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LIBRARY INSTRUCTIONANN D CANNON

Introduction

When you are doing research in college your professors will specify that you use scholarly journals academic journals or peer-reviewed journals when writing to support your ideas your papers and projects

Anatomy of a Scholarly ArticleBoth Scholarly and Popular Articles are found in Publications known as Periodicals

Taken from httplibrariesucsdedubmcldturnbowbimm121-library-tutorialplayerhtml

Scholarly Articles

Scholarly articles are found in Journals sometimes referred to as Academic articles or Peer-Reviewed articles They are written by experts and evaluated by other experts before they are published through a process called peer-review Examples are Journal of Folklore Research and The Yale Journal of Criticism

Popular Articles

Popular articles are found in Magazines They are used to inform and entertain the general public Examples are Time Essence and Ebony

Review

Scholarly Article

Academic Article

Peer-Review Article

THREE TERMS = SAME

Start your InvestigationSearch

Choose an Topic

The Decline of African American Marriages

Ask a Question to narrow or focus your topicWhy has the traditional marriage between African Americans declined

Keywords African American Marriage Decline

Research Can Be Targeted By

1 Age

2 Gender

3 Race

4 Women

5 Children

6 Elderly

AND NOT OR

Three Boolean operators can create a very broad or very narrow search

And takes precedence over Or

Results contain all of the search terms

NotResults do not contain any of the terms

OrResults contain at least one of the terms

Limiters

In some Databases you can use search limiters to find scholarly journals

Others such as Opposing Viewpoints will group results into categories by article type including academic journals Databases such as JSTOR and Medline only have scholarly articles

Limiter

Category

More on Limiters

Use ldquoquotation marksrdquo to ensure your keywords appear in the order you specified

ldquoAfrican Americanrdquo and Marriage

Use parentheses to show that you can control your search queryAfrican American Marriage or (Blacks)African American Marriage and (Blacks and relationships)

Operators And and Not take priority over terms with OrTerms in parentheses are executed first

Internet vs Libraryrsquos Database

Internet (Google)Quick but not relevantAnyone can publishQuestionable authorityMay take a long time to get quality informationLess reliable

DatabasesLess results but relevantSpecialize in scholarly sourcesQuality InformationEasy to searchIdentifiable authority

EVALUATING THE INTERNET

APPLY THE CRAAP TEST

CRAAP questions to consider

libguideshumberca336 times 312

nsscomic2gif

Find a Scholarly Article in an EsbcoHost Database

There are four steps

1 Conduct your search

2 In your results list click on the title of the article you wish to view

3 Click on source The source is name of the journal

4 Look for peer-reviewed and it should say yes If it does not say yes it is not scholarly

Steps 1-3Step 1-conduct search

Step 2-click the title of the article

Step 3- click journal title

Final Step 4

Final Step 4Peer-review yes or no

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 2: Library instruction 2 2-15

Introduction

When you are doing research in college your professors will specify that you use scholarly journals academic journals or peer-reviewed journals when writing to support your ideas your papers and projects

Anatomy of a Scholarly ArticleBoth Scholarly and Popular Articles are found in Publications known as Periodicals

Taken from httplibrariesucsdedubmcldturnbowbimm121-library-tutorialplayerhtml

Scholarly Articles

Scholarly articles are found in Journals sometimes referred to as Academic articles or Peer-Reviewed articles They are written by experts and evaluated by other experts before they are published through a process called peer-review Examples are Journal of Folklore Research and The Yale Journal of Criticism

Popular Articles

Popular articles are found in Magazines They are used to inform and entertain the general public Examples are Time Essence and Ebony

Review

Scholarly Article

Academic Article

Peer-Review Article

THREE TERMS = SAME

Start your InvestigationSearch

Choose an Topic

The Decline of African American Marriages

Ask a Question to narrow or focus your topicWhy has the traditional marriage between African Americans declined

Keywords African American Marriage Decline

Research Can Be Targeted By

1 Age

2 Gender

3 Race

4 Women

5 Children

6 Elderly

AND NOT OR

Three Boolean operators can create a very broad or very narrow search

And takes precedence over Or

Results contain all of the search terms

NotResults do not contain any of the terms

OrResults contain at least one of the terms

Limiters

In some Databases you can use search limiters to find scholarly journals

Others such as Opposing Viewpoints will group results into categories by article type including academic journals Databases such as JSTOR and Medline only have scholarly articles

