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Research for English 201

Research for English 201. Ielleen Miller, Reference/Instruction Librarian imiller@ewu.edu Website: http:// research.ewu.edu. Agenda. Why do research? Accessing article databases from off-campus Finding overviews/background info & books Finding relevant articles to support analysis of topic

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Research for English 201

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  1. Research for English 201 Ielleen Miller, Reference/Instruction Librarian imiller@ewu.edu Website: http://research.ewu.edu

  2. Agenda • Why do research? • Accessing article databases from off-campus • Finding overviews/background info & books • Finding relevant articles to support analysis of topic • Article database recommendations • Database search strategy

  3. Why Do Research?

  4. Accessing Databases Off-Campus

  5. Background, Overviews & Books • CQ Researcher = 10-20 page overviews of public policy issues • Online & print scholarly encyclopedias • Sage Reference Online • Gale Virtual Reference Library • Why find books? • EWU-Only Catalog • EWU WorldCat Catalog

  6. Choosing Article Databases • Scholarly or non-scholarly? • Academic Search Complete & ProQuest – mixture of popular magazine articles, professional/trade articles, & scholarly journal articles from all disciplines; ProQuest also has lots of newspaper articles • Limit to particular type of article • Sense of what’s out there • Sense of which disciplines care about your issue • More news articles? LexisNexis Academic or ProQuest Newspapers

  7. More scholarly articles? • Sage Journals Online & JSTOR – full text scholarly articles • Web of Science (& Social Science) – unique database that can rank by # of times article is cited by others • Social aspects? • SocINDEXwith Full Text for sociology • PsycINFOfor psychology • Political aspects? Worldwide Political Science Abstracts • Economic aspects? • Business Source Complete • EconLit • Religious aspects? Don’t have one just for religion; try JSTOR & ProQuest • Military aspects? Military & Government Collection • Other useful ones for 201 topics: Health Source: Nursing/Academic; Education Research Complete; and Communication & Mass Media Complete

  8. Search Strategy for Article Databases • Freewritekeywords – what terms could someone use to describe topic? • What do you already know about your issue? Write down a few sentences, then note the nouns and other concrete terms • When reading a relevant source, note the vocabulary – background info very helpful here! • Typing in terms: • Exact phrases “in quotes” • Look for any version of a word with * = child* • AND between terms to require all • (x OR y) for synonyms • Note limiters (usually on left side of screen) • Note subjects/descriptorsof relevant records for ways to narrow results, or alternate wording • Full text of the article? • Sometimes right there with description • Other times use yellow Check for Full Text button to see if it’s online elsewhere, in print, or use Interlibrary Loan

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