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Library Workshop. CRJ4000 – Crime and Delinquency Prevention Dr. Allison Payne Fall 2011. Librarians: Here to Help!. Subject librarians work with every academic department Available by phone, email, instant messaging, appointment, or just stop by We answer all kinds of questions - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CRJ4000 – CRIME AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
DR. ALLISON PAYNEFALL 2011
Library Workshop
Librarians: Here to Help!
Subject librarians work with every academic department
Available by phone, email, instant messaging, appointment, or just stop by
We answer all kinds of questions How to I pick a topic? Where do I find scholarly articles? Why can’t I access this article from home? How do I write a bibliography?
Overview
The Library Homepage – library.villanova.eduBackground researchScholarly journal articlesCiting your Sources
Background Research
Homework assignmentsCriminal Justice E-Reference
Blackwell Companion to Criminology Example: Criminal Justice Process and War on Crime
Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory Example: Situational Crime Prevention
Recommended/Further Reading Lists
Exercise
For the citations given, work with a partner to find the resource.
Finding a Cited Reference
Journal articles: Journal Finder Search tab Search by citation:
Citation Look-up ToolBooks:
Search Tab World Cat Google Books
What is a scholarly article?
Scholarly articles have undergone a peer review process prior to being published in a reputable journal.
According to the Encyclopedia of Evaluation, peer review is: Peer review refers generally to the evaluation of professional
performance or products by other professionals and, more specifically, to a set of procedures for evaluating grant proposals and manuscripts submitted for publication. For peer-reviewed journals, content-matter specialists are asked to judge a manuscript, often using specified criteria and blinded to the author's identity. The journal editor considers reviewers' comments and decides whether the paper should be published, rejected, or revised and resubmitted… Critiques of the peer review process focus on the low reliability of reviewers' recommendations, but the goal of peer review is to make good and defensible judgments rather than to have high reliability. Peer review is an example of an expertise-oriented approach to evaluation.
What is a database?
From the Encyclopedia of Health Care Management A database is an organized collection of data that can be manipulated to produce
information specific to a user's needs. Conceptually, a database is an electronic filing system with an indexing structure linking to specific data elements. …The basic element of a database is a field, or variable. Each field in a database is specified as a fixed (maximum) number of characters, each equivalent to a byte of data. The data elements may be text, such as a patient name, or numeric, such as a birth date…A group of related fields is called a record.
Article Databases in Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Article Databases in Criminal Justice
ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center
Article Databases in Criminal Justice
ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center
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Citing Sources in APA Style
Documenting Source in APA StyleResearch and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker. Includes sample paper and list of cited reference in APA style. Sample APA style paper and list of cited references.
Export references in APA style for your cited reference list. Use the "Add to Folder" links to create a list of potentially useful articles
then switch to Folder View and Select all items. Click on the "Save as File" icon to the right of your results and select APA in the drop down menu under "Citation Format." Click on "Save" and then copy and paste the resulting list of APA style citations into your word file. APA is the most widely used style in the social sciences.
Refworks Never type a bibliography again! RefWorks will help you easily gather,
manage, and store bibliographic citations for all types of information, as well as generate footnotes and bibliographies.
Contact Kristyna
[email protected]: If you see my chat box on a research
guide, then I’m online.Stop by: My office is straight back and to the
right from the front door of the library.Make an appointment.Questions are welcome at any stage of the
research process.