ENGL102: Research

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ENGL102 Research Resources

• Presented by Megan Lowe
• Reference Librarian

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Session Overview

• Research Process
• Resources
• Where to begin?
• Evaluation
• The Library
• Quotations Citations
• The Finale

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Research Process
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Keywords

• Represent the most important parts of an idea
• Are combined together using AND, OR, NOT
• Synonyms
• Can be used in online catalogs, databases, and
  the Internet

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Example Racism in William Faulkners novels

• Synonyms
• Race/Racial/Racist
• Discrimination
• Bias/Prejudice
• Minority/Minorities
• Specific minority group(s)
• ??
• Writings
• Works
• Specific work or genre

• Keywords from Thesis
• Racism
• William Faulkner
• Novels

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Resources What Are They?

• Books/Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
• Chapters/Essays in Books
• Periodical articles
• Journals
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• Websites
• Where should I begin?

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Evaluating Periodicals Scholarly

• contain material written by experts
• do not contain advertisements
• intended for students, researchers, experts,
  professors
• covers one subject/discipline very thoroughly

• publishes real research (case studies,
  experiments, etc.)
• uses jargon related to the discipline 
• content usually goes through a peer-review
  process
• may contain graphics, illustrations, etc.

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Examples of Scholarly Publications

• Journal of the American Medical Association
• Shakespeare Quarterly
• Journal of Nutrition
• Journal of ER Nursing
• Library Quarterly
• The Renaissance Quarterly

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Evaluating Periodicals Popular

• mostly written by journalists
• usually have lots of ads
• intended for anybody to read
• usually covers a variety of topics

• publishes articles of interest, news, opinion
  pieces
• Regular language/slang
• content does not go through a peer-review process
• has lots of "purty" pictures

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Examples of Popular Publications

• Sports Illustrated
• Real Simple
• People
• Cosmopolitan
• Martha Stewart Living
• GQ

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Evaluating Websites

• Evaluation is essential when using the Internet
  for research
• Accuracy
• Authority
• Coverage
• Currency
• Objectivity
• The search engine you use can and will affect the
  quality of your results

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The Librarys Resources Catalog

• What can the catalog do?
• Tell you what books we have on a topic or subject
  or by a certain author
• Tell you what periodicals we have subscriptions
  to, and how much access we have to them (dates,
  electronic)
• Provide links to electronic books
• Provide links to electronic government documents,
  reports, and pamphlets

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The Librarys Resources Databases

• What can the databases do?
• Find periodical articles on topics
• Provide access to electronic journals
• Make searching for articles on a topic easier,
  since you wont have to flip through a bunch of
  print journals
• Can be accessed from home (like the catalog)
• Examples JSTOR, Ebsco Host, BioOne
• Lets take a look at the Librarys resources

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Quotations Citations Why?

• Quotations help back up your argument.
• Quotations provide you with an opportunity to
  show how others agree (or disagree!) with your
  argument.
• Citations show how youve contributed to
  scholarly discourse.
• Citations also allow your reader to visit the
  resources youve used.
• They are not merely forms of torture!

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Quotations How in MLA?

• Direct Quotation Zimbardo notes that children
  are insensitive to their parents shyness (62).
• Indirect Quotation Some authors note that
  children are insensitive to their parents
  shyness (Zimbardo 62).
• Paraphrase Some researchers note that children
  can be unaware of their parents shyness
  (Zimbardo 62).

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Citations How in MLA?

• Book
• Last name, First name. Title of Resource. Place
  of Publication Publisher, Date of Publication.
• Chapter/Essay in Book
• Last name, First name. Title of Chapter/Essay.
  Title of Book. Name of editor. Place of Pub.
  Publisher, Date of Pub.
• Article
• Last name, First name. Title of Article. Title
  of Journal volumeissue (date of publication)
  page s.
• Website
• Person/Entity Responsible. Name of Website. Date
  created/updated. Institution Affiliated with
  Site. Date Accessed .

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Citation Examples

• Clarke, Arthur C. The Fountains of Paradise. New
  York Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979.
• Niles, John D. Pagan Survivals and Popular
  Belief. Old English Literature. Eds. Malcolm
  Godden and Michael Lapidge. Cambridge Cambridge
  UP, 2004.
• Wymer, Rowland. When I behold the heavens A
  Reading of Dr. Faustus. English Studies 6
  (1986) 505-510.
• Lowe, Megan. Megan Lowe _at_ ULM. 21 December 2006.
  University of Louisiana at Monroe. 21 March 2007
  .

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Question Answer Time!
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Resources

• Presentation
• http//www.ulm.edu/lowe/NewEng102.ppt
• Quotations Citations
• http//www.ulm.edu/lowe/quotationsandcitations.h
  tml
• Plagiarism
• http//www.ulm.edu/lowe/plaghome.html
• My Site
• http//www.ulm.edu/lowe
• My Email lowe_at_ulm.edu

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Thanks for coming!

• Dont forget if you need help, just ask at the
  Reference Desk!