FYS 198: Research Workshop

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SPED 510 Library Research Workshop
Books in a stack by austinevan.
www.flickr.com/photos/austinevan/1225274637/ Libra
rian Lisa Molinelli lam8_at_pdx.edu
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What will we learn today?

• How to take advantage of the resources
  available to Portland States students at the
  library.
• How to get started with the research process.
• How to get help when you need it!

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Home Base
http//library.pdx.edu/
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Brainstorm!
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Brainstorming Your Search

• What is currently being done to prevent violence
  in public schools in the United States?

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Brainstorming Your Search

• Break down your subject into keywords.
• Find other words to describe your topic.
• Use your results to find more words to describe
  your topic.

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Keywords and Synonyms

• Violence
• Aggression
• Bullying
• Prevention
• Safety
• Public Schools
• Public Education
• United States
• America

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Learning the Language of your Topic Research
Starters - Education
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Going Deeper What am I looking for?

• How do I know an article is scholarly?

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Scholarly Journals Characteristics

• Written and edited by scholars or experts in the
  fieldpeople with MANY years of experience, like
  your professors!
• Written FOR other scholars in the field. Uses the
  vocabulary and methods of study typical for the
  field.
• Articles are narrow in scope about a very
  particular topic and/or group of people in a very
  specific time or place.
• Articles will have LONG bibliographies and
  reference lists.
• Serious in appearance. NO advertisements.
• Check out this guide for more info
  http//guides.library.pdx.edu/evaluate

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Scholarly v. Popular Sources

• Popular

• Scholarly

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Peer Review

• Need to figure out if a journal is peer reviewed?
  Find out whether it is Refereed (another term
  for peer review) with Ulrichs International
  Periodicals Directory database (found under U
  in our A-Z database list http//library.pdx.edu/d
  ofd/resources?letterU )
• Learn more about peer review with this PSU
  tutorial http//library.pdx.edu/peer_review.html

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Find What You Need Online Research Guides
After you click the link
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Find What You Need Research Guides
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Find What You Need Scholarly Databases
From the library homepage
From the online research guide.
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Scholarly Database Searching

• Remember We pay a subscription to these
  scholarly sources! Most are not available for
  free on the open web (google, etc.)
• As a PSU student, you have access to these
  sources.

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Where were those databases again?
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Education Research Complete
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Education Research Complete Results
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Education Research Complete Record
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Tips and Tricks Scholarly Databases

• Separate out the scholarly stuff.
• Need it now? Full text. Remember this may
  limit your results.
• Use database Subject Terms to your advantage.
• Search more than one database.
• The tricks used here can be used in almost any
  database!

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Expand Your Search Combing Through Bibliographies

• Take the time to look through bibliographies of
  the best articles that you find!
• This is the number one way scholars do research.
• Look for patterns in the bibliographies what
  resources or authors are listed the most?

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Expand Your Search Google Scholar
Tip Go through the library homepage to be
connected with PSU resources.
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Be Complete Use ILL!

• If you find an article in a bibliography that
  youd like to access, and we dont have access,
  dont despair! Use ILL (Interlibrary Loan).

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Citation Management Tools
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Remember

• Stay flexible when you search!
• Dont give up on a search until looking through
  several pages of results in several databases.
• Use the subject headings the database offers you.
• Use the button to find the
  full-text of material that isnt full-text in the
  database.
• More on finding full text http//guides.library.pd
  x.edu/findarticles

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We are here to help!

• Friendly librarians at the reference desk
• Chat from the library homepage
• Call 503-725-5874
• Text _at_ 66746. Start with the word PDX the first
  time you text us.
• Email lam8_at_pdx.edu
• Schedule a research appointment

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Thank You!

• Thank you note for every language by
  woodleywonderworks www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/4
  759535950/