SOCI 403: Pearson Library Instruction

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SOCI 403 PearsonLibrary Instruction

• Thomas Arendall-Salvetti
• Langsdale Library
• 410-837-4275
• tarendall-salvetti_at_ubalt.edu

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Course Website
1. http//langsdale.ubalt.edu/
2. Click on Research Help by Course
3. Select your course
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https//langsdale.ubalt.edu/ info_services/lib_reg
_form.cfm
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Outline

• Literature Reviews
• Search Strategy
• Finding Journal Articles
• Finding Other Sources
• Evaluating Sources

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1. Literature Reviews
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Purpose

• Give historical perspective
• Prevent duplication
• Evaluate research methods
• Relate findings
• Suggest further research
• University of Melbourne
• http//www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/postgrad/litreview/g
  ettingstarted.html

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Good Lit Reviews...

• are not
• annotated bibliographies!

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Good Lit Reviews...

• Analyze
• Compare and Contrast
• Show consensus disagreement
• Highlight the best
• Highlight gaps
• University of Melbourne
• http//www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/postgrad/litreview/g
  ettingstarted.html

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2. Search Strategy
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Search Strategy

• Broad Topic
• Drug abuse

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Sample Topic

• Narrower Topic
• Teenage siblings and drug abuse

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Sample Topic

• Research Question
• Are rural adolescents more likely to abuse drugs
  if their older siblings do so?

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Find Keywords

• Research Question
• Are rural adolescents more likely to abuse drugs
  if their older siblings do so?

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Keywords
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Synonyms
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Combining Keywords
Siblings AND Drugs
Siblings AND Drugs AND Teen
Brother AND Substance Abuse AND Youth
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Combining Keywords
(Sibling OR Brother) AND (Drug OR Substance
Abuse) AND (Teen OR Youth OR Adolescent)
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3. Finding Journal Articles
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Finding Journal Articles

• Databases
• Soc Index (Sociology Social Work)
• PsycINFO (Psychology)

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Finding Journal Articles

• More Databases
• Academic Search Premier (Multidisciplinary)
• Business Source Premier (Management)
• Criminal Justice Abstracts (Crime)
• ERIC (Education)
• Medline (Medicine)
• PAIS (Government)

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Getting to the Full Text

• Do we own it?
• FindIt button
• Journal Finder

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4. Finding Other Sources
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Finding Other Sources

• Finding Books
• UB Catalog Books at U. of Baltimore
• USMAI Catalog Books in Maryland
• WorldCat Books worldwide

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Finding Other Sources

• Finding Dissertations
• Digital Dissertations
• a.k.a. Dissertation Abstracts
• a.k.a. ProQuest Dissertations Theses

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5. Evaluating Sources
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Evaluating Sources (Journals)

• Popular or Scholarly?
• Appearance dynamic or plain?
• Frequency weekly or quarterly?
• Types of Articles news or original research?
• Length short or long?

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Evaluating Sources (Journals)

• Popular or Scholarly?
• Audience general public or academics?
• Sources bibliography?
• Publisher university press?

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Questions?

• Ask a Librarian!
• Reference Desk Langsdale 2nd floor
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail langref_at_ubalt.edu
• Chat
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