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SOCI 1101LIBRARY RESEARCH• Joan Taylor• Reference Librarian
SOCI 1101 Library Session
Steps to Selecting and Using the Best Resources !
• Keyword Searching vs. Subject Searching• Tips to Better Searching• Library of Congress Classification• Popular Magazines vs. Scholarly Journals• Find Articles!• Your turn to search
Steps to Keyword Searching
KEYWORDS
Everyday language
Easy to use
Flexible terms
Less accurate
The Topic “Solar panels”
• Look at your topic and possibly phrase it as a question.
What are the benefits of solar panels? OR Are there benefits of using solar panels?
Look for keywords and concepts from your research question or topic.• “solar panels” “benefits”
Brainstorm for other terms
Brainstorm for alternativewords.
Keywords: financial, benefits, solar panels
Alternative Keywords: cost, money, savings, advantages, solar energy, sun power
Examples of Keywords and Phrases
Category• Keywords• Basic Phrases• Proper names• Hyphenated words• Slogans, advertisements• Famous quotes• Titles
Example• Reconstruction• “solar panels”• (William Faulkner)• “mother-in-law”• (Can you hear me now?)• “to be or not to be”• (Where the Wild Things
Are)
DID YOU KNOW ?
BOOLEAN Operators:
AND = narrows (4,475 results) women and “hypertension”
OR = expands (80,683 results) Hypertension or “high blood pressure” NOT = excludes (76,208 results)
hypertension not pregnancy
DID YOU KNOW ?AND is automatically used by Google and many other search engines to combine terms.
So what’s the alternative to Keywords?
▪ Subjects (Controlled vocabulary)▪ Example:▪ Library of Congress (Assigns subject
headings for books and resources)▪ Topic: Power Resources
Broader heading - Renewable energy sources
Narrower heading -Solar energy
Library of Congress System
Library of Congress Classification for SOCIOLOGY
Effective Searching for A Topic • Keywords- Identify other related terms for your search.
• Subject headings- Use established words or phrases assigned to a topic. (We use Library of Congress subjects and classification).
• Thesaurus- Use a tool that helps to provide other ideas for search terms, such as an online subject or thesaurus index.
• Often found in the disciplines of education, medicine, psychology
SELECTING RESOURCES FOR YOUR RESEARCH
Popular vs. Scholarly Articles
Magazines
• Popular information• For casual readers seeking
general information.• May include bright covers
and advertising.• Name of author may not
be included.• Short articles.• No bibliographies.
Journals• Scholarly information• For researchers/professors
to stay current on a topic.• Illustrations include charts,
graphics to support article.• Always include the name of
the author(s).• Longer articles, footnotes. • Bibliographies.
GALILEO Main Search –Discover-Searches everything-Overview
Great GALILEO Resources for Sociology
Resource SCOPE/Content Types of ResourcesAcademic Search Complete
Multi-disciplinary-huge resource for many topics
Magazines, Newspapers, Journal articles, Images
JSTOR Multi-disciplinary-huge resource –not current publications
Journal articles, books
Sociological Collection Sociology, social behavior, culture, human interaction
Primarily scholarly journal articles
GenderWatch sexuality, religion, societal roles, feminism, masculinity, eating disorders, daycare, and the workplace
Magazines, newspapers, journal articles
Social Science Journals all areas of the social sciences
Journal articles
Academic Search Complete-Advanced Search
Searching in a specific publication
Your Search History-Evaluate Results
keywords, tools, limiters
Limit Search by Subject- specific topic-”RATES”• Example –Select RECIDIVISM rates
Scholarly journal citation with an abstract!
JSTOR-Great Tool for review of Older Existing Research
You can search by subject or discipline (Social Sciences)
GenderWatch
GenderWatch search result
Pdf fulltext
Evaluate All Information*
AUTHORITY Who is the author, curator, or publisher?
What credentials or affiliations does the author have? What are the author’s qualifications?
If this information is from a website: Can you tell the affiliation from the domain of the site?
.gov governmental
.edu educational
.org organizational
.com (personal or commercial)
*Nagel, Erin. “ENGL 1102: Composition.” LibGuide. CSU Library. Web. 18 Sept. 2012
Cite your Sources-Style Guides•
TO RECAP OUR SESSION!1. Think of keywords and alternative words for your topic
A) Boolean operators OR=expands AND=narrowsB) Use parentheses or quotation marks when searching for phrases.
2. “Use the tools” to help with your searches -- Special indexes such as a thesaurus or subject guide
3. “Use limiters” –such as by date, scholarly peer-reviewed, format.
4. “Popular vs. scholarly” Know the difference!
5. Evaluate ALL of your sources--- Books, journal/magazine articles, and web sources.
Thank you!
• For additional information see:
• http://clayton.libguides.com/soci1101