evans april 9

LOVE YOUR LIBRARY DATABASES / CITE YOUR SOURCESMs. Doyle, Librarian

1.Know what databases your can use for free

2.Know what a peer-reviewed journal article is and how to find one

3.Know how to find the important parts of an academic journal article, including the abstract

4.Review basic rules for citing sources

Objectives

School pays for access

Edited/fact checked

Academic sources – peer reviewed journal articles

Often include citations

Why use a database?

How to Find the Databases

Go to your school’s website

Under Library, chooseOnline Research Tools or Library Home Page

WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA

GROLIER ENCYCLOPEDIA

ENCYCLOPEDIAS – thumbs up or down

Have you used World Book or Grolier online?

Would you find in-depth information?

Would you find opinions about a topic?

Would you find newspaper and magazine articles?

CULTUREGRAMS

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS

SIRS RESEARCHER

SIRS RESEARCHER/KNOWLEDGE SOURCE

DEFINE TERMS – volunteer to read?

1.Academic journal – a publication with peer-reviewed articles about an academic discipline (medicine, art, literature)

Academic or not?Newsweek PeopleJournal of the American Medical AssociationSports IllustratedEuropean History Quarterly

DEFINE TERMS – volunteer to read?

2. Peer-reviewed – experts in that academic field evaluate articles before they are published

GALE POWERSEARCH

GALE POWERSEARCH

GALE POWERSEARCH

Limit to Academic Journals

44 articles found

GALE POWERSEARCHCheck “peer-reviewed” box to limit search – now only 40 articles

DEFINE TERMS

Abstract:

Short summary of the whole article. Find the abstract at beginning.

FIND MOST IMPORTANT DETAILS

Use headings to find important points

FIND MORE INFORMATION

Use Works Cited list to track down more information

CITE YOUR SOURCES

In a database, use the Citation Tool

CITE YOUR SOURCES

Or use Citation Maker,

Easybib, etc. to make

your own.

Works Cited Page

HOW to Cite Your Sources

What’s wrong with this Works Cited list?

In-Text Citation

All 3 of the above refer back to the Works Cited list:

Search for “Purdue OWL”:

MORE CITATION QUESTIONS?

OTHER QUESTIONS?

Ms. Doyle – doylem@loswego.k12.or.us