Limiter

Category

More on Limiters

Use ldquoquotation marksrdquo to ensure your keywords appear in the order you specified

ldquoAfrican Americanrdquo and Marriage

Use parentheses to show that you can control your search queryAfrican American Marriage or (Blacks)African American Marriage and (Blacks and relationships)

Operators And and Not take priority over terms with OrTerms in parentheses are executed first

Internet vs Libraryrsquos Database

Internet (Google)Quick but not relevantAnyone can publishQuestionable authorityMay take a long time to get quality informationLess reliable

DatabasesLess results but relevantSpecialize in scholarly sourcesQuality InformationEasy to searchIdentifiable authority

EVALUATING THE INTERNET

APPLY THE CRAAP TEST

CRAAP questions to consider

libguideshumberca336 times 312

nsscomic2gif

Find a Scholarly Article in an EsbcoHost Database

There are four steps

1 Conduct your search

2 In your results list click on the title of the article you wish to view

3 Click on source The source is name of the journal

4 Look for peer-reviewed and it should say yes If it does not say yes it is not scholarly

Steps 1-3Step 1-conduct search

Step 2-click the title of the article

Step 3- click journal title

Final Step 4

Final Step 4Peer-review yes or no

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 3: Library instruction 2 2-15

Anatomy of a Scholarly ArticleBoth Scholarly and Popular Articles are found in Publications known as Periodicals

Taken from httplibrariesucsdedubmcldturnbowbimm121-library-tutorialplayerhtml

Scholarly Articles

Scholarly articles are found in Journals sometimes referred to as Academic articles or Peer-Reviewed articles They are written by experts and evaluated by other experts before they are published through a process called peer-review Examples are Journal of Folklore Research and The Yale Journal of Criticism

Popular Articles

Popular articles are found in Magazines They are used to inform and entertain the general public Examples are Time Essence and Ebony

Review

Scholarly Article

Academic Article

Peer-Review Article

THREE TERMS = SAME

Start your InvestigationSearch

Choose an Topic

The Decline of African American Marriages

Ask a Question to narrow or focus your topicWhy has the traditional marriage between African Americans declined

Keywords African American Marriage Decline

Research Can Be Targeted By

1 Age

2 Gender

3 Race

4 Women

5 Children

6 Elderly

AND NOT OR

Three Boolean operators can create a very broad or very narrow search

And takes precedence over Or

Results contain all of the search terms

NotResults do not contain any of the terms

OrResults contain at least one of the terms

Limiters

In some Databases you can use search limiters to find scholarly journals

Others such as Opposing Viewpoints will group results into categories by article type including academic journals Databases such as JSTOR and Medline only have scholarly articles

Limiter

Category

More on Limiters

Use ldquoquotation marksrdquo to ensure your keywords appear in the order you specified

ldquoAfrican Americanrdquo and Marriage

Use parentheses to show that you can control your search queryAfrican American Marriage or (Blacks)African American Marriage and (Blacks and relationships)

Operators And and Not take priority over terms with OrTerms in parentheses are executed first

Internet vs Libraryrsquos Database

Internet (Google)Quick but not relevantAnyone can publishQuestionable authorityMay take a long time to get quality informationLess reliable

DatabasesLess results but relevantSpecialize in scholarly sourcesQuality InformationEasy to searchIdentifiable authority

EVALUATING THE INTERNET

APPLY THE CRAAP TEST

CRAAP questions to consider

libguideshumberca336 times 312

nsscomic2gif

Find a Scholarly Article in an EsbcoHost Database

There are four steps

1 Conduct your search

2 In your results list click on the title of the article you wish to view

3 Click on source The source is name of the journal

4 Look for peer-reviewed and it should say yes If it does not say yes it is not scholarly

Steps 1-3Step 1-conduct search

Step 2-click the title of the article

Step 3- click journal title

Final Step 4

Final Step 4Peer-review yes or no

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 4: Library instruction 2 2-15

Scholarly Articles

Scholarly articles are found in Journals sometimes referred to as Academic articles or Peer-Reviewed articles They are written by experts and evaluated by other experts before they are published through a process called peer-review Examples are Journal of Folklore Research and The Yale Journal of Criticism

