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Use this page as a resource to accompany the GEL 101
Library Module course
Courses/WEB CT
Click Here: student evaluation of library module
What is the GEL Library
Module?
The Library Module will introduce
you to the basics of college-level research.
The
skills you learn during the module will help you for 2 main
reasons:
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specifically, for the final
paper and presentation you will do in this class.
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in general, for the papers and
projects you will be expected to do
for the rest
of your college career. You will gain the
ability to access, evaluate, and communicate information
effectively.
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Ann Fiegen
Business & Economics Librarian
afiegen@csusm.edu
760-750-4365
Email, call or
stop by with any questions or concerns.
Office hours:
3307 Kellogg Library
Monday - Wednesday 1-2
Thurs 4-7
by appointment, drop in ok |
Define a Topic
Build a Thesis statement
tutorial:
Finding a topic and building a thesis
Research project planning:
Five
Search Strategies Skim through Badke's
Research Strategies
Free or Fee,
the organization of information
Background and
books information
Library call #s and subject headings
Library
catalog
Finding books
Introducing the book (YouTube)
Book worksheet
Magazines, Journals, and
Articles--
Distinguishing scholarly, popular,
professional articles.
Test
it? Is it scholarly?
Find a scholarly article
Annotating and Citing your work
APA
Citation format
How
to write an annotation
Web evaluation
Website Scoring Worksheet
Five
Web Evaluation Criteria (Word)
Finding articles
Journal articles include the latest
research in the field. To find articles, you need to start
with a research database. Each will allow
you to search hundreds or even thousands of journals at once
by searching for keywords relevant to your topic.
The following databases are useful for this class. Try searching for
keywords related to your topic:
NOTE: Depending on your topic, other databases
might be more relevant.
You can choose a
database by
subject.
Think you can find all this stuff on the Internet?
Not for free!
See an article you want in one of
these databases?
- Look for "Full Text" in
PDF,
 HTML,
 Linked
or 
- If all else fails, fill
out an
Interlibrary
Loan article request form. You'll get it within 5-10 days for FREE.
- Or, any time you need
help, ask a librarian!
Scholarly,
Professional (Trade), Popular articles
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Scholarly (peer-reviewed,
refereed, empirical) |
Professional or
Trade |
Popular |
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Audience |
academic readers |
Professional or industry readers |
general audience |
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Author |
researchers, experts, specialists |
professionals, practioners |
journalists, free-lance
writers, generalists |
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Language |
professional
jargon; may be
difficult to read |
easy to understand, some specialized language of the
profession or industry |
common; easy to
understand |
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Style |
specific structure (e.g.
abstract, methodology,
data, results, conclusion, references) |
news reports, feature articles on important topics,
usually glossy with pictures, advertising by
suppliers to the industry, job listings. |
structured like a story; can look
glossy with pictures and ads |
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Sources |
long list of
bibliography, references, footnotes |
no bibliography, may contain recommended readings,
or cite sources in text of article. |
no bibliography or
references listed |
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Examples |
Ethnic and
Racial Studies; Gender & Society;
International Migration Review;
American Journal of
Public Health;
Latin American Perspectives |
Automotive News, Business
2.0, Restaurant News, Packaging World |
Time; Newsweek; Business
Week;
US News & World Report; New York Times;
Christian Science
Monitor |
Some databases provide a 'peer-reviewed' or 'scholarly
only' limit function that can narrow the results, but will
still bring back non-scholarly materials that were published
in a scholarly journal (e.g., editorials, letters to the
editor, book reviews.) When in doubt, ask a librarian!
What is a scholarly journal?
Finding books
Find books by searching the
Library Catalog.
Map of
the Library
A good strategy
is to:
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Enter
a keyword or two |
health care
lifestyle
cultural activities
education
recreation
conservation
local government |
Scan
the list for one good
title of interest |
Wellness perspectives
Hispanic spaces, Latino places : community
and cultural diversity in contemporary America
Mobilizing an Asian American community
How police officers maintain order in a
school setting : an ethnographic study
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Click
on the subject
headings for that
book |
Charter schools
Asian Americans--California
Wind power--environmental aspects--California |
*The following are just
a few subject headings from our Library
Catalog related to the social issues.
Try clicking on some that are related to your topic and see
what titles come up:
E98.E2 O75 1999??
What does a call number tell you? Here's a quick guide to the Library of Congress system.
