1. Scholarly publications• Peer-reviewed articles• Books

2. Planning your search strategy:• Subject terms & keywords• Search tips: Boolean searching

3. HALCat: Locating books, ebooks, and scholarly journals• Gathering more keywords & terms

4. Databases: Locating scholarly articles5. Workshop

Game Plan

One book and one peer-reviewed journal article

OR

Four peer-reviewed

journal articles and/or

chapters from edited

books

Required Sources

Journal Articles(peer-reviewed, scholarly)

• Written by researchers/experts in the field

• Refereed Journals: Articles are reviewed by other experts (peers) before publication

• Published less often than magazines and newspapers

• Goal: to present research and provide research-based examples of best practices

• References included

• Less commercial by nature

• Popular press vs. scholarly press

• Print OR digital format

• Background information

• Broad view of a topic

• Bibliography

• Publishing process ... a long time

• Edited collections

Book Sources

Book Sources

• Popular press vs. scholarly press

• Print OR digital format

• Background information

• Broad view of a topic

• Bibliography

• Publishing process ... a long time

• Edited collections

1. Search different forms of the same word starting with the root

2. Expands a search (more results!)Examples:

divers* = diverse, diversity….

educat* = education, educate….

teach* = teacher, teaching…

cat* = cat, cats, cataclysm, catatonic…

*?

1. Search different forms of the same word2. Expands a search (more results!)3. Synonyms

Examples

(diversity OR multicultural)

(education OR teaching OR school*)

• Connects different search concepts• Narrows the search (more specific)• Results in fewer books, articles…

diversity AND education

diversity education education

diversity

1. Use when combining with both OR & AND

2. Algebra order of operation: Start with what’s in parenthesis.

Examples

(diversity OR multicultural) AND film

(diversity OR multicultural) AND education

( )

Multiple words must be adjacent to each other in the title, abstract, or full text.

Examples

“New York City”

“bilingual education”

But please, not “students”

“ ”

I want to find out about inequities (if there are any) in funding for public schools in the state of Wisconsin.

Step 1: pick out key terms

Step 2: synonyms for funding

state aid

finance

budgetWilson Web:

wisconsin AND "public schools" AND ("state aid" OR funding OR finance)

EdFound 243: Foundations of Education in a Pluralistic Society Prof. Amy

Shuffelton

http://libguides.uww.edu/edfound243