Popular Articles

Popular articles are found in Magazines They are used to inform and entertain the general public Examples are Time Essence and Ebony

Review

Scholarly Article

Academic Article

Peer-Review Article

THREE TERMS = SAME

Start your InvestigationSearch

Choose an Topic

The Decline of African American Marriages

Ask a Question to narrow or focus your topicWhy has the traditional marriage between African Americans declined

Keywords African American Marriage Decline

Research Can Be Targeted By

1 Age

2 Gender

3 Race

4 Women

5 Children

6 Elderly

AND NOT OR

Three Boolean operators can create a very broad or very narrow search

And takes precedence over Or

Results contain all of the search terms

NotResults do not contain any of the terms

OrResults contain at least one of the terms

Limiters

In some Databases you can use search limiters to find scholarly journals

Others such as Opposing Viewpoints will group results into categories by article type including academic journals Databases such as JSTOR and Medline only have scholarly articles

Limiter

Category

More on Limiters

Use ldquoquotation marksrdquo to ensure your keywords appear in the order you specified

ldquoAfrican Americanrdquo and Marriage

Use parentheses to show that you can control your search queryAfrican American Marriage or (Blacks)African American Marriage and (Blacks and relationships)

Operators And and Not take priority over terms with OrTerms in parentheses are executed first

Internet vs Libraryrsquos Database

Internet (Google)Quick but not relevantAnyone can publishQuestionable authorityMay take a long time to get quality informationLess reliable

DatabasesLess results but relevantSpecialize in scholarly sourcesQuality InformationEasy to searchIdentifiable authority

EVALUATING THE INTERNET

APPLY THE CRAAP TEST

CRAAP questions to consider

libguideshumberca336 times 312

nsscomic2gif

Find a Scholarly Article in an EsbcoHost Database

There are four steps

1 Conduct your search

2 In your results list click on the title of the article you wish to view

3 Click on source The source is name of the journal

4 Look for peer-reviewed and it should say yes If it does not say yes it is not scholarly

Steps 1-3Step 1-conduct search

Step 2-click the title of the article

Step 3- click journal title

Final Step 4

Final Step 4Peer-review yes or no

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 5: Library instruction 2 2-15

Popular Articles

Popular articles are found in Magazines They are used to inform and entertain the general public Examples are Time Essence and Ebony

Review

Scholarly Article

Academic Article

Peer-Review Article

THREE TERMS = SAME

Start your InvestigationSearch

Choose an Topic

The Decline of African American Marriages

Ask a Question to narrow or focus your topicWhy has the traditional marriage between African Americans declined

Keywords African American Marriage Decline

Research Can Be Targeted By

1 Age

2 Gender

3 Race

4 Women

5 Children

6 Elderly

AND NOT OR

Three Boolean operators can create a very broad or very narrow search

And takes precedence over Or

Results contain all of the search terms

NotResults do not contain any of the terms

OrResults contain at least one of the terms

Limiters

In some Databases you can use search limiters to find scholarly journals

Others such as Opposing Viewpoints will group results into categories by article type including academic journals Databases such as JSTOR and Medline only have scholarly articles

Limiter

Category

More on Limiters

Use ldquoquotation marksrdquo to ensure your keywords appear in the order you specified

ldquoAfrican Americanrdquo and Marriage

Use parentheses to show that you can control your search queryAfrican American Marriage or (Blacks)African American Marriage and (Blacks and relationships)

Operators And and Not take priority over terms with OrTerms in parentheses are executed first

Internet vs Libraryrsquos Database

Internet (Google)Quick but not relevantAnyone can publishQuestionable authorityMay take a long time to get quality informationLess reliable

DatabasesLess results but relevantSpecialize in scholarly sourcesQuality InformationEasy to searchIdentifiable authority

EVALUATING THE INTERNET

APPLY THE CRAAP TEST

CRAAP questions to consider

libguideshumberca336 times 312

nsscomic2gif

Find a Scholarly Article in an EsbcoHost Database

There are four steps

1 Conduct your search

2 In your results list click on the title of the article you wish to view

3 Click on source The source is name of the journal

4 Look for peer-reviewed and it should say yes If it does not say yes it is not scholarly

Steps 1-3Step 1-conduct search

Step 2-click the title of the article

Step 3- click journal title

Final Step 4

Final Step 4Peer-review yes or no

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 6: Library instruction 2 2-15

