COMD 6361

Welcome to Your Library

COMD 6361

Class Objectives1. Able to understand and navigate Library’s web site and

locate research databases

2. Understand what Peer Reviewed articles are and know how to locate them

3. Able to distinguish between primary, secondary, and tertiary literature.

4. Able to use RefWorks to compile a bibliography for a paper.

5. Understand how to formulate a computer database search and to know what databases to use

6. Allow personal time at end of class to begin your topic research

Your Library• 2 million volumes

• 15,000 serials

• 250 databases

• 36 individual group study rooms

• 3 Branch Libraries• Arch/Art

• Music

• Optometry

ServicesRemote access– CougarNet accountFull text Journal articlesCougar One CardCougar-net accountVPN accountInter Library Loan [online]Library Provides 500 free pages of printsIT Central Site also 500 free prints (Library

Basement – own entrance)Free Photocopying or you can email or save on a

flash drive

Peer Reviewed Articles

Stated in preface pages of the Journal

Contains list of cited references

Many databases provide a “peer review” limit option

Can check in Ulrich’s database–uses “refereed “

Popular works, such as magazine and newspaper articles, are written for the general public– and are not Peer Reviewed.

Other experts in the field reads and reviews the article to assess professional merit

How to Distinguish Between

Primary

Secondary

Tertiary

Literature

Primary Sources

Source material that is closest to the information.

A source with direct personal knowledge of the events being described. It serves as an original source of information about the topic. A person with direct knowledge of a situation, or a document created by such a person.

E.G. Case Reports, Clinical Trials, Original reporting articles…1st person

Secondary Sources

Cite, comment on, or build upon primary sources.

Involve generalization, analysis, synthesis, interpretation, or evaluation of the original information. If an article discusses old documents to derive a new conclusion, it is considered to be a primary source for the new conclusion

E.G. Review Articles, meta-analysis [most peer review articles report new findings and thus are considered primary resources]

Tertiary Sources

More peripheral

Bibliographies, library catalogs, directories, reading lists and survey articles.

Compilation of data…E.G. encyclopedias, handbooks

Longer lead time in publishing…..

Library Subject Guide

Your Search Strategy

Write out your question or topic Identify your key concepts Brainstorm for alternate terms or phrases

e.g. (speech or articulation) (neonatal or newborn)

Decide on the types of materials you need Decide on your search terms & truncation

Think Boolean

Stutter*or

200

2000

Articles on How Stuttering may affect self esteem in youth

“Self esteem” Teen*

Adolesc*

Youthor

or

“Self Confidence”or

“Self Perception” or

Juvenile*

670

Think Boolean

18

Articles on the management of deer in the Southwest U.S.

Stuttering

Self EsteemYouth

Finding Research Articles Electronic Databases:

Academic Search CompleteSCOPUSMedlineCINAHL PlusERICLinguistics and Language Behavior AbstractsPsychARTICLESPsycINFO

Now, let’s look at our

web page

and begin