1. What did we do last time? Research game plan Boolean CQ Researcher Scholarly v. Popular Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)

2. What will we be doing today? Evaluating! Utilizing! Finally…Finding more sources for your research project ! Its all part of the RESEARCH PROCESS!

3. Research Process is not linear… InvestigateResearchFindEvaluateUse

4. Academic Journals vs. Popular Magazines Academic/Scholarly JournalsPopular Magazines Sample TitleAmerican Journal of PsychologyPsychology Today What’s Inside? Original research, methodology, analysis, history, theory, graphs, charts and images only to support research, rarely have advertising Brief articles; current events, news; quick facts; short interviews, book reviews; opinion pieces, pictures Who Writes Them? Professors, scholars, researchers, educators, credentials shown Journalists, freelance writers; staff writers; often no credentials Sources?Footnotes and bibliographiesRarely cite any sources Who Uses Them? Scholars, students, professionals, researchers looking at subject specific research. General Public Who Decides on Articles? Peer-reviewed, refereed.No blind or peer-reviews; overseen by editors. Who Publishes Them? Publishers: academic presses, scholarly organizations, corporate presses specializing in academic publishing, (e.g. MIT Press, Sage Publications) Publishers: Usually corporations or other commercially-owned companies (e.g. Time owned by AOL Time Warner.) http://www.keene.edu/library

5. Evaluating Web Sites Currency C Relevance R Authority A Accuracy A Purpose P

6. Using Your Sources Citation Style? Reference Desk Citation Guides Citation Guides Link Use the Database Tools Word BibMe Citation Style? Reference Desk Citation Guides Citation Guides Link Use the Database Tools Word BibMe Why Cite?