Library instruction for CRIM5331

1. Clarke Iakovakis | Research & Instruction Librarian | UHCL Neumann Library
Library Research for CRIM 5331: Advanced Criminology
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2. http://libguides.uhcl.edu/CRIM5331

4. Outline for Today
• Research is Inquiry
• Determining Authority
• Principles of Good Searching
• Searching in the Research
Databases & Library Catalog

5. Section 1:
Research is Inquiry
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6. Research is an open-
ended exploration and
engagement with
information
Anxiety is normal!
Be open-minded—seek
divergent perspectives
and information that
challenges your beliefs,
and be skeptical
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7. Primary, secondary, and tertiary
sources
•Primary sources are the “raw
material” or first-hand
evidence
•Secondary sources describe
and interpret information
from primary sources
•Tertiary sources compile and
summarize primary and
secondary sources
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York Public Library. (1883). The Arrest.

8. Determining
Authority
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9. What is peer review?
 A process for establishing authority of
scholarly research
 Experts review the original ideas to
certify the accuracy, validity, and value
of the results
Chubin, D. E., & Hackett, E. J. (2005). Peer Review. In C. Mitcham (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics (Vol. 3, pp. 1390-1394).
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10. What are some sources of
scholarly information?
Books
Reference works
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Gray literature
Reports (government,
non-governmental organizations)
Theses & dissertations
Conference proceedings
Archival resources
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11. Periodicals (journals, magazines)
Peer-reviewed
Refereed
Scholarly
Academic
Trade
Professional
Practitioner
Industry
General
Popular

12. Author credentials (usually
universities; sometimes
industry or government)
Journal information (name, volume, issue, year)
Abstract
Literature Review
Methodology
Anatomy of a scholarly article
Tables and/or graphs

13. Dissect this citation
Brewer, R. M., & Heitzeg, N. A. (2008). The
racialization of crime and punishment: Criminal
justice, color-blind racism, and the political
economy of the prison industrial complex.
American Behavioral Scientist, 51(5), 625-644.
What is the…
 Journal name
 Volume number
 Issue number
 Authors
 Article title
 Page number range
 Year of publication
 DOI

14. Section 3: Principles
of good searching
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15. • Determine your research question1
• Identify the 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 Process

16. One
• How does criminological theory account for
crime?
Two
• How do conflict theory, radical theory, critical race
theory, and feminist theory account for crime?
Three
• How does critical race theory account for racial
discrimination in the criminal justice system?
1. Determine your research question

17. 2. Identify the key concepts
Critical race theory
Racial discrimination
Criminal justice
How does critical race theory account
for racial discrimination in the criminal
justice system?

18. Critical
theory
Critical race
theory Critical
criminology
Posthumanism
Conflict
theory
3. List alternate keywords,
synonyms, and related words
How does critical race theory account for racial
discrimination in the criminal justice system?

19. Racial
Discrimination
Racism Imprisonment
Rates
BiasPrejudice
3. List alternate keywords,
synonyms, and related words
How does critical race theory account for racial
discrimination in the criminal justice system?

20. Criminal
Justice
Criminal Justice
Administration
Criminology
Law
Enforcement
Sentencing
3. List alternate keywords,
synonyms, and related words
How does critical race theory account for racial
discrimination in the criminal justice system?

21. AND
OR
NOT
4. Join terms and concepts with
appropriate Boolean operators

22. discrimination
racism
prejudice
racism OR discrimination OR prejudice

23. Racism OR discrimination
OR prejudice
critical theory OR
critical race theory

25. Which statement below will
generate more search results?

26. Which search will find
FEWER results?
A.
B.
OR
teenagers
teenagers
police
police

27. m

28. Using a wildcard (*) will find a
larger number of results
interrogate
interrogates
interrogating
interrogation
interrogator
interrogators
interrogat* *

29. • State your research topic1
• Identify the 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

30. Section 4: Research
Databases &
Library Catalog
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31. Why use a library when I have Google?
But wait…

32. tumblr
.gov Wikipedia
Subscription
databases
Password-protected
websites
restricted
access
$$$
Illegal
content
Classified
documents
Surface Web
Deep Web
Amazon
cnn
Google
ads

33. Off campus access to subscription
databases
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resources from off campus, call the
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