Articles & E-resources research

E-RESOURCES & SEARCH STRATEGIESMANAGING YOUR SOURCES

APA CITATION STYLEANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

03 OCT 2010 DSW CLASS, PEG JENNER, INSTRUCTOR; LIZ DOBSON, LIBRARIAN

Articles & E-resources research

library.centennialcollege.ca

Distance Access

Internet vs. E-resourcesE-resources (“databases”) More academic information More consistent reliable quality Commercial free Big Precision tools for searching Search one or many at one time

Internet websites Wide range of information Quality varies widely Commercial influences Huge Limited user search tools

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Does the library hold the SRV Journal?

Looking for a specific journal?

Disability and Society?

What about the journal….

Toronto Star? What about the newspaper….

Reference and Referral @ Centennial Libraries

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What are some of the common social perceptions or attitudes about people with intellectual disabilities?

Sample research topic:

How to search for journal articles in the libraries’ e-resources

Sample search :Recent & reliable research articles on images of women in the media and its effect on women

Scholarly or general level – what’s the difference?

Journal articles in e-resources (“licensed databases “offered through Centennial Libraries):

Journals: scholarly or general level?

Scholarly articles are documented (in-text

citations, footnotes or endnotes).

Most are peer reviewed = highest research quality; many are reports on original research done

General articles are not documented

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“peer reviewed”?What is the meaning of

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“Peer reviewed” articles Also called “refereed” or “academic” or

“scholarly” Well researched, authoritative work Often write-ups on original research done A committee of scholars must approve

quality before the editor publishes

Most databases allow you to limit to peer reviewed if you want

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Title field

Subject field

Abstract field

Search history function&

EBSCO & ProQuest accounts

Tracking & saving your searches …

Multiple database searching using vendors (EBSCO, Proquest, Gale)

For speed…

APA Style – where to get help

About…

Annotated bibliography – where to get help

About…

Example: citation + annotation (note):

summarizes contentsMcIvor, S.D. (1995). Aboriginal women’s rights as “existing rights”.

Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme 2/3, 34-38.

This article discusses recent constitutional legislation as it affects

the human rights of aboriginal women in Canada: the Constitution

Act (1982), its amendment in 1983, and amendments to the Indian

Act (1985). It also discusses the implications for aboriginal women

of the Supreme Court of Canada’s interpretation of the Constitution

Act in R. v. Sparrow (1991)

Example: citation + annotation (note): summarizes contents

& identifies the argument

McIvor, S.D. (1995). Aboriginal women’s rights as “existing rights”.

Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme 2/3, 34-38.

This article discusses recent constitutional legislation as it affects the

human rights of aboriginal women in Canada: the Constitution Act

(1982), its amendment in 1983, and amendments to the Indian Act

(1985).This legislation reverses prior laws that denied Indian status

to aboriginal women who married non-aboriginal men. McIvor argues

that the Act recognizes fundamental human rights & existing

aboriginal rights, granting to aboriginal women full participation in the

aboriginal right to self-government.