Choose a database from the Broome libraryLinks to an external site. (Databases A-Z) to search in. Some database recommendations: Academic Search Premier, Education Database, Gender Watch, JStor, Project Muse, PsycArticles, Wiley Online Library.
Run an advanced search on your topic using the following criteria: Select full-text, peer reviewed documents, and limit articles to 2015 or later in your search.
Read the abstracts from your search results, identify at least 2 articles that might be valuable to your research topic.
Save those articles in your email. You may want to use these articles in upcoming logs.
Write about your search for the articles and how the search criteria impacted what you retrieved.
Also, write about what you learned about the 2 articles from scanning their abstracts and section headings.
Write citations for the 2 articles following the template below:
Author’s name (last name first). “Title.” Title of the Journal, vol #, date of publication, page range. Name of database. Accessed date.
Alonso, Alvaro, and Julio A. Camargo. “Toxicity of Nitrite to Three Species of Freshwater Invertebrates.” Environmental Toxicology, vol. 21, no. 1, 3 Feb. 2006, pp. 90-94, Academic Search Premiere. Accessed 26 May 2009.
STEP TWO:
Choose a different database from the Broome libraryLinks to an external site.
(Databases A-Z) to search in. Some database recommendations: Academic Search Premier, Education Database, Gender Watch, JStor, Project Muse, PsycArticles, Wiley Online Library.
Run an advanced search on your topic using the following criteria: Select full-text, peer reviewed documents, and in the select a field window choose title, then use keywords related to your topic to run your search.
Read the abstracts from your search results, identify at least 2 articles that might be valuable to your research topic.
Save those articles in your email. You may want to use these articles in upcoming logs.
Write about your search for the articles and how the search criteria impacted what you retrieved.
Also, write about what you learned about the 2 articles from scanning their abstracts and section headings.
Write citations for the 2 articles following the template below:
Author’s name (last name first). “Title.” Title of the Journal, vol #, date of publication, page range. Name of database. Accessed date.
Alonso, Alvaro, and Julio A. Camargo. “Toxicity of Nitrite to Three Species of Freshwater Invertebrates.” Environmental Toxicology, vol. 21, no. 1, 3 Feb. 2006, pp. 90-94, Academic Search Premiere. Accessed 26 May 2009.
STEP THREE:
Choose a different database from the Broome libraryLinks to an external site. (Databases A-Z) to search in. Some database recommendations: Academic Search Premier, Education Database, Gender Watch, JStor, Project Muse, PsycArticles, Wiley Online Library.
Run an advanced search on your topic using the following criteria: Select full-text, peer reviewed, periodical for publication type, and article for Document type.
Read the abstracts from your search results, identify at least 2 articles that might be valuable to your research topic.
Save those articles in your email. You may want to use these articles in upcoming logs.
Write about your search for the articles and how the search criteria impacted what you retrieved. Also, write about what you learned about the 2 articles from scanning their abstracts and section headings.
Write citations for the 2 articles following the template below:
Author’s name (last name first). “Title.” Title of the Journal, vol #, date of publication, page range. Name of database. Accessed date.
Alonso, Alvaro, and Julio A. Camargo. “Toxicity of Nitrite to Three Species of Freshwater Invertebrates.” Environmental Toxicology, vol. 21, no. 1, 3 Feb. 2006, pp. 90-94, Academic Search Premiere. Accessed 26 May 2009.
STEP FOUR:
Reflect on your searching experience:
What did you learn about searching in databases that you want to takeaway for the next time you need to use them?
What did you learn about your topic from searching 3 different databases and reviewing 6 articles?
