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1. Scholarly publications• Peer-reviewed articles• Books
2. Planning your search strategy:• Subject terms & keywords• Search tips: Boolean searching
3. HALCat: Locating books, ebooks, and scholarly journals• Gathering more keywords & terms
4. Databases: Locating scholarly articles5. Workshop
Game Plan
One book and one peer-reviewed journal article
OR
Four peer-reviewed
journal articles and/or
chapters from edited
books
Required Sources
Journal Articles(peer-reviewed, scholarly)
• Written by researchers/experts in the field
• Refereed Journals: Articles are reviewed by other experts (peers) before publication
• Published less often than magazines and newspapers
• Goal: to present research and provide research-based examples of best practices
• References included
• Less commercial by nature
• Popular press vs. scholarly press
• Print OR digital format
• Background information
• Broad view of a topic
• Bibliography
• Publishing process ... a long time
• Edited collections
Book Sources
Book Sources
• Popular press vs. scholarly press
• Print OR digital format
• Background information
• Broad view of a topic
• Bibliography
• Publishing process ... a long time
• Edited collections
1. Search different forms of the same word starting with the root
2. Expands a search (more results!)Examples:
divers* = diverse, diversity….
educat* = education, educate….
teach* = teacher, teaching…
cat* = cat, cats, cataclysm, catatonic…
*?
1. Search different forms of the same word2. Expands a search (more results!)3. Synonyms
Examples
(diversity OR multicultural)
(education OR teaching OR school*)
• Connects different search concepts• Narrows the search (more specific)• Results in fewer books, articles…
diversity AND education
diversity education education
diversity
1. Use when combining with both OR & AND
2. Algebra order of operation: Start with what’s in parenthesis.
Examples
(diversity OR multicultural) AND film
(diversity OR multicultural) AND education
( )
Multiple words must be adjacent to each other in the title, abstract, or full text.
Examples
“New York City”
“bilingual education”
But please, not “students”
“ ”
I want to find out about inequities (if there are any) in funding for public schools in the state of Wisconsin.
Step 1: pick out key terms
Step 2: synonyms for funding
state aid
finance
budgetWilson Web:
wisconsin AND "public schools" AND ("state aid" OR funding OR finance)
EdFound 243: Foundations of Education in a Pluralistic Society Prof. Amy
Shuffelton
http://libguides.uww.edu/edfound243