Library Resources for WRIT 1302

1. WRIT 1302: Composition II
Spring 2021

2. WRIT 1302 Course Guide:
https://uhcl.libguides.com/WRIT1302hedengren

5. Research is an ITERATIVE process
(Iterative: doing something again and again, usually to improve it)

6. Defining (and refining) your topic
Questions to Consider
• What am I interested in?
• What do I already know?
• What do I need to know?
Public Health
Health
promotion
Surveillance
Disease Prevention
Epidemics
Monitoring
Communication

7. Resources to Help You Get to Know Your Topic
Summaries Dictionaries Reference Databases

8. Google Scholar, library databases
Scholarly articles
Books
Demographic Info
Developing a Research Strategy
What type of information are you looking for?
OneSearch (library catalog)
Government websites

9. Understanding Information Source Types

11. Searching OneSearch
• Library version of Google
• Searches the library catalog and most databases at once
• Supports “natural language searching”
the role of gender in bullying

16. Brief record

17. Detailed record

20. PsycINFO
Sociological
Abstracts
PsycARTICLES
Web
of
Science
Criminal Justice
Abstracts
Race
Relations
Abstracts
OneSearch vs Library Databases

22. What are the main
concepts?
the role of gender in bullying

23. What are the main
concepts?
the role of gender in bullying
Concept 1
Concept 2

25. the role of gender in bullying

26. gender bullying

27. gender bullying

28. gender bullying

29. gender bullying

30. attention span
attention
deficit
disorder

32. Narrow focus & improve relevance with limiters…
misses

33. Narrow focus & improve relevance with text field limiters…

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50. Have a Question? Need More Help?
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holland@uhcl.edu
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