english 1213 dr. maxson session 2
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English 1213Dr. Maxson
Session 2
Finding Books and Articles
Review
Keyword vs. Subject Boolean Truncation
Finding books
Catalog Use keyword searching with Boolean
operators Subject searching is like using a
thesaurus.
SWOSU Catalog
WorldCat
Exercise
Catalog worksheetSWOSUWorldCat
Peer Reviewed Articles
Popular Magazines Scholarly Journals
Exercise
What Makes A Journal Scholarly Tutorial
Exercise – What’s the Difference? Source comparison
Magazine vs. JournalPopular Magazines Scholarly Journals
Overall appearance Glossy paper, advertisements, heavily illustrated, attractive in appearance
Sober and serious, may contain graphs or charts, will not find glossy pages or photographs
Audience General Public Scholars and students
Authors Reporters Scholars in the field
Documentation Sources sometimes cited for news articles, but rarely
Cite sources in footnotes or bibliography
Purpose Provide general information Report on original research or experimentation
Article Acceptance Procedure
Articles written by hired reporters, edited by magazine editors, and published
Often undergo a "peer-reviewed" process -- reviewed by other scholars in the field before being published. Sometimes these journals are called "refereed journals"
Searching in Databases
Keywords with Boolean and truncation Subject terms from thesaurus Limiters: date, peer reviewed, full text
Article Sources
General Article &
Newspaper Databases
Article Databases
Off-campus access
Why Can’t I Get this Info?
• Humanities– American History $29.95 / yr– Journal of Teacher Education $30 / yr– College English $75 / yr
• Nursing & Allied Health– Applied Nursing Research $224 / yr– Nursing Science Quarterly $280 / yr– Journal of Community Health Nursing $475 / yr
• Sciences
– Journal of the Optical Society of America $1,760 / yr– Journal of the American Chemical Society $3,589 / yr
– Journal of Physics $7,115 / yrThis doesn’t include pricing for electronic access or database subscriptions.