Review

Scholarly Article

Academic Article

Peer-Review Article

THREE TERMS = SAME

Start your InvestigationSearch

Choose an Topic

The Decline of African American Marriages

Ask a Question to narrow or focus your topicWhy has the traditional marriage between African Americans declined

Keywords African American Marriage Decline

Research Can Be Targeted By

1 Age

2 Gender

3 Race

4 Women

5 Children

6 Elderly

AND NOT OR

Three Boolean operators can create a very broad or very narrow search

And takes precedence over Or

Results contain all of the search terms

NotResults do not contain any of the terms

OrResults contain at least one of the terms

Limiters

In some Databases you can use search limiters to find scholarly journals

Others such as Opposing Viewpoints will group results into categories by article type including academic journals Databases such as JSTOR and Medline only have scholarly articles

Limiter

Category

More on Limiters

Use ldquoquotation marksrdquo to ensure your keywords appear in the order you specified

ldquoAfrican Americanrdquo and Marriage

Use parentheses to show that you can control your search queryAfrican American Marriage or (Blacks)African American Marriage and (Blacks and relationships)

Operators And and Not take priority over terms with OrTerms in parentheses are executed first

Internet vs Libraryrsquos Database

Internet (Google)Quick but not relevantAnyone can publishQuestionable authorityMay take a long time to get quality informationLess reliable

DatabasesLess results but relevantSpecialize in scholarly sourcesQuality InformationEasy to searchIdentifiable authority

EVALUATING THE INTERNET

APPLY THE CRAAP TEST

CRAAP questions to consider

libguideshumberca336 times 312

nsscomic2gif

Find a Scholarly Article in an EsbcoHost Database

There are four steps

1 Conduct your search

2 In your results list click on the title of the article you wish to view

3 Click on source The source is name of the journal

4 Look for peer-reviewed and it should say yes If it does not say yes it is not scholarly

Steps 1-3Step 1-conduct search

Step 2-click the title of the article

Step 3- click journal title

Final Step 4

Final Step 4Peer-review yes or no

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 7: Library instruction 2 2-15

Start your InvestigationSearch

Choose an Topic

The Decline of African American Marriages

Ask a Question to narrow or focus your topicWhy has the traditional marriage between African Americans declined

Keywords African American Marriage Decline

Research Can Be Targeted By

1 Age

2 Gender

3 Race

4 Women

5 Children

6 Elderly

AND NOT OR

Three Boolean operators can create a very broad or very narrow search

And takes precedence over Or

Results contain all of the search terms

NotResults do not contain any of the terms

OrResults contain at least one of the terms

Limiters

In some Databases you can use search limiters to find scholarly journals

Others such as Opposing Viewpoints will group results into categories by article type including academic journals Databases such as JSTOR and Medline only have scholarly articles

Limiter

Category

More on Limiters

Use ldquoquotation marksrdquo to ensure your keywords appear in the order you specified

ldquoAfrican Americanrdquo and Marriage

Use parentheses to show that you can control your search queryAfrican American Marriage or (Blacks)African American Marriage and (Blacks and relationships)

Operators And and Not take priority over terms with OrTerms in parentheses are executed first

Internet vs Libraryrsquos Database

Internet (Google)Quick but not relevantAnyone can publishQuestionable authorityMay take a long time to get quality informationLess reliable

DatabasesLess results but relevantSpecialize in scholarly sourcesQuality InformationEasy to searchIdentifiable authority

EVALUATING THE INTERNET

APPLY THE CRAAP TEST

CRAAP questions to consider

libguideshumberca336 times 312

nsscomic2gif

Find a Scholarly Article in an EsbcoHost Database

There are four steps

1 Conduct your search

2 In your results list click on the title of the article you wish to view

3 Click on source The source is name of the journal

4 Look for peer-reviewed and it should say yes If it does not say yes it is not scholarly

Steps 1-3Step 1-conduct search

Step 2-click the title of the article

Step 3- click journal title

Final Step 4

Final Step 4Peer-review yes or no

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 8: Library instruction 2 2-15

