This document discusses determining the information needed for research. It begins by outlining the research process and distinguishing between primary and secondary sources. Primary sources are original documents, while secondary sources interpret and analyze primary sources. The document then describes various types of secondary sources like encyclopedias, dictionaries, and scholarly journals. It also explains how to access books and periodicals in print or digitally through the library catalog.

1. DETERMINING THE
INFORMATION YOU NEED
LIBR 250
Week 3
Jayati Chaudhuri

2. 1. Research process
2. Find the information
3. Distinguish between primary and secondary
information sources
4. Various ways to access information
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

3. Starts broadly and ends narrowly
Effective research question
Ineffective research question
RESEARCH PROCESS

4. 1. Primary Sources-Original document. For example: letter,
diaries, speeches, interviews.
2. Secondary Sources -Interpret and/or analyze primary
sources. For example: encyclopedias, textbooks, and
articles analyzing primary sources.
PRIMARY& SECONDARY SOURCES

5. Reference sources
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Directories
Almanacs
Atlases
Indexes
SECONDARY SOURCES

6. BOOKS
http://www.calstatela.edu/library
1. Print or digital
2. Print – via Catalog
3. E-books – via Catalog

7. HOW TO READ CALL NUMBERS

8. Scholarly journals
Popular magazines
Trade publications
Newspapers
Multimedia
PERIODICALS

9. Trade Publications
Periodicals intended for a
specific industry or business
Published by an association
tied to the trade
NEWSPAPERS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

10. Scholarly Journals
Popular Magazines
SCHOLARLY VS. POPULAR