Lesson 6: Using Articles - Part I
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This document discusses using articles as sources for research. It explains that articles can be found in newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals. Databases like ProQuest and Academic Search Elite allow users to search across many periodicals and limit results to specific article types. These databases provide the citation, abstract, and sometimes full text of articles. ProQuest searches across many databases while Academic Search Elite contains articles from a single database. Both are good places to start general research.
Lesson 6: Using Articles - Part I
- 1. Using Articles, Part I Week 6
- 2. Articles as Sources • Why use Articles? • Different Types of Periodicals • Intro to Research Databases – ProQuest – Academic Search Elite (Ebsco)
- 4. WHY use Articles? • News • Entertainment • Opinion • Reviews • Research • Analysis
- 5. WHY use Articles? “For all types of audiences!” • General public • College students • Scholars/scientists • Practitioners within a discipline • Customers
- 6. Newspaper Articles • News • Current Events • Journalist Analysis • Editorials • Opinions • Reviews
- 7. Magazine Articles • More in-depth news and analysis • Geared for general public • Lots of photos and graphics • Charts and graphs
- 8. Scholarly Journal Articles • Research • Really in-depth analysis • By scholars and subject matter experts • Statistics • Tables and graphs • References and sources
- 9. Easy to tell difference in print! Newspapers Magazines Scholarly Journals
- 10. Even online…
- 11. Not so easy, in a database! Magazine Article Newspaper Article Scholarly Journal Article List of results from ProQuest database
- 12. Can limit your database search to a particular type of article Scholarly Journal Articles
- 13. Why You Need Databases
- 14. ProQuest Central/ASE • Online collections of articles • Subscription, not FREE! • NOT the Internet!!!
- 15. Databases can show... • Citation • Abstract • Full-text Article
- 16. Citation • Bibliographic info on the article • Use this info to help you cite it right!
- 17. Citation Breakdown AUTHOR: Indridi H. Indridason ARTICLE TITLE: Does Terrorism Influence Domestic Politics? Coalition Formation and Terrorist Incidents JOURNAL TITLE: Journal of Peace Research PUBLICATION DATE: March 2008 VOLUME/ISSUE: Vol. 45, Iss. 2 PAGE NUMBERS: p. 241
- 18. Abstract • Brief SUMMARY of the article • This may be all the database has! • Try to find the full-text elsewhere.
- 20. Kinds of Databases General/Multidisciplinary • ProQuest Central • Academic Search Elite (Ebsco) Subject/Discipline Specific • Business Source Premier • PubMed • SciFinder Scholar • Literature Online (LION) • America: History and Life
- 21. Search for ARTICLES on your Topic ProQuest Central Academic Search Elite (Ebsco) • Suite of databases • Covers lots of subjects • Includes many types of periodicals • Can limit to scholarly journals • Includes full-text articles • General Research • Good place to start • Single database • Multidisciplinary • Includes many types of periodicals • Can limit to scholarly journals • Includes full-text articles • General Research • Good place to start
- 22. Using databases to find articles • How to ACCESS databases at DU • How to SEARCH in databases • How to PRINT, SAVE, EMAIL articles
- 23. How to access the Databases
- 24. Databases By Subject A - Z List
- 25. How to Access ProQuest and ASE Click on General/Multidisciplinary
- 26. Access BOTH databases here
- 27. Why? • You can access BOTH databases in the same place, quickly • You want to access the Advanced Search screen for both databases • This gives you the most robust way to search
- 28. How to use... • ProQuest Central • Academic Search Elite •GENERAL RESEARCH •GOOD PLACE TO START
- 29. Think of it as different brands ProQuest Ebsco
- 30. With... ProQuest Central Academic Search Elite Whole suite of ProQuest databases One single Ebsco database
- 31. If you search ProQuest Central... ABI Inform ProQuest Health and Medical ProQuest Nursing ProQuest Biology ProQuest Education ProQuest Newsstand ProQuest Psychology ProQuest Science ProQuest Research Library ProQuest Social Science ProQuest Military Collection ProQuest Religion You are searching many thousands of different periodicals for articles
- 32. Mix of articles!
- 33. CAN Limit to: Scholarly Journal Articles
- 35. Academic Search Elite • Only ONE database • Smaller pool of resources • Tend to get FEWER results than in ProQuest • BUT... can get different results!!!
- 36. Mix of articles!
- 37. CAN Also Limit to: Scholarly Journal Articles
- 38. Citation in Ebsco • Basic bibliographic information • Use this info to help you cite the article
- 39. Abstract in Ebsco • Brief SUMMARY of the article • In Ebsco, you have to open up the article record • An abstract may be it! • Have to find the full-text elsewhere
- 40. Full-Text Article in Ebsco