articles & databases
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Articles & Databases
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Let’s look at …
What is an academic journal?
What is an article? (popular vs scholarly articles)
What is a database?
Searching databases for article
What is a journal or a magazine?
What is a journal article?
So how would you find the information in a journal article ?
• Flick through different copies?
• Find an index for the copies?
• Use a database?
Britannica Online 1. Careful study and investigation for
the purpose of discovering and explaining new knowledge.
2.The collecting of information about a subject
Before you start What do I already know about the
topic?
Before you start
What do I already know about the topic?
What do I need to find out?
Before you start
What do I already know about the topic?
What do I need to find out?
Before you start
What do I already know about the topic?
What do I need to find out?
Before you start
What do I already know about the topic?
What do I need to find out?
This is a PDF copy of the same article titled “Hope for child camel jockeys”, from the journal Geographical, March, 2005.Page 6.
3 minute Group exercise Which terms can you describe?
Academic journalMagazineArticle databaseCitationAbstractFull textPDF articleHTML article
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Easier to use DATABASES are found under the “Foundations”
link
Some databases are easier to search in, and articles are
easier to read.
3 minute Group exercise Select ONE database you are interested in.
1. Can you find a FULL TEXT article?2. Can you find a PDF article?
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