Try this:
1. Find a book on your topic.
- First search by keyword,
- Find one good title that is on your topic.
- Write down the title, call number and all
subjects for this book.
2. For each of the call numbers linked below, write
the main topic or subject.
To get you
started--some subjects in the library catalog
Doping in sports
Right to die
Children--Nutrition
Cloning
Spiritual Healing
Firearms
Cannabis
Citing sources
For every college paper and project, you will need to
document where you got ideas and quotations from (see
Academic Honesty below).
There are many different ways, or styles, of citing your
sources-- including styles from the American Psychological
Association (APA), Modern Language Association (MLA), and
Chicago Manual of Style.
For every source you
use in your paper, you need to include a citation in your list of references. Most sources need the
following information:
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Author(s) if there is
one.
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Title (of article, book, journal...)
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Publication information
(when it was published, by what publisher, in what
journal, volume, issue, pages etc.)
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APA:
Publication manual of the American Psychological
Association.
5th ed. Washington, DC : American
Psychological Association, 2001.
Try
KnightCite,
a free online citation
tool to help create your bibliography.
In order for the citation to be accurate, you will
still need to understand the difference between a
journal and magazine, volume and issue number, and
so on. You will
need to review the results for
accuracy. |
News and opinion
articles
Critical reading from scanning to deep reading for analysis
(Word)
News
and opinion
Lexis/Nexis Academic / News / General News / Major
Papers / Search terms: gun control AND editorial
Factiva New Pages (in upper green bar); or +Source to
select news groups or individual publications
ProQuest Newspapers
Ethnic Newswatch
CQ Researcher
Writing an annotated bibliography
What's the
difference between an abstract and an annotation?
"Abstracts are the purely descriptive summaries often found
at the beginning of scholarly journal articles or in periodical
indexes. Annotations are descriptive and critical; they expose
the author's point of view, clarity and appropriateness of
expression, and authority."
Reference Department;
Instruction, Research, and Information Services (IRIS);
Cornell University Library
Annotations often appear as
part of a bibliography, the list of sources that is standard in scholarly books and articles, including most student papers.
These are 6 points to help you write your
annotated bibliography (not necessarily in this order):
1. What are the
qualifications of the
author?
2. What is the main
purpose of the text? (summarize in one sentence)
3. How does this source
relate to your topic?
4. What is the viewpoint
or bias of the author?
5. Who is the intended
audience of this work?
6. What is your final
comment on this work?
Purdue's Owl informational and descriptive
annotationshttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_abstract.html
Extended annotation
explanation
and examples
Basically, keep it short and straightforward by using the 6
points above.
Comparison of Annotation and Summary
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Annotation |
Abstract |
Authors qualifications
Purpose of the text
Relation to your topic
Viewpoint or bias of the author
Who is the intended audience
Summary comment, your opinion |
Topic of article
Highlight essential points
Article conclusion
Are found at the beginning of articles |
How an annotation looks in
a bibliography:
Example
of an annotated bibliography (Word)
Advanced
internet searching
Google or DMOZ? Yahoo or LII? What's the difference?
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Search Engines |
Subject Directories |
Compiled by
computer "spiders" that "crawl"
the web, constantly adding websites |
Compiled by
people, selectively adding websites |
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"More is better" or "Quick and easy" |
"Less is more" or "Quality, not quantity" |
| Websites often
listed by popularity or paid sponsors |
Websites often
listed by subject categories |
BEST FOR:
- very specific searches (e.g. person or org.)
- phrase searches (e.g. "Martin Luther King Jr")
- you know exactly what you're looking for
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BEST FOR:
- broad topic or concept searches
- need background information (e.g. alternative
health treatments, history of, types of)
- you're not sure what you're looking for
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Try out: |
Try out: |
Evaluating websites
Apply the
criteria to these websites:
DreamTech International
Dihydrogen Monoxide
Research Division
From your own Internet searching,
you probably realize there is an overwhelming
amount of information available online.
Like searching for a book
or article, you can
plug keywords related to your topic into
a search engine... but doing a Google search
and using the first few results for your
paper does not constitute research!
Anyone can put up a website. How
do you know that its information is accurate,
legitimate or current? Learn how to
evaluate a web site before choosing
to include the information you find in your
research project.
Excellent work--you are now University Scholars!
Last updated afiegen
10/09/07 |
