Differences Between Informational Resources & Searching for Articles

Jason DupreeAssistant ProfessorMLIS, University of OklahomaBFA, Art Studio, Phillips University

Head of Public ServicesAl Harris Library jason.dupree@swosu.edu

Review

• What does P.A.W. manage?• Explain how you select a

keyword(s) to be used for searching.

• Why should you identify alternatives or synonyms for keywords?

• Name the 3 Boolean Operators and tell me what they do.

• What makes an e-book unique?

Periodicals

• Any type of regularly published work (daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, bimonthly, quarterly, annually)– Magazine– Journal– Newspaper– Newsletter– Trade Publication– Annual

Books vs. Periodicals

• Arranged by call number

• Location: 2nd floor

• Arranged by the title alphabetically

• Location: 1st floor

Part 1

Scholarly vs. Popular

Most Recognized Periodicals

• MAGAZINES– Popular Info– Audience:

• General Public• Casual Reader

– Purpose:• Hobby• Pleasure• Curiosity

• JOURNALS– Scholarly Info– Audience:

• Researcher• Professional Who

Needs to Stay Up-to-Date

– Purpose:• Goal-Driven

– Research Paper– Certification,

Tenure– Job Requirement

Class Activity

• What’s the Difference?

Difference Between Scholarly and Popular Periodicals

POPULAR MAGAZINES

• USUALLY SOMEWHAT SLICK AND ATTRACTIVE IN APPEARANCE

• RARELY CITE SOURCES. INFO. IS USUALLY SECONDARY, REPORTED FROM SOURCE

• ARTICLES SHORT, WRITTEN IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE AND FOR A MINIMAL EDUCATION LEVEL

• USUALLY LOT OF ADVERTISING AND PICTURES

• PAGINATION RESTARTS IN EVERY ISSUE

SCHOLARLY JOURNALS

• HAVE A SOBER, SERIOUS LOOK

• ALWAYS CITE THEIR SOURCES IN FOOTNOTES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES

• ARTICLES WRITTEN BY A SCHOLAR OR RESEARCHER “HORSE’S MOUTH”

• PEER-REVIEWED BY SCHOLARS

• LANGUAGE OF JOURNAL ASSUMES SOME SCHOLARLY BACKGROUND ON THE PART OF READER

• ADVERTISING IS SPECIALIZED TO THAT DISCIPLINE

• PAGINATION IS CUMULATIVE

Peer Review

Scholarly sources are concerned with academic study, especially research for individuals such as, students, teachers, professors, or any other professional who need current information to stay informed of changes to their profession or area of expertise. Many scholarly journals are peer reviewed or refereed, that is, these articles have been subjected to a rigorous approval and editing process by other scholars in that discipline. This process doesn’t apply to popular magazines.

Part 2

FindingArticles

Catalogs, Databases, & Search Engines

• A comprehensive list of the books, periodicals, maps, and other materials in a given collection.

• A large, regularly updated file of digitized information related to a specific subject or field.

• Computer software designed to help the user locate information available at sites on the World Wide Web by selecting categories from a hierarchical directory of subjects (example: Yahoo!) or by entering appropriate keywords or phrases (Google).

Guess where the articles are

Read the description…

Full-text Articles

Full-text articles indicate the entire article can be found within the database, no physical searching is necessary. Full-text articles are accessible in the following ways:

• HTML (displays like a web page)• PDF (displays like a photocopy; best for citing

info)• Linked (hyperlinks to full-text in another

location)

Academic Search Complete

Can’t find the article?

If a full-text option is not presented, then you need to open a second window…

…go to the library’s Periodicals List…

Part 3

Reading Citations & Using the

Periodicals List

Reading CitationsA citation is a short, multi-part description of a specific information source. It provides

the information that is needed to find a particular source. Journal citations contain such

basic information as:

Book or Article Citation?Hacker, J.S. (2004), Privatizing risk without privatizing the welfare state: the hidden politics of social policy retrenchment in the United States, American Political Science Review, 98, 2: 243-60.

Hicks, A. (1999), Social Democracy and Welfare Capitalism: A Century of Income Security Politics, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Levy, J.D. (1999), Vice into virtue? Progressive politics and welfare reform in Continental Europe, Politics and Society, 27, 2: 239-73.

Hinrichs, K. and Kangas, O. (2003), When is a change big enough to be a system shift? Small system-shifting changes in German and Finnish pension policies, Social Policy & Administration, 37, 6: 573-91.

Iversen, T. (2001), The dynamics of welfare state expansion: trade openness, deindustrialization, and partisan politics. In P. Pierson (ed.) (2001), The New Politics of the Welfare State, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 45-79.

Green-Pedersen, C. (2003), Still there but for how long? The counter-intuitiveness of the universal welfare model and the development of the universal welfare state in Denmark, Revue Française des Affaires Sociales, 57, 4: 105-20.

Can’t find the article?

If a full-text option is not presented, then you need to open a second window…

…go to the library’s Periodicals List……copy the journal title from your article

citation and paste it into the search box on the Periodicals List…then click search…

…if the journal title appears, it should present you with some options other than the database you currently search…

…if it doesn’t, then you’ll need to use ILL.

Periodicals List

A directory used to identify the location of journals, magazines and newspapers accessible through the library regardless of format

Formats:– Electronic (article database)– Paper (soft or hard bound)– Microfilm (reel)– Microfiche (card)

Class Activity

• Citation Investigation

End of Third Presentation

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