McNair scholars

McNair Scholars

Research at the Beach

Summer

2012

Library terminology Library

Terms Library

Terminology

library

terminology

Library

Citations:

elements of a book, article or

website

Abstract:

Summary of an article

Call Number:

Address of the book

The Difference between the Internet and Research Databases

Internet

Anyone can create a website

Contain unfiltered information

You get a lot of junk sites with every search

Last resort for university level research!

The Difference between the Internet and Research Databases

Research

Databases

Commercially published materials

Scholarly articles are reviewed by experts

Databases contents are hand selected

Use these FIRST for researching a topic

What kinds of

information do

you need?

Did the Holocaust really Happen?

Primary data

Research Articles

Controversial Literature

genocide

holocaust

Concentration camps

Historical revisionism

Holocaust denial

Did the

holocaust

really

happen?

Holocaust

Final solution

Nazi policy

Genocide

War crimes

Concept A

Concept B

Denial

Historical revisionism

Deniers

Proof

Refworks

First get a Refworks Account

Sign up for the account at refworks.com

Set up a folder and we are ready to save articles

Remember- even if the article is full text- put it

in your refworks file so you can have the

citation

Before we start doing research

Figure out what kind of

information you need

Statistics

Empirical research

Public opinion

Laws or government studies

Interviews

Recent developments

Scholarly information

Background information

Types of Articles

Articles Serials articles

articles journals

magazines

ARTICLES

JOURNALS

Serials

Empirical articles

Contain primary data from a study

performed by professionals in a

field/discipline

Popular articles Articles that do not contain original data

usually take the form of magazine articles.

Can sometimes include opinion.

Informative articles Articles that provide information in

concise objective formats usually

newspaper articles

books monographs encyclopedias

REFERENCE BOOKS

MONOGRAPHS

books

books

print

Reference Books

Dictionaries encyclopedias,

statistical books anything that can

get you started on almost all topics

Primary Books Books that were written DURING

the time an event was occurring.

e.g. diaries, government

documents and more

Secondary Books Books that have been written

AFTER an event or time period

Narrows a search

Both terms appear in same record

Terms have different meanings

example: infidelity AND culture

AND

OR

Broadens a search

Either term may appear in record

Terms have similar meanings example: adultery OR cheating

Can look for multiple endings of a

word or plurals

theor* theory theories asterisk

Proximity

Allows you to specify how close

you want your terms to appear in

the record

online w1 interaction

Searches: title, abstract,

subjects and in some

cases the full text of the

record

Keywords Default fields

Subject

Descriptor

Searches: only the subject

line-This makes your

searches more specific

and better defined

Selecting the right source

Electronic Resources Page

For Articles:

Database by topic page

Use references from textbooks

or other articles

For Books:

COAST

Link +

COAST the library catalog

Only things we have at CSULB

Audio Books DVDs Books

Government Documents Journals

E-Books

Link +

Click on the “search Link+”

option from COAST

Only works for books NOT journals

It takes 3-5 days and the

item will be held under

your last name at the

Circulation Desk

Review the TWO step

process for getting

journal articles

citation info located in the

record- usually found on the

citation or source line

Get citations

from

Research Database

click on the SFX or

Get it @ CSULB link

Search for the

Article

If no link, search the catalog by JOURNAL title

to see if we own it electronically or in print

Finding full text of an article

box pops up

Finding an article in print

SFX Box: NO electronic or print

If there is no full

text available at

CSULB, the

option for getting

the article for free

from the library

ArticleReach makes getting an article as simple

as saying, "I want it!"

Citing sources

CSULB Citation Builder

A citation generator that

will format your articles,

books and websites

OWL Purdue Writing Guides

This page provides links to a variety of online

examples of citing in both MLA and APA styles

Get a Library Password Go to Coast

Type in your name, CSULB I.D. #, and a Password of your choice

Confirm Password by typing it twice more

If the screen shows your name- it worked!

If you forgot your password call: 562 985-5512 and get it erased so you can create a new one!

https://coast.library.csulb.edu/patroninfo

ILLIAD- interlibrary

services

For journal articles & books

Electronic Delivery!

Library password required

Takes 7-10 days

If We Don’t Own It

Tips for Reading Scholarly info

read the abstract

and the literature

review

examine results

and conclusion

section

look for any possible problems with the methods

Read the methodology

Look at the theory applied

When you are finished reading you should ask yourself these questions:

What is the main idea?

Who is the intended audience?

Is the article (or book) based on personal opinion or

experience, data, interviews, library research?

What conclusions does the author provide?

Why was the piece written, to entertain, inform, or

persuade?

copying plagiarism ethics

cheating copying

plagiarism

ethics

cheating

plagiarism

copying someone else's words

without using quotation marks and

citing (giving credit to) the source

paraphrasing or summarizing someone else's words without citing the source

quoting someone else's words inaccurately

restating someone else's original or specialized

ideas without citing the source

misrepresenting someone else's words or ideas

pretending someone else's work is your own.

Quoting

the author's language is noteworthy for some

you intend to analyze the passage in detail

a summary or paraphrase of the passage would

result in misinterpretation

Direct quotations

should only be

used when:

Summarizing

A summary is a condensation of a passage.

Restate the central idea in your own words

Avoid including opinions or feelings about the

passage. Opinions must be clearly distinguished

from

Write~N~Cite

Needs to be downloaded onto your computer

Automatically integrated into Microsoft Word

Allows you to do in-text citations in a variety of styles

For more info check out: http://www.refworks.com/refworks/help/Using_Write-N-Cite.htm

Protect your Work!!!

http://creativecommons.org/

Tiffini Travis [email protected]

Yahoo/MSN IM: csulb_librarian AOL/GoogleTalk: csulblibrarian

Twitter: Mojo_Girl or CSULB_Library

Librarians by Subject

request an appointment

or send email

Writers Resource Lab

Get help with writing

papers and citing

correctly

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