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KATHERINE MAGNER
RESEARCH & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN
HLTH 3315- Health Promotion
Programs
Academic
Research
Principles
of Good
Searching
Using
Research
Databases
Evaluating
Online
Resources
Objectives
Academic Research
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What are some sources
of scholarly information?
Books
Peer-reviewed
journal articles
Reference
Works
Theses &
Dissertations
Reports
Archival
Resources
Periodicals (journals, magazines):
Scholarly, trade, or popular?
Peer-reviewed
Refereed
Scholarly
Academic
Trade
Professional
Practitioner
Industry
General
Popular
What is “Peer Review”?
• Experts in the field/discipline review
the original ideas to certify the
accuracy, validity, and value of the
results
• A process for establishing authority of
scholarly research
Anatomy of a Scholarly Article
Creating Good Searches
• State your research topic1
• Identify the keywords and key concepts2
• List alternate keywords, synonyms, and related
words3
• Join terms and concepts with appropriate
Boolean operators4
• Make use of database’s limiters & suggested
subject terms5
• Organize and cite your sources6
Search Strategies
One
• Self-harm in college students
Two
• Risk factors for self-harm in college students?
Three
• Effectiveness of health promotional programs
programs for at risk self-harming college
students?
1. State a research topic
Risk Factors
Self-harm
College students
Risk factors for self-harm in
college students?
2. Identify important
keywords & concepts
Self-
harm
Self-
Injurious
Behavior
Self-
Mutilation
Self-
Inflicted
Wounds
Self-
Destructive
Behavior
List alternative keywords,
synonyms, & related words
Self-harm in college
students
College
students
Undergraduates
Graduate
students
University
students
Higher
Education
List alternative keywords,
synonyms, & related words
Self-harm in college
students?
predator
predators
predation
predate
predating
predat*
*
predatory
Create a search using Boolean
operators (AND, OR, NOT)
And
• Join different
concepts
• Helps to narrow,
with FEWER
search results
OR
• Join similar
concepts or
synonyms
• Helps to broaden,
with MORE
search results
NOTcan also be used to OMIT
terms from your search
Example:
Self-harm OR self-destructive behavior NOT suicide
Feedback, please!

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