Periodicals & Databases Frederic Murray Frederic Murray Assistant Professor Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library Al Harris Library [email protected]
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Periodicals & Databases
Frederic MurrayFrederic MurrayAssistant Professor Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British ColumbiaMLIS, University of British ColumbiaBA, Political Science, University of IowaBA, Political Science, University of Iowa
Boolean Operators• Connect keywords only• Must be placed between 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!
Class Activity• What’s the Difference?
Periodicals• MAGAZINESMAGAZINES
– Popular Info– Audience:
• General Public• Casual Reader
– Purpose:• Hobby• Pleasure• Curiosity
• JOURNALSJOURNALS– Scholarly Info– Audience:
• Researcher• Professional Who
Needs to Stay Up-to-Date
– Purpose:• Goal-Driven
– Research Paper– Certification, Tenure– Job Requirement
Difference Between Scholarly and Popular PeriodicalsPOPULAR MAGAZINESPOPULAR 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 JOURNALSSCHOLARLY 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
Finding
Journals/Magazines/Articles
• In the Library• Online
CitationsShriver Jr., Donald W. “Bosnia in Fear
and Hope .” World Policy Journal; Summer2001, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p43, 11p
Formats: PDF (Portable Document Format) HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
• We think of citation patterns as the flow of information," says Carl Bergstrom, a biologist at the University of Washington. "That's what a citation is — the trace that an idea flowed from one place to another."
Tracking CitationsRosenzweig, Roy. "Can History Be
Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past." Journal of American History 93, no. 1 (June 2006): 117-146. Education Research Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed December 11, 2008).