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Periodicals & Databases
Frederic MurrayAssistant Professor MLIS, University of British ColumbiaBA, Political Science, University of Iowa
Instructional Services LibrarianAl Harris Library [email protected]
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Review• Keyword vs. Subject• Boolean• Limiters
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Boolean Operators• Connect keywords only• Must be placed between keywords• AND
– Narrows your search• OR
– Expands your search with synonymous terms
• NOT– Excludes words from your search– If used too much, it can work against you!
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Class Activity• What’s the Difference?
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Periodicals• MAGAZINES
– Popular Info– Audience:
• General Public• Casual Reader
– Purpose:• Hobby• Pleasure• Curiosity
• JOURNALS– Scholarly Info– Audience:
• Researcher• Professional Who
Needs to Stay Up-to-Date
– Purpose:• Goal-Driven
– Research Paper– Certification,
Tenure– Job Requirement
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Difference Between Scholarly and Popular PeriodicalsPOPULAR MAGAZINES
• USUALLY SOMEWHAT SLICK AND ATTRACTIVE IN APPEARANCE
• RARELY CITE SOURCES. INFO. IS USUALLY SECONDARY, REPORTED FROM SOURCE
• ARTICLES SHORT, WRITTEN IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE AND FOR A MINIMAL EDUCATION LEVEL
• USUALLY LOT OF ADVERTISING AND PICTURES
• PAGINATION RESTARTS IN EVERY ISSUE
SCHOLARLY JOURNALS• HAVE A SOBER, SERIOUS LOOK
• ALWAYS CITE THEIR SOURCES IN FOOTNOTES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES
• ARTICLES WRITTEN BY A SCHOLAR OR RESEARCHER “HORSE’S MOUTH”
• PEER-REVIEWED BY SCHOLARS
• LANGUAGE OF JOURNAL ASSUMES SOME SCHOLARLY BACKGROUND ON THE PART OF READER
• ADVERTISING IS SPECIALIZED TO THAT DISCIPLINE
• PAGINATION IS CUMULATIVE
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Finding
Journals/Magazines/Articles
• Physical– 1st Floor (A-Z)
• Digital– Databases– Periodical List
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CitationsMartin, J. J., Tritt, T. T., & Uher, C. C.
(2010). High temperature Seebeck coefficient metrology. Journal Of Applied Physics, 108 (12).
1. Author (s) ?2. Article Title ?3. Name of Journal?
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Finding Articles: Citations
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CitationsShriver Jr., Donald W. “Bosnia in Fear
and Hope .” World Policy Journal; Summer2001, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p43, 11p
Formats: PDF (Portable Document Format) HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
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• We think of citation patterns as the flow of information," says Carl Bergstrom, a biologist at the University of Washington. "That's what a citation is — the trace that an idea flowed from one place to another."
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CitationsShriver Jr., Donald
W. “Bosnia in Fear and Hope.”
World Policy Journal;
Summer2001, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p43, 11p
PDF / HTML
Search the Virtual Stacks
Search the Virtual Stacks
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Tracking Citations
Shriver Jr., Donald W. “Bosnia in Fear and Hope .” World Policy Journal; Summer2001, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p43, 11p
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Periodicals List Exercise• Does the library have access to
this article?• Yes or No?• If yes, what format?
– Digital– Paper– Microfilm/Microfiche
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Databases• A large, regularly updated file of
digitized information related to a specific subject or field.
• This is where we find Journal Articles
• This is where most of your research will take place
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Searching in Databases• Keywords with Boolean • Subject terms from thesaurus• Limiters: date, peer reviewed,
geography, and full text
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Article SourcesGeneral Article and subject databases
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Exercise• Academic Search Complete
Worksheet
• Topic: Human Genome
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Thank You