unit 7

ines/Journals Primary/Secondary Periodical Indexes 2. From the Library Web Site, select FIND and articles and databases, this takes you to page with an alphabetical list of databases and on the right hand side the Librarian Tips area lists the popular databases; start with either ProQuest Research Library Complete or EBSCOhost Academic Search 3. Refer to the comment I left in your blog post for Unit 6 (where you wrote the search statement for your topic). I may have suggested revisions or options for your search statement. If so, play around with your original and my revisions and see if there are any differences. You will likely revise this statement even more as you progress through the assignment and build your vocabulary. Enter your search statement in the database. Examine the results. Did your search statement retrieve relevant results? Did you get too few results? Too many? Revise your search if necessary, taking time to play around with different words and ways to combine them. 4. Focus on types of articles. Once you have a search that seems to be effective, Locate three different types of articles – credible and relevant to your topic -- as follows: a) One article from a popular magazine b) One research article from a scholarly journal. Examine the article to make sure it is a research article, and not a book review, editorial, etc. c) One article from a newspaper (ProQuest is the best database for newspaper articles). Refer to the information in the IRIS Tutorial (popular/scholarly) if you need a refresher. The images show how to limit: For each of your three articles, use the citation tools in the databases to get a rough citation. Choose MLA format. But be WARNED: Database-generated citations will create a citation that’s pretty close to “correct.” but for most college classes you will likely need to tweek citations to make them conform to a format that your instructor specifies. Because this activity is focusing on search techniques and types of sources, the citation provided by the databases is close enough for this assignment. 5. Post an entry (or entries) in your blog that document/s: 1. The successful search statement you used. Include the actual format as well as any search modes you might have chosen. 2. Citation for an article in a popular magazine article, and an annotation: What’s an annotation? An annotation is a short paragraph, 2-3 sentences, addressing why you chose this article. The annotation can address the evaluation criteria you learned about in Unit 4. The annotation should not be a mini-summary of the article, rather, you’re explaining why it’s worth looking at. One good way to start an annotation is, “I chose this article because…” You do not need to read the article to write an annotation. A quick skim is sufficient. Even an article that’s not full text provides enough information to let you know if it would be useful. By the way, a list of citations is called a bibliography. A list of citations that each has an annotation is called an annotated bibliography. Here is a page with tips on this topic. It’s on the library webpage (FIND, How to…, Annotated bibliography: Tips for writing). 3. Citation for a research article in a scholarly journal, and an annotation. The annotation for this citation should include a brief discussion noting three things that identify this as a research article. 4. Citation for an article from a newspaper, and an annotation. 5. A paragraph summarizing this activity, including a discussion on how your search statement, concepts, words, etc changed (or did not change) as you worked through the activity.