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Scholarly vs. Popular Databases

Scholarly vs. Popular Databases. Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library frederic.murray@swosu.edu. Review. Keyword vs. Subject Boolean Limiters.

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Scholarly vs. Popular Databases

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  1. Scholarly vs. PopularDatabases Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library frederic.murray@swosu.edu

  2. Review • Keyword vs. Subject • Boolean • Limiters

  3. Boolean Operators • Connect keywords only • Must be placedbetween keywords • AND • Narrows your search • OR • Expands your search with synonymous terms • NOT • Excludes words from your search • If used too much, it can work against you!

  4. Class Activity What’s the Difference?

  5. MAGAZINES Popular Info Audience: General Public Casual Reader Purpose: Hobby Pleasure Curiosity JOURNALS Scholarly Info Audience: Researcher Professional Who Needs to Stay Up-to-Date Purpose: Goal-Driven Research Paper Certification, Tenure Job Requirement Periodicals

  6. POPULAR MAGAZINES USUALLY SOMEWHAT SLICK AND ATTRACTIVE IN APPEARANCE RARELY CITE SOURCES. INFO. IS USUALLY SECONDARY, REPORTED FROM SOURCE ARTICLES SHORT, WRITTEN IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE AND FOR A MINIMAL EDUCATION LEVEL USUALLY LOT OF ADVERTISING AND PICTURES PAGINATION RESTARTS IN EVERY ISSUE SCHOLARLY JOURNALS HAVE A SOBER, SERIOUS LOOK ALWAYS CITE THEIR SOURCES IN FOOTNOTES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES ARTICLES WRITTEN BY A SCHOLAR OR RESEARCHER “HORSE’S MOUTH” PEER-REVIEWED BY SCHOLARS LANGUAGE OF JOURNAL ASSUMES SOME SCHOLARLY BACKGROUND ON THE PART OF READER ADVERTISING IS SPECIALIZED TO THAT DISCIPLINE PAGINATION IS CUMULATIVE Difference Between Scholarly and Popular Periodicals

  7. Peer Reviewed

  8. Take a Short Tutorial

  9. Databases • A large, regularly updated file of digitized information related to a specific subject or field. • This is where we find Journal Articles • This is where most of your research will take place

  10. Searching in Databases • Keywords with Boolean • Subject terms from thesaurus • Limiters: date, peer reviewed, geography, and full text

  11. Databases for ENG 1213 • Academic Search Complete • CQ Researcher • Issues & Controversies • JSTOR

  12. Article Sources General Article and subject databases

  13. Article Databases

  14. JSTOR • JSTOR is a full-text scholarly journal archive. JSTOR specializes in making available the back issues of journals in a wide variety of humanities and social science disciplines.

  15. JSTOR • Limit by Language – English • Limit by Publication Type – Journal Article • Narrow by discipline – History

  16. Exercise • Academic Search Complete Worksheet • Topic: Science

  17. Research • Find an article dealing with agricultural policy in Nebraska that was published in the 1940s. • Find an article dealing with fishing treaties involving countries from the pacific rim, peer-reviewed, full text, published in the 1980s and focused on international law.

  18. Questions? • Contact me: • Frederic Murray • 774-7113 • frederic.murray@swosu.edu

  19. Thank You

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