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ENG 101: Craft of Language Research Workshop
“Books in a stack” by austinevan. www.flickr.com/photos/austinevan/1225274637/
Librarian: Lisa Molinelli [email protected]
What will we learn today?
• How to get started with your research.
• How to navigate the online resources available to St. Joseph's students.
• Search strategies and tips for finding background on your topic, books, and scholarly articles.
• How to get help when you need it!
Home Base
www.sju.edu/resources/libraries/drexel/
Search Plan: Research Question
How has interest in local foods changed/grown in the last 20 years?
Understanding the Topic: CQ Researcher
Search for Local Food in CQ researcher.
Search Plan: Related Topics and Revision
• Local Food
– Slow Food Movement• Carlo Petrini
• Alice Waters– Organic Foods
• Looking at related topics may open up a whole new research path for you and help you revise and hone your research topic.
Find What You Need: The Library Catalog
Search for
Alice Waters and Slow Food
In the library catalog
Scholarly articles
• AKA: “Peer-reviewed” and “Academic” articles
• Can be found in scholarly journals
• You are asked to use them because they are quality, reputable sources.
• But what’s a scholarly journal? What makes it so good?
Scholarly Journals: Characteristics
• Written and edited by scholars or experts in the field—people with MANY years of experience, like your professor!
• Written FOR other scholars in the field. Uses the vocabulary and methods of study typical for the field.
• Articles are narrow in scope: about a very particular topic or particular group of people.
• Articles will have LONG bibliographies and reference lists.
• Serious in appearance. NO advertisements.
• New Yorker v. Comparative Literature
Expanding and Narrowing: Journal Databases
• Select the scholarly stuff.
• Need it now? Full text. Remember: this may limit your results.
• Use database Subject Terms to your advantage.
• Search more than one database.
• The tricks used here can be used in almost any database!
Discover!
Use it for:•Broad research—when you’re not sure exactly what you need or where to start.
•Finding varied materials: books, journal articles, newspaper articles, images.
•Searching across multiple databases, all at once!
DON’T use it for:•Specific, in-depth research—subject databases are better for that.
•Business or statistical research—search business or statistical resources instead.
We are here to help!
• Friendly librarians at the reference desk
• Chat from the library homepage
• Call: 610-660-1904
• Text: 610-983-8422
• Email: [email protected]
• Schedule a research appointment
Thank You!
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