Finding Articles

Chisa Uyeki

Library 150: Week 5October 20, 2006Carlos & Eddie

Today’s Class

Assignment 1 Thinking critically about information Using the databases to find articles Citing your sources Reading Citations Conclusion Course Evaluations

Assignment 1

Can redo: by Wed. Attempt all criteria Citations - precision Journal vs. Article Spectrum-Popular :: Professional :: Scholarly :: Peer-Reviewed

Thinking critically

Control of Media and Information Power of critical thought Evaluating sources

Finding articles by subject

The Catalog shows journal, magazines & newspaper we can access

it Does Not show the articles in them.

To find articles, use a database to: Electronically search for relevant articles Note: the dbases cover more journals than

the Library carries

Selecting the right Database

Commonalities Searching

• Fields• limiting

Display Results

• Print• Email• Download

Differences Subjects Time period covered Items indexed Searching capabilities Citations, abstracts, or

full-text

Demos

Newspaper Databases Scholarly Resources Finding a database by subject/topic Multidisciplinary databases

Plagiarism

What is plagiarism? Why is it a big deal? Why bother citing sources? Reference List and in the paper Quoting, summarizing, and paraphrasi

ng Citation guides

Articles

Amar, Vikram Devid. (2004). Adventures in Direct Democracy: The Top Ten Constitutional Lessons from the California Recall Experience. California Law Review 92: 927-958.

Heyman, J. D. (2002). Arnie does it! People 60(16): 108-112.

Online Newspaper

Skelton, G. (2006, Oct 15). Think It Doesn't Matter If You Don't Vote? Think Again. Los Angeles Times. p. S11. Retrieved online October 20, 2006 from Proquest Los Angeles Time database.

Books

Low, Anthony. (1999). Hamlet and the ghost of purgatory: Intimations of killing the father. English Literary Renaissance 29: 443-467.

Alexander, Peter. (1955). Hamlet: father and son. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Amador, J. A. (2003) Climate and climate variability in the Arenal River basin of Costa Rica. In H. F. Diaz and B. J. Morehouse (Ed.s), Climate and water: Transboundary challenges in the Americas (pp. 43-60). Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Conclusion

Define topic & info need Use tools & have skills to access info

effectively and efficiently Evaluate information critically Access & Use info ethically & legally Know when you need help & know

where/who to ask

Evaluation