Types of Resources for Research
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This document provides an overview of primary, secondary, and tertiary sources as well as scholarly or peer-reviewed articles. It defines peer-review as the process where an article submitted to a journal is sent to other scholars to review the quality and relevance of the research. The purpose and reading level of scholarly articles is also outlined. The document then discusses how to identify if an article is peer-reviewed and provides examples of library databases that can be used to find peer-reviewed sources, highlighting some differences between databases and search engines. It includes an in-class activity where students search a database to find a peer-reviewed article and use a database or search engine to find a recent news article.
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Types of Resources for Research
- 1. Deana Greenfield Assistant Professor – NLU Library
- 3. Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Sources Chart excerpt from http://www.lib.auburn.edu/bi/typesofsources.htm
- 4. Scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles Peer-reviewed When an article is submitted to a peer reviewed journal, the editors send it out to other scholars in the same field (the author's peers) to get their opinion on the quality of the scholarship, its relevance to the field, its appropriateness for the journal. Purpose of a scholarly article is to inform and report on original research Reader is assumed to have a similar scholarly background – reading level is advanced Peer review in 5 minutes – a short video explanation
- 5. How can you tell if an article is peer-reviewed? Look for trademark characteristics – see handout Typical parts of a scholarly (peer-reviewed) article Google the website for the journal and read the “About this Journal” statement (click for example) Locate the article using the NLU library databases. You can limit your search to only “scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles” Ask for assistance from an NLU Librarian or your professor
- 6. NLU Library Databases What are some differences between Databases and Search Engines? Databases Search Engines Academic Search Complete Business Search Premier LexisNexis PsycINFO JSTOR ABI INFORM - Business Interfaces EBSCOHost ProQuest Google Bing Yahoo! Search AltaVista
- 8. Database Introduction EBSCOHost – all databases LexisNexis Academic Multidisciplinary •Business •Psychology •Education •Health Sciences Excellent for research on traditional academic topics and peer-reviewed articles Newspapers Legal Information – Case information by topic Business – Company record information Public Figures Country information •Socioeconomic profiles •International newspapers Excellent for news, business and legal research
- 9. Searching Databases Different than Google. Databases understand Keywords not full sentences. What is your research question? EXAMPLE “What are best practices for school counseling in high schools?” What are the main keywords that describe your topic? Can you think of some synonyms for these words? School counseling Educational counseling Best practices Techniques, strategies High school Secondary school
- 10. Database Video Tutorials EBSCOHost interface LexisNexis
- 11. In-Class Activity Use an EBSCOhost database to locate a peer-reviewed article on your topic. Record the citation information in your Google Doc (Author, Title, Journal title, Year, Issue, Page span) Use one of the library databases or an internet search engine (Google, Bing) to locate a recent newspaper article that explains how a business, school, or a social agency is using social media, a Web 2.0 tool, or new information technology (for example, electronic books) to enhance their services/teaching. This is part of your homework for next Wednesday. More information is in the Week 4 module.
Editor's Notes
- Past – how technology has changed how we receive information Now – Different types of resources you might encounter while doing research Make links to the short readings you had for this week
- To understand different resources you need to understand something called the Information Cycle and how different types of resources are created after an event occurs Columbine Massacre – school shooting in 1999 You had a reading on Primary, Secondary and Tertiary sources. How might those categories align with this chart? Primary source – oral account from a survivor Secondary – scholarly articles written about columbine, book written about what led to Columbine Tertiary – account of Columbine in an encyclopedia, textbook A lot of times there is overlap and some of the categories can get fuzzy
- Tertiary sources usually not credited to any specific author Questions Oprah’s autobiography – what type of source? primary Encyclopedia britannica ? tertiary Biography about royal family in England? Secondary Excerpts from the Declaration of Independence? Primary Wikipedia? Tertiary Scientific data from an original research experiment? primary
- Focus on a specific category of Secondary source – Scholarly peer-reviewed article Has anyone had an assignment where you have to use peer-reviewed articles? Peer Review is a process that journals use to ensure the articles they publish represent the best scholarship currently available. When an article is submitted to a peer reviewed journal, the editors send it out to other scholars in the same field (the author's peers) to get their opinion on the quality of the scholarship, its relevance to the field, its appropriateness for the journal, etc. Publications that don't use peer review (Time, Cosmo, Salon) just rely on the judgment of the editors whether an article is up to snuff or not. That's why you can't count on them for solid, scientific scholarship.
- Easy if you have the print journal in hand – a bit more difficult to tell online Handout - Distinguishing Scholarly articles
- Ask the class
- Handout – Databases vs Search engines
- Focus on two different types of databases today – most useful during your time at NLU Stop and DEMO LEXISNEXIS Demo Newspaper “electronic textbooks” – change geography Legal cases “landmark cases” Companies “Google” Not for scholarly peer-reviewed articles
- Have everyone take out piece of paper and do this for their topic Have a few people share – and class adds suggestions
- Demo EBSCOHOst now Demo EBSCOhost use school counseling example How to find EBSCOHost Initial limiters “Full text” “Scholarly article” Search “school counseling” – too many results Search “school counseling” “high schools” “best practices” – too few Search “school counseling” “High schools OR secondary schools” “best practices” Demo limiters Go into a record – how to find citation information, print, email