exs 101

EXS 101 Danielle Carlock480 425-6765d.carlock@sccmail.maricopa.edu

GOALS OF SESSION Find high quality career resources

Identify & find research articles in exercise science, kinesiology, PE

Are these sites trustworthy?

http://careerplanning.about.com/od/occupations/p/phys_therapist.htm

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos080.htm

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhyYhN50j29TpdeuWnXlHIEjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20090809095020AAa0gvn

EVALUATING WEBSITES

CRITERIA DESCRIPTION

AUTHORITY

Is the author stated? Does he/she have education or experience related to the subject? If the site is sponsored by an organization, is it reputable? Is contact information available?

ACCURACYIs the site free of obvious errors? Does the author give proper attribution to borrowed information or knowledge?

OBJECTIVITY

Does the author have a bias, taking a position on an issue, or giving only one side of the story? Is the site designed to promote or sell a service or product?

CONTENTDoes this website contain the kind of information that I need? Does the site offer something unique that is not found elsewhere? Is the subject well-researched and covered comprehensively?

CURRENCYDoes the web page show when it was last updated? How current are the links?  Have some expired or moved?

CRITERIA DESCRIPTION How does this relate to career sites?

AUTHORITY

Is the author stated? Does he/she have education or experience related to the subject? If the site is sponsored by an organization, is it reputable? Is contact information available?

ACCURACYIs the site free of obvious errors? Does the author give proper attribution to borrowed information or knowledge?

OBJECTIVITY

Does the author have a bias, taking a position on an issue, or giving only one side of the story? Is the site designed to promote or sell a service or product?

CONTENTDoes this website contain the kind of information that I need? Does the site offer something unique that is not found elsewhere? Is the subject well-researched and covered comprehensively?

CURRENCYDoes the web page show when it was last updated? How current are the links?  Have some expired or moved?

Look at the domain to get an overall sense of what type of website it is:

Who’s website is this & why should I trust it?

DOMAIN DESCRIPTION.EDU College/university or K-12 school; sites can be official

pages of the institution or personal pages (of faculty, students, etc)

.COM OR .NET Commercial organizations (i.e. companies, corporations). Might be the official pages of the company. May also be personal pages hosted by a company.

.ORG Non profit organization (charities, foundations, service organizations).

.GOV Official US government websites.

CAREER WEBSITES

COMPLETE QUESTION 1 ON THE ASSIGNMENT.

FINDING CAREER BOOKS

Use the library catalog ( a special search engine) on the library’s website

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SYSTEM

A -- GENERAL WORKS -B -- PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY. RELIGION -C -- AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY -D -- WORLD HISTORY AND HISTORY OF EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, ETC. -E -- HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS - F -- HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS -G -- GEOGRAPHY. ANTHROPOLOGY. RECREATION H -- SOCIAL SCIENCES -J -- POLITICAL SCIENCE -K -- LAW -L -- EDUCATION -M -- MUSIC AND BOOKS ON MUSIC N -- FINE ARTS -P -- LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE -Q -- SCIENCE -R -- MEDICINE -S -- AGRICULTURE -T -- TECHNOLOGY -U -- MILITARY SCIENCE -V -- NAVAL SCIENCE -Z -- BIBLIOGRAPHY. LIBRARY SCIENCE. INFORMATION RESOURCES (GENERAL)

CAREER BOOKS

General College &

Careers

CAREER BOOKS

Complete question 2 on the assignment

PRIMARY RESEARCH ARTICLES Present the findings/results of a

research study

The authors of the article are the persons who conducted the research

The article will include: why, how, what

Typically published in scholarly journals

An example

PEER REVIEW A process done by many scholarly journals Expert reviewers (peers) evaluate the

article’s methodology, merit, and overall unique contribution to research in a specific discipline PRIOR to publication

In the health sciences, peer review is almost universal when it comes to primary research

published in the journal literature Why is this important?

ARTICLE DATABASES Specialized search engines that find

magazine, newspaper, and journal articles

Available 24/7 thru SCC library webpage

Medline, CINAHL, Academic Search Premier, Academic One File

LIBGUIDE

Website created especially for this class:

Go to http://library.scottsdalecc.edu Click on “Research Guides” tab Click on “Health” on left hand side Click on EXS 101-Goff

OR go to http://library-guides.scottsdalecc.edu/exs101