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Using Articles, Part I
Week 6
Articles as Sources
• Why use Articles?
• Different Types of Periodicals
• Intro to Research Databases– ProQuest– Academic Search Elite (Ebsco)
Cycle of Information
Turn on the
News
Newspapers
Magazines
Scholarly
Journals
Event Happens
Books
Articles
WHY use Articles?
• News• Entertainment• Opinion• Reviews• Research• Analysis
WHY use Articles?
“For all types of audiences!”
• General public• College students• Scholars/scientists• Practitioners within a discipline• Customers
Newspaper Articles
• News• Current Events• Journalist Analysis
• Editorials• Opinions• Reviews
Magazine Articles
• More in-depth news and analysis
• Geared for general public
• Lots of photos and graphics
• Charts and graphs
Scholarly Journal Articles• Research
• Really in-depth analysis
• By scholars and subject matter experts
• Statistics • Tables and graphs
• References and sources
Easy to tell difference in print!
Newspapers
Magazines
Scholarly Journals
Even online…
Not so easy, in a database!
Magazine Article
Newspaper Article
Scholarly Journal Article
List of results from ProQuest database
Can limit your database search to a particular type of article
Scholarly JournalArticles
ProQuest Central/ASE
• Online collections of articles
• Subscription, not FREE!
• NOT the Internet!!!
Databases can show...
• Citation
• Abstract
• Full-text Article
Citation
• Bibliographic info on the article
• Use this info to help you cite it right!
Citation Breakdown
AUTHOR: Indridi H. Indridason
ARTICLE TITLE: Does Terrorism Influence Domestic Politics? Coalition Formation and Terrorist Incidents
JOURNAL TITLE: Journal of Peace Research
PUBLICATION DATE: March 2008
VOLUME/ISSUE: Vol. 45, Iss. 2
PAGE NUMBERS: p. 241
Abstract
• Brief SUMMARY of the article
• This may be all the database has!
• Try to find the full-text elsewhere.
Full-Text Article
Kinds of Databases
General/Multidisciplinary
• ProQuest Central
• Academic Search Elite (Ebsco)
Subject/Discipline Specific• Business Source
Premier
• PubMed
• SciFinder Scholar
• Literature Online (LION)
• America: History and Life
Search for ARTICLES on your Topic
ProQuest CentralAcademic Search Elite
(Ebsco)
• Suite of databases• Covers lots of subjects• Includes many types of
periodicals• Can limit to scholarly
journals• Includes full-text articles
• General Research• Good place to start
• Single database• Multidisciplinary• Includes many types of
periodicals• Can limit to scholarly
journals• Includes full-text articles
• General Research• Good place to start
Using databases to find articles
• How to ACCESS databases at DU
• How to SEARCH in databases
• How to PRINT, SAVE, EMAIL articles
How to access the Databases
Databases
By Subject A - Z List
How to Access ProQuest and ASE
Click on General/Multidisciplinary
Access BOTH databases here
Why?
• You can access BOTH databases in the same place, quickly
• You want to access the Advanced Search screen for both databases
• This gives you the most robust way to search
How to use...• ProQuest Central • Academic Search
Elite
• GENERAL RESEARCH• GOOD PLACE TO START
Think of it as different brands
ProQuest Ebsco
With...
ProQuest Central Academic Search Elite
Whole suite of ProQuest databases
One single Ebsco database
If you search ProQuest Central...
ABI Inform
ProQuest Health and Medical
ProQuest Nursing ProQuest Biology
ProQuest Education ProQuest Newsstand
ProQuest PsychologyProQuest Science
ProQuest Research LibraryProQuest Social Science
ProQuest Military CollectionProQuest Religion
You are searching many thousands of different periodicals for articles
Mix of articles!
Academic Search Elite
Academic Search Elite
• Only ONE database• Smaller pool of resources• Tend to get FEWER results than in ProQuest• BUT... can get different results!!!
Mix of articles!
Citation in Ebsco
• Basic bibliographic information
• Use this info to help you cite the article
Abstract in Ebsco
• Brief SUMMARY of the article
• In Ebsco, you have to open up the article record
• An abstract may be it!
• Have to find the full-text elsewhere
Full-Text Article in Ebsco
