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COMD 6361
Welcome to Your Library
COMD 6361
Class Objectives1. Able to understand and navigate Library’s web site and
locate research databases
2. Understand what Peer Reviewed articles are and know how to locate them
3. Able to distinguish between primary, secondary, and tertiary literature.
4. Able to use RefWorks to compile a bibliography for a paper.
5. Understand how to formulate a computer database search and to know what databases to use
6. Allow personal time at end of class to begin your topic research
Your Library• 2 million volumes
• 15,000 serials
• 250 databases
• 36 individual group study rooms
• 3 Branch Libraries• Arch/Art
• Music
• Optometry
ServicesRemote access– CougarNet accountFull text Journal articlesCougar One CardCougar-net accountVPN accountInter Library Loan [online]Library Provides 500 free pages of printsIT Central Site also 500 free prints (Library
Basement – own entrance)Free Photocopying or you can email or save on a
flash drive
Peer Reviewed Articles
Stated in preface pages of the Journal
Contains list of cited references
Many databases provide a “peer review” limit option
Can check in Ulrich’s database–uses “refereed “
Popular works, such as magazine and newspaper articles, are written for the general public– and are not Peer Reviewed.
Other experts in the field reads and reviews the article to assess professional merit
How to Distinguish Between
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Literature
Primary Sources
Source material that is closest to the information.
A source with direct personal knowledge of the events being described. It serves as an original source of information about the topic. A person with direct knowledge of a situation, or a document created by such a person.
E.G. Case Reports, Clinical Trials, Original reporting articles…1st person
Secondary Sources
Cite, comment on, or build upon primary sources.
Involve generalization, analysis, synthesis, interpretation, or evaluation of the original information. If an article discusses old documents to derive a new conclusion, it is considered to be a primary source for the new conclusion
E.G. Review Articles, meta-analysis [most peer review articles report new findings and thus are considered primary resources]
Tertiary Sources
More peripheral
Bibliographies, library catalogs, directories, reading lists and survey articles.
Compilation of data…E.G. encyclopedias, handbooks
Longer lead time in publishing…..
Library Subject Guide
Your Search Strategy
Write out your question or topic Identify your key concepts Brainstorm for alternate terms or phrases
e.g. (speech or articulation) (neonatal or newborn)
Decide on the types of materials you need Decide on your search terms & truncation
Think Boolean
Stutter*or
200
2000
Articles on How Stuttering may affect self esteem in youth
“Self esteem” Teen*
Adolesc*
Youthor
or
“Self Confidence”or
“Self Perception” or
Juvenile*
670
Think Boolean
18
Articles on the management of deer in the Southwest U.S.
Stuttering
Self EsteemYouth
Finding Research Articles Electronic Databases:
Academic Search CompleteSCOPUSMedlineCINAHL PlusERICLinguistics and Language Behavior AbstractsPsychARTICLESPsycINFO
Now, let’s look at our
web page
and begin