Research Can Be Targeted By

1 Age

2 Gender

3 Race

4 Women

5 Children

6 Elderly

AND NOT OR

Three Boolean operators can create a very broad or very narrow search

And takes precedence over Or

Results contain all of the search terms

NotResults do not contain any of the terms

OrResults contain at least one of the terms

Limiters

In some Databases you can use search limiters to find scholarly journals

Others such as Opposing Viewpoints will group results into categories by article type including academic journals Databases such as JSTOR and Medline only have scholarly articles

Limiter

Category

More on Limiters

Use ldquoquotation marksrdquo to ensure your keywords appear in the order you specified

ldquoAfrican Americanrdquo and Marriage

Use parentheses to show that you can control your search queryAfrican American Marriage or (Blacks)African American Marriage and (Blacks and relationships)

Operators And and Not take priority over terms with OrTerms in parentheses are executed first

Internet vs Libraryrsquos Database

Internet (Google)Quick but not relevantAnyone can publishQuestionable authorityMay take a long time to get quality informationLess reliable

DatabasesLess results but relevantSpecialize in scholarly sourcesQuality InformationEasy to searchIdentifiable authority

EVALUATING THE INTERNET

APPLY THE CRAAP TEST

CRAAP questions to consider

libguideshumberca336 times 312

nsscomic2gif

Find a Scholarly Article in an EsbcoHost Database

There are four steps

1 Conduct your search

2 In your results list click on the title of the article you wish to view

3 Click on source The source is name of the journal

4 Look for peer-reviewed and it should say yes If it does not say yes it is not scholarly

Steps 1-3Step 1-conduct search

Step 2-click the title of the article

Step 3- click journal title

Final Step 4

Final Step 4Peer-review yes or no

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 9: Library instruction 2 2-15

AND NOT OR

Three Boolean operators can create a very broad or very narrow search

And takes precedence over Or

Results contain all of the search terms

NotResults do not contain any of the terms

OrResults contain at least one of the terms

Limiters

In some Databases you can use search limiters to find scholarly journals

Others such as Opposing Viewpoints will group results into categories by article type including academic journals Databases such as JSTOR and Medline only have scholarly articles

Limiter

Category

More on Limiters

Use ldquoquotation marksrdquo to ensure your keywords appear in the order you specified

ldquoAfrican Americanrdquo and Marriage

Use parentheses to show that you can control your search queryAfrican American Marriage or (Blacks)African American Marriage and (Blacks and relationships)

Operators And and Not take priority over terms with OrTerms in parentheses are executed first

Internet vs Libraryrsquos Database

Internet (Google)Quick but not relevantAnyone can publishQuestionable authorityMay take a long time to get quality informationLess reliable

DatabasesLess results but relevantSpecialize in scholarly sourcesQuality InformationEasy to searchIdentifiable authority

EVALUATING THE INTERNET

APPLY THE CRAAP TEST

CRAAP questions to consider

libguideshumberca336 times 312

nsscomic2gif

Find a Scholarly Article in an EsbcoHost Database

There are four steps

1 Conduct your search

2 In your results list click on the title of the article you wish to view

3 Click on source The source is name of the journal

4 Look for peer-reviewed and it should say yes If it does not say yes it is not scholarly

Steps 1-3Step 1-conduct search

Step 2-click the title of the article

Step 3- click journal title

Final Step 4

Final Step 4Peer-review yes or no

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 10: Library instruction 2 2-15

Limiters

In some Databases you can use search limiters to find scholarly journals

Others such as Opposing Viewpoints will group results into categories by article type including academic journals Databases such as JSTOR and Medline only have scholarly articles

Limiter

Category

More on Limiters

Use ldquoquotation marksrdquo to ensure your keywords appear in the order you specified

ldquoAfrican Americanrdquo and Marriage

Use parentheses to show that you can control your search queryAfrican American Marriage or (Blacks)African American Marriage and (Blacks and relationships)

Operators And and Not take priority over terms with OrTerms in parentheses are executed first

Internet vs Libraryrsquos Database

Internet (Google)Quick but not relevantAnyone can publishQuestionable authorityMay take a long time to get quality informationLess reliable

DatabasesLess results but relevantSpecialize in scholarly sourcesQuality InformationEasy to searchIdentifiable authority

