
Articles must go through a peer-review or refereed process.
Scholarly/academic articles that are read by academic or scholar "referees" for advice and evaluation of content when submitted for publication. Referees recommend to the editor/editorial board whether the article should be published as is, revised, or rejected. Also sometimes know as "peer-reviewed" articles.
Articles are usually reports on scholarly research.
Articles use jargon of the discipline.
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Popular Magazines and Newspapers
Authors are magazine staff members or free lance writers.
Authors often mention sources, but rarely formally cite them in bibliographies.
Individual issues contain numerous advertisements. There is no peer review process. Articles are meant to inform and entertain. Illustrations may be numerous and colorful. Language is geared to the general adult audience
(no specialized knowledge of jargon needed).
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Evaluating Print Resources Every book, periodical article, or other resource should
be evaluated to determine its quality and its relevance to your topic and the nature of your assignment.
Use the criteria below to help you evaluate resources.
Authority Content & Coverage Timeliness Accuracy Objectivity
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Evaluating Internet Resources
Types of Web Sites: the url is a key
.gov
.edu.org.com
AuthorityContent & CoverageTimelinessAccuracyObjectivity
World Wide Web sites come in many sizes and styles. How do you
distinguish a site that gives reliable information from one that gives
incorrect information? Below are some guidelines to help.
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Internet Resources vs. Surfing the Web
Internet Resources include: Internet accessible databases and journals
Use a Web interface Usually require subscription
Exception: ERIC Wizard Equivalent to print indexes and journals Authoritative and reliable
Surfing the Web: Use free search engines
E.G.: Yahoo, Google, HotBot Critical evaluation required
Anyone can put up a Web page! Evaluating Web pages (
http://library.csun.edu/mwoodley/Webeval.html)
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Use Databases to Find Resources
Books – online catalog CSUN Library Online Catalog
Articles – index, abstracting service, or full-text database Find Articles and More
Web pages – search engines Internet Search Tools
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Basic Search Strategies: Words to Search by
Jargon Keyword Controlled vocabulary – Subject
words/phrases
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Choosing keywords to search
If one keyword does not work, try variations on the keyword
Teen
Job interviews
teenage, teenager, adolescent, adolescencestudent or students
If too many titles are returned, try searching more specific keywords
employment interviewing, employment interviews, employee interviews
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Key Words Controlled Vocabulary
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Basic Search Strategies: Putting concepts together
“English mathematician who helped establish modern symbolic logic and whose algebra of logic, now called Boolean algebra, is basic to the design of digital computer circuits. “
Boolean Operators:and, or, not"Boole, George" Encyclopædia Britannica http://search.eb.com/eb/article?eu=82823
[Accessed August 18, 2002]. George Boole, 1815-1864
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Basic Search Strategies: Putting concepts together
Boolean operator and
Venn diagrams serve as a visual expression of the Boolean operations
Teenagers
Sex Education
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Basic Search Strategies: Putting concepts together
Boolean operator or
LesbiansLesbians GaysGays
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Basic Search Strategies: Putting concepts together
Boolean operator not
Body Image SchoolBehavior
Adults
and
not
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Truncation Symbol used at the end of a word to retrieve
variant endings of that word. Allows you to search the "root" form of a word
with all its different endings.
For example: teen* will retrieve: teens, teenage, teenagers, teeny-bopper
However: tee* will retrieve all the above, but also teeny, teem, teeth etc.
Truncation symbols vary between all the databases
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Wildcards
Some databases allow for wildcards to be embedded within a word to replace a single character. For instance, in InfoTrac, you can also use ? within a word to replace a character. For example:
Colo?r retrieves color, colour wom?n retrieves woman, women
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Searching Tips
Articles Titles: Look in indexes and full-text databases
to find titles of articles Subjects: specific for the article
Journal Titles: Look in Online Catalog to see if we own Subject access: very broad subject headings
Book Titles: Look in online Catalog to see if we own Subject access: general terms that describe
the book as a whole
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Citations – How to Read and Record
Online Style Guides: http://library.csun.edu/crussom/bibcit.html
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ERIC CitationTI: Relative Reading Achievement: A Longitudinal
Study of 187 Children from First through Sixth Grades.
(title of article)
AU: Phillips, Linda M ; Norris, Stephen P ; Osmond, Wendy C ; Maynard, Agnes M
(author)
SO: Journal of Educational Psychology; v94 n1 p3-13 Mar 2002
(journal title and publication information)
AN: EJ644659
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MLA CitationPhillips, Linda M., Stephen P. Norris, and Wendy C.
Osmond. “Relative Reading Achievement: A Longitudinal Study of 187 Children from First through Sixth Grades.” Journal of Educational Psychology 94.1 (March 2002): 3-13.
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Contact Information
Kathy Dabbour [email protected] or 677-4706
Mara Houdyshell [email protected] 677-2277
Lynn Lampert [email protected] 677-7104
Mary S. Woodley [email protected] 677-6302