Intro to Library Research
School Psychology

Kyle Feenstra
Education & Psychology Librarian
Elizabeth Dafoe Library

What we will talk about today...

 

  • Resources available at the Libraries
  • Using taxonomies in your research
  • APA guides online
  • Citation management options

What are scholarly journals?

  1. The journal publishes current research in a particular academic field.
  2. Articles are written for an academic audience in a scholarly community.

Identifying scholarly articles

  1. The article presents original research or analysis that is new to the field.
  2. Resources used to write the article are adequately cited with a bibliography and/or footnotes. 
  3. The author has academic credentials.

What do we mean by "peer review"?

  1. Articles submitted to the journal are reviewed by independent scholars prior publication to ensure they meet the standards for research in that field. 

Identifying Peer Reviewed Journals

  1. The catalogue or database where it is found identifies the journal as a peer reviewed source. (Example)
  2. The journal editors identify the publication as
    peer reviewed. 
  3. Peer review claims are confirmed by Ulrich's Web

The Information Landscape

Academic
Articles

Scholarly
Journals

Academic Databases

Library
Catalogue

Google
Scholar

Academic
Articles

Pay Wall

Searching
the Library 

 

 

vs.

 

 

Searching
the Internet

Google

Websites & non-academic articles

Where to Find Resources

Retrieval Tool Resources Available
Physical Collections Library Catalogue Print Books
Print Journals
Archives
Electronic Collections Library Catalogue
Databases
eBooks
eJournals
Theses & Dissertations
Digitized Primary Documents
Internet Resources Google
Google Scholar
Academic Websites
Open Access Books
Open Access Journals

Policy Documents
Govt Publications
Statistics & Data

Check multiple sources

Basic Search Techniques

Advanced Searching

Information is mediated through language. 

Keywords
(Natural Language)

Subject Headings
(Taxonomy)

Language in the literature representing a domain of knowledge or field of study

Language used to organize a field of study for the purpose of retrieval

Subject Headings 

results are based on a match with the subject heading feild in the library or database record.

 

Subject headings are useful for identifying related materials. 

Keywords

results are based on frequency of word use in the library or database record and in some cases the document text. 

A combination of subject headings and keywords often produce most precise search results.

When you search with...

Monograph Subject Headings

The Library of Congress assigns subject headings for all monograph publications

Article Subject Headings

Databases organize subject headings in a thesaurus.
ERIC and PsycInfo offer good thesauri for education and psychology.

Searching with Subject Headings

Two approaches:

 

  • Search with keywords to find relevant books or articles. Use the subject headings identified in the record to find similar materials.

 

  • Find the preferred subject headings first and search by subject rather than keyword. 

Searching for Subject Headings

Books

Articles

APA Style Guides

UM Library copies of recommended APA Guides

Citation Management

There are many citation management apps available and
workshops* to help you learn how to use them.

* Grad Steps: Oct. 2 and 3

Questions?

 

 

 

 

 

Kyle Feenstra
Education & Psychology Librarian
Elizabeth Dafoe Library
kyle.feenstra@umanitoba.ca

Library Research - ​School Psychology Grad Programme

By Kyle Feenstra

Library Research - ​School Psychology Grad Programme

September7, 2017

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