EVALUATING THE INTERNET

APPLY THE CRAAP TEST

CRAAP questions to consider

libguideshumberca336 times 312

nsscomic2gif

Find a Scholarly Article in an EsbcoHost Database

There are four steps

1 Conduct your search

2 In your results list click on the title of the article you wish to view

3 Click on source The source is name of the journal

4 Look for peer-reviewed and it should say yes If it does not say yes it is not scholarly

Steps 1-3Step 1-conduct search

Step 2-click the title of the article

Step 3- click journal title

Final Step 4

Final Step 4Peer-review yes or no

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 11: Library instruction 2 2-15

More on Limiters

Use ldquoquotation marksrdquo to ensure your keywords appear in the order you specified

ldquoAfrican Americanrdquo and Marriage

Use parentheses to show that you can control your search queryAfrican American Marriage or (Blacks)African American Marriage and (Blacks and relationships)

Operators And and Not take priority over terms with OrTerms in parentheses are executed first

Internet vs Libraryrsquos Database

Internet (Google)Quick but not relevantAnyone can publishQuestionable authorityMay take a long time to get quality informationLess reliable

DatabasesLess results but relevantSpecialize in scholarly sourcesQuality InformationEasy to searchIdentifiable authority

EVALUATING THE INTERNET

APPLY THE CRAAP TEST

CRAAP questions to consider

libguideshumberca336 times 312

nsscomic2gif

Find a Scholarly Article in an EsbcoHost Database

There are four steps

1 Conduct your search

2 In your results list click on the title of the article you wish to view

3 Click on source The source is name of the journal

4 Look for peer-reviewed and it should say yes If it does not say yes it is not scholarly

Steps 1-3Step 1-conduct search

Step 2-click the title of the article

Step 3- click journal title

Final Step 4

Final Step 4Peer-review yes or no

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 12: Library instruction 2 2-15

Internet vs Libraryrsquos Database

Internet (Google)Quick but not relevantAnyone can publishQuestionable authorityMay take a long time to get quality informationLess reliable

DatabasesLess results but relevantSpecialize in scholarly sourcesQuality InformationEasy to searchIdentifiable authority

EVALUATING THE INTERNET

APPLY THE CRAAP TEST

CRAAP questions to consider

libguideshumberca336 times 312

nsscomic2gif

Find a Scholarly Article in an EsbcoHost Database

There are four steps

1 Conduct your search

2 In your results list click on the title of the article you wish to view

3 Click on source The source is name of the journal

4 Look for peer-reviewed and it should say yes If it does not say yes it is not scholarly

Steps 1-3Step 1-conduct search

Step 2-click the title of the article

Step 3- click journal title

Final Step 4

Final Step 4Peer-review yes or no

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 13: Library instruction 2 2-15

EVALUATING THE INTERNET

APPLY THE CRAAP TEST

CRAAP questions to consider

libguideshumberca336 times 312

nsscomic2gif

Find a Scholarly Article in an EsbcoHost Database

There are four steps

1 Conduct your search

2 In your results list click on the title of the article you wish to view

3 Click on source The source is name of the journal

4 Look for peer-reviewed and it should say yes If it does not say yes it is not scholarly

Steps 1-3Step 1-conduct search

Step 2-click the title of the article

Step 3- click journal title

Final Step 4

Final Step 4Peer-review yes or no

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 14: Library instruction 2 2-15

Find a Scholarly Article in an EsbcoHost Database

There are four steps

1 Conduct your search

2 In your results list click on the title of the article you wish to view

3 Click on source The source is name of the journal

4 Look for peer-reviewed and it should say yes If it does not say yes it is not scholarly

Steps 1-3Step 1-conduct search

Step 2-click the title of the article

Step 3- click journal title

Final Step 4

Final Step 4Peer-review yes or no

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 15: Library instruction 2 2-15

Steps 1-3Step 1-conduct search

Step 2-click the title of the article

Step 3- click journal title

Final Step 4

Final Step 4Peer-review yes or no

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 16: Library instruction 2 2-15

Final Step 4

Final Step 4Peer-review yes or no

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 17: Library instruction 2 2-15

Organizing and Writing the Literature Review

Literature Review Tutorial

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 18: Library instruction 2 2-15

Putting it All TogetherhellipUse the Following Link for Assistance in Citing

APA Guide Help Page

Electronic Version

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab

Page 19: Library instruction 2 2-15

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCEhellipSUBJECT GUIDES

ANDONLINE TUTORIALS

Online Tutorials

Found on the Libraryrsquos website under the Research Tab