Thinking about Research Paths

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• Thinking about Research Paths

Presented byJames Buczynski, M.L.I.S.Seneca_at_Yor
k Librarian
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1. Know exactly what you are looking
for.2. Know where to look.
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Keywords Sources Strategy Success
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Child Abuse

• Despite several decades of research on this
  topic, little consensus exists about how to best
  define this problem, prevent it, intervene with
  maltreated children and their families, and
  ameliorate the long term harmful consequences of
  maltreatment on child health and development.
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• HV6626.52 .C5555

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1. Keywords

• Research Topic Non-Sexual Child Abuse

Child Children Infant Toddler Preschooler Tween Te
en

• Abuse
• verbal
• emotional
• psychological
• Neglect
• Violence
• Abandonment
• Punishment
• Maltreatment

• Failure
• nurture
• hygiene
• medical/dental care
• supervision
• Confinement
• Starvation or obesity
• Humiliation and shaming
• Withhold love and affection

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Sources

• Free web
• Books
• Journal, newspaper and magazine articles
• Government or nongovernmental reports
• Statistics

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• Google
• Search
• Every word in every
• document.
• Index made by machine
• Full Access Content
• Websites
• Current newspapers
• A few journals
• A few books
• Videos, Audio
• MS Office Files
• Images

• Library
• Search
• Author, Title, Subject (books)
• Every word (article dbs)
• Index made by humans
• Full Access Content
• 20 000 Electronic books
• 96 000 Print books
• 30 000 Online magazines,
• journals and newspapers.
• 800 print magazines, journals
• and newspapers.
• 8100 Audio-Visual Materials

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VERY BASIC INFORMATION, IS NOT VERY VALUABLE
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Okay, but who are these people?
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Books

• Why do I need books?
• Someone has done a massive amount of research for
  you.
• Summarized what they found and give it meaning.
• Use the back of the book index to find very
  specific topics.
• Where to Look
• Seneca_at_York
• Other Seneca Libraries
• York University
• Public Libraries

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child neglect across all Seneca Libraries
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Articles

• Newspapers research summaries, cases, etc.
• Magazines light and easy reading.
• Scholarly Journals Research, reference lists
• Perspectives
• Multidisciplinary
• Psychology
• Health
• Sociology
• Legal

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I found this on the web but I want to read the
article.so use Journal Title Finder
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Not all cases will be viewable, only legally
significant ones.
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Statistics

• Statistics Canada
• Family Violence in Canada a Statistical Profile
• Books on the topic.
• Articles on the topic. Newspaper stories are a
  good start.
• Government and Non-governmental Reports
• Library catalogue
• Google child abuse with the words report,
  figures, Statistics, measure, facts. Add
  geographic words if necessary Canada, Ontario,
  Toronto, etc.

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Summary

• Budget sufficient time for research.
• Digital library content is not available on free
  web search engines.
• Vocabulary search tools success!
• Keep notes of what paths keywords worked and
  those that did not work, to save time.
• We wary of freely available web content.

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And of Course...

• If you have any questions or
• need help finding information,
• please ask us as at the
• Reference Desk!
• Tel [phone]x3038