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English 1112: Composition
Dr. Washington

Search Process

Search Basics

Keywords
Synonyms: Ex.: woman, women, female(s), sex role(s), gender role(s), sex difference(s). . .
Connectors:
- Exact phrase- “ ” – As a phrase
- And – all the words
- Or – any of the words
- Not

Use different tools to find different things

PILOT – for books in Mansfield’s collection
EZ Borrow – for books from other libraries
Journal databases for journal articles – some are general, like Academic Search Complete, and others are specific to certain disciplines, like Historical Abstracts indexes history journals and MLA International Bibliography indexes language and literature journals.

Evaluate what you find

Give credit to your sources – Citation Styles

Resources for this assignment

Books

Journal databases that work well for this assignment:

Academic Search Complete– general all purpose, some full- text
One particularly good source is CQ Researcher . You can search it in Academic Search Complete by putting CQ Researcher in the “Publication” space. The publication itself is located in the library Ref. H 35 .E35
Expanded Academic ASAP – general all purpose, some full-text
JSTOR – back issues, all full - text scholarly journals in a variety of fields
Project Muse – current full-text scholarly journals in the humanities & social sciences
LexisNexis – full-text newspaper articles
ERIC – indexes documents & journals in Education & related fields (children, college students, etc)
Databases page

Journals List – to tell if an article is available full-text or in the Library.

InterLibrary Loan - to borrow books or journal articles not available at Mansfield.

Something new. . .

WebFeat – federated search
Why use it? Searches many databases, across platforms, at once.
Why not use it? You lose many of the unique powerful search capabilities of the individual databases.

Evaluating Sources

Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals

Critically Analyzing Information Sources (Books & Articles)

Evaluate information you find on the web. Consider authorship, publishing body, point of view or bias, referral to other sources, verifiability, and currency. Click here for more information: http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/

Citation Style

