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PNSG Workshop #2
- 1. Research Skills Workshop #2 EliseTung Learning Services Librarian etung@okanagan.bc.ca
- 2. By the endof the session, you’ll be able to Finish/start your assignment? (Research & APA help) Search effectively in the library databases Select & evaluate sources for your research
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- 6. Types of Sources Scholarly,popular and everything in between
- 7. Reference Materials What arethey: Encyclopedias, dictionaries, guides, manuals, handbooks, etc. Print & electronic. Good for: Factual and background information Not so good for: Original research
- 8. Scholarly Books What arethey: Books that provide an in-depth examination of a topic written by scholars or researchers in the field. Print & electronic. Good for: In-depth overview of a topic Not so good for: Up to date information
- 9. Scholarly Journals What arethey: Regular publications that contain articles on a particular academic subject. Print & electronic. Good for: Latest original research Not so good for: Broad overview of a topic
- 10. Trade Journals What arethey: Regular publications covering and intended for professionals in a specific industry. Print & electronic. Good for: Current news & trends for a specific industry Not so good for: Original research
- 11. Webpages What are they: Aninformation resource which can be easily created by anyone on any topic. Electronic. Good for: Very up to date information Not so good for: Accurate and reliable information (except: government and official info)
- 12. Which of thefollowing are scholarly? ● Reference materials ● Scholarly books ● Scholarly journals ● Trade journals ● Webpages ● Newspapers ● Popular magazines popular ● Popular books
- 13. Scholarly ●Intended audience: researchers/academics,post- secondary students ●Author(s): researchers/academics ●Purpose: inform or share original research ●Writing style: technical, formal ●References: formal citations (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) ●Selection: editorial board of researchers/academics, peer review committee
- 14. What is peerreview? Peer review is a process in which a journal publisher sends out a submitted article to experts in a discipline for review and critique prior to publication. NOTE: Not all academic/”scholarly” articles are peer reviewed
- 15. In-class activity (10min) Go to: www.okanagan.bc.ca/library > Research & Subject Guides > Nursing (LPN) > Practical Nursing > Fall, 2017 Click on the assigned source link to get to the source. Make sure to click on PDF Full Text or Access URL link to get to the full text. Answer the questions on the worksheet. Prepare to share your findings with the class.
- 17. Search It’s all aboutKEYWORDS
- 19. “What is thelink between diabetes and depression?” 1. Select important ideas/concepts from your topic diabetes, depression 2. Brainstorm synonyms and related keywords diabetes: diabetes mellitus, diabetics, blood sugar, etc. depression: stress, anxiety, emotions, mood, quality of life, mental health, mental illness, health promotion, etc. 3. Try different combinations of keywords to narrow or broaden results using AND, OR, NOT, “ ”
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Editor's Notes
- #3 Hopefully, by the end of the session, you’ll be able to ……
- #4 Once you’re logged in, open up a browser (Chrome or IE or Firefox) and go to this url. [DEMO]
- #5 Poll Title: Where does information come from? https://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/jPVPFb6DawkHdIT Where do you usually get your information. Where do you go when you need to find out about something. Anything that comes to mind, and you can submit multiple answer. So these are your information sources. You can see that you get information from many different sources (Although The internet is the biggest source of information for many of us). So this activity was to get you to start think about where you’re getting your information, which is the first step in learning how to evaluate information sources. And because it’s fun.
- #6 This is called the information cycle, which is the progression of information through different types of media. When something newsworthy happens, like a wildfire (we’ve gotten a lot of those this summer), you’ll probably get the information first on TV, on the radio (if anyone still listens to the radio) and on the Internet. Social media especially is where you can get the most up to date information. Think of Facebook and Twitter, which really allow the information to travel very quickly and almost instanteously. Newspapers and other news media will usually cover the event up to a week, and a week or weeks after that, there might magazine articles and official government information published on the event. Sit months to a year after, sometimes even longer, you’ll start seeing scholarly journal articles published on the subject, and even longer after that, there might books, government reports and reference works published on the event. So Where in this cycle do you think you can get the most accurate and in-depth information? Scholarly journals, government reports, books and reference works because enough time has passed for the information to be filtered, researched, analyzed and reviewed carefully and in detail, so the information you are getting from these sources are more credible and accurate. In contrast, while you can get the most up to date information there, in the beginning of the cycle, you there really isn’t enough time for the information to be verified. That’s why you get a lot of “fake news” and hoaxes on the Internet. When you’re doing research for your paper, You’re often asked to use these sources, especially scholarly journals and scholarly books. So what are scholarly journals and books.
- #7 Let’s look at them.
- #14 You’re probably more familiar with popular sources, such as magazines, newspapers and popular books. The word “popular” here means it’s for the general public. Scholarly sources, on the other hand, are tended for researchers, academics and post-secondary students like yourself. They are written by researchers and academics so people like your professors. They’re usually written to inform or share original research. The writing style is usually technical with a lot of subject specific terminology and the language is usually quite formal. The most distinctive thing about scholarly sources is that they always have formal citations, both in-text and in a reference list. Another thing about scholarly sources is that they go through a very vigorous selection process, either by an editorial board of researchers and academics or by a peer review committee.
- #15 A peer reviewed article has been vetted by other experts, who have picked apart the article to make sure that its research method is sound and it is backed up by evidence. So you know the information you’re getting from a peer reviewed article will be credible. It’s important to note that not all scholarly articles are peer reviewed. There is a way to find peer reviewed articles in library databases, and I’ll show you how later. But first, let’s do an activity.
- #16 I have a worksheet here, which I will hand out. and I have seven sources, including these two print books. I want you to first find a partner and I will assign you a source to evaluate. After you’ve been assigned, go to this URL, and click on our source link to get to the source you need to evaluate. Answer the questions in the worksheet together. You can write down your answer or not, but you’ll need to share your answers with the class afterwards. Source 4: A trade journal contains current news & trends for a specific industry, usually written by someone with knowledge in the field. It’s not for the general public, but It’s not scholarly and it’s not peer reviewed. As you can see, this article doesn’t have a reference list either. For certain courses, you might be allowed to use trade publications. Check with your instructor. Source 1 (Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia) – reference Source 2 (Popular Science) – popular magazine Source 3 – peer-reviewed journal Source 4 (Canadian Underwriter) Source 5 - website Source 6: People, Fire and Forests – scholarly book Source 7: Wildfire British Columbia Burns – popular book Source 1 (Wikipedia) – reference Source 2 (Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia) – reference Source 3 (The Globe & Mail) - news Source 4 (Popular Science) – popular magazine Source 5 – peer-reviewed journal Source 6 (Canadian Underwriter) Source 7 – gray literature Source 8 - website Source 9: People, Fire and Forests – scholarly book Source 10: Wildfire British Columbia Burns – popular book
- #17 Thank you all sharing your findings. What you were all doing for this exercise was that you were evaluating your sources. So you actually used the 5 Ws of Evaluation… Who, What, When, Where, and Why. You looked at the author, the audience, the content, the currency, the sources, the purpose, etc. So you all know how to evaluate information sources now and you only get better at it with more practice.
- #18 Now that you know the different types of sources you can use your research paper, how do you look for them.
- #19 First, you want to brainstorm your search keywords. With better keywords, you get better results.