One of the main ideas of research is to study what others have published and form your own opinions. When you quote people -- or even when you summarize or paraphrase information found in books, articles, or Web pages -- you must acknowledge the original author.
Academic Research Strategies
How do I effectively & efficiently do academic research & navigate the college's online library?
This workshop will introduce you to the principles of academic research & show you how to best use the ESC Library resources to find sources & cite
them in your academic papers.
A sample lesson in Information Literacy and college-level research strategies, designed for a fictional community college. Created and presented to 9443: The Academic Library. Fall 2013.
One of the main ideas of research is to study what others have published and form your own opinions. When you quote people -- or even when you summarize or paraphrase information found in books, articles, or Web pages -- you must acknowledge the original author.
Academic Research Strategies
How do I effectively & efficiently do academic research & navigate the college's online library?
This workshop will introduce you to the principles of academic research & show you how to best use the ESC Library resources to find sources & cite
them in your academic papers.
A sample lesson in Information Literacy and college-level research strategies, designed for a fictional community college. Created and presented to 9443: The Academic Library. Fall 2013.
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1. PSYC 481
Current Trends in Psychology:
Bilingualism
Library Instruction Session
Valeria Skarbek
Electronic Resources Librarian
Reed 141, x7424
vaskarbek@fortlewis.edu
2. Overview
1. Introduction
2. Quick overview of John F. Reed Library Website
3. Searching Tips and Electronic Resources for Psychology
4. Finding Full-Text Articles Outside of FLC Databases
5. Help with Collecting and Citing Sources
6. Reference Help
3. library.fortlewis.edu
1. Catalog: items in our
collection which
include books, eBooks,
DVDs, audio, streaming
videos, etc.
2. Research Guides:
Library created guides
to support academic
programs and provide
citation help.
Psychology
3. Class Reserves:
Textbooks on reserve;
can search by course
name, number, or
faculty name.
4. Library Info: Our hours,
ways to reach us, FAQs,
etc.
4. Searching Reed Library Resources
1. Library Engine:
Searches many, but
not all, of our
databases.
Most of the best
resources for
Psychology topics
are located in EBSCO
databases.
Library Engine will
search all EBSCO
databases or you
can choose specific
databases.
5. Searching Reed Library Resources
2. Databases:
Choose a subject (ex.
Psychology) or browse by
database title.
Some databases must
be searched separately
because their results do
not appear in Library
Engine Searches.
If the database name
has (EBSCO) after it, those
results will appear in
Library Engine searches so
you don’t have to search
them separately unless
you want to.
6. Searching Reed Library Resources
3. Databases good for
Psychology searches:
“Best Bets!” are listed
at the top.
These are databases
where you are more likely
to find helpful resources
for that subject.
Non-EBSCO databases
you might search
separately for Psychology
topics include:
ScienceDirect
Web of Science
JSTOR
7. Quick Tips for Efficient Searching: Keywords
Before you search, think of the words or concepts of great significance to your topic and
how to connect them so the library’s databases understand what you want.
Ex. declining languages
You can limit your
results to:
Peer
Reviewed/Scholarly
Journals (see box)
Full Text (the entire
article, not just the
abstract)
Published Date
(sometimes you’ll need
recent articles or
historical ones)
Peer reviewed or scholarly articles are written by
experts for the purpose of sharing original
research or analyzing others' findings. They are
reviewed by several other experts in that field
before the article is published in the journal in
order to insure the article's quality.
8. Efficient Searching: Quotation Marks
In EBSCO, if you type in multiple keywords, they are searched in the order in which
they are entered.
Use quotation marks “ ” when you have a specific phrase or title or when you want to
search words in a specific order. Ex. “Girl, Interrupted” movie psychology
9. Efficient Searching: BOOLEAN Operators - AND
Once you have keywords, you need to connect them with Boolean operators so the
database understands how they’re related.
Boolean Operators connect and define the relationship between keywords
AND – all search terms must be present. Use for narrowing your search because the
results should have to do with both search terms.
Ex. “endangered language" AND bilingualism
“endangered
language”
bilingualism
10. Efficient Searching: BOOLEAN Operators - OR
OR – any of the search terms can be present. Use with synonyms to broaden your
search.
OR gives you more results. In this case, using “endangered language” OR “declining
language” expands your search, because you could have results about endangered
languages, declining languages, or both of those terms.
“endangered
language”
“declining
language”
11. Efficient Searching: BOOLEAN Operators - NOT
NOT – excludes search terms.
You won’t have to use NOT as much, but it’s really helpful for excluding results that
are problematic. If you’re interested in child development and want nothing to do with
adolescent development, NOT can fix that.
“child
development”
“adolescent
development”
12. Efficient Searching: Truncation
Truncation searches a keyword stem
Truncation is a great way to search for all of the words that start with the same stem
at once. It’s a more efficient way to search than trying to remember if you’ve searched
for educate or educational yet.
Educat*
Educate
Educated
Education
Educating
Educator
Educates
13. Finding the article
1st Check the database record thoroughly. Sometimes links are at the bottom.
2nd Google Scholar - a Web search engine that specifically searches scholarly literature and
academic resources
Use Google Scholar to search for the article title in quotation marks. If the article can be
accessed through FLC’s resources, a link will appear next to it.
*Go to “G” in the FLC list of databases to ensure your search links to FLC resources.
• Not available,
request
through ILL. • Available- click the link
to access the article.
14. If you can’t find the full-text of an article
You can request it through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
ILL allows patrons to obtain materials not available in our local collection.
Enter your FLC CAS logon and password. Use your FLC email address to create your ILL account.
15. If you can’t find a book
If you can’t find a book in our catalog, first check Prospector then MOBIUS before using ILL.
For more info and FAQs, please visit http://subjectguides.fortlewis.edu/faqs/prospectorill
16. Endangered and Declining Languages Resource
The Catalogue of
Endangered Languages
(ELCat) is a valuable
resource for
information on the
endangered languages
of the world.
It is available to the
public via the
Endangered Languages
Project website:
http://www.endangered
languages.com/.
Background info about the project:
http://rosettaproject.org/blog/02013/
mar/28/new-estimates-on-rate-of-
language-loss/
17. Collecting your sources: Save in a safe place!
• Enter your search string: ex. "Girl, Interrupted" AND "borderline personality“ and choose
limit to Peer Reviewed/Scholarly Journals
• Click the folder icon to collect
results then export them at once.
18. Ways to save your article and its citation
• Always double-check the citations. They are not
always formatted correctly.
• You can add the permalink to your citation.
• Email to self or export
to EndNote Online
19. EndNote Online:
EndNote is a software
program available to FLC
students. You can export and
import citations directly into
EndNote Online.
EndNote can store, recall, and
cite bibliographic information
in your chosen style for
composing research papers.
Go to the Reed Library
website under “How Do I?” >
Use EndNote Online
20. EndNote:
To create an
account, click
“Sign up” and be
sure to use your
FLC email address
for your account.
21. Setting up APA format in EndNote Online:
• Go to Format > Bibliography and choose your references and Bibliographic
style: APA 6th – Sentence Case (so it capitalizes the article title correctly).
• You can choose to Save, Email, or Preview to copy and paste citations into
Word.
23. Need more help?
Contact a librarian
Stop by the Reference desk (especially for search and APA format help)
Give us a call at 970-247-7551
Schedule an appointment with a librarian (30 minute sessions)
Email us at library@fortlewis.edu
Chat with us! Click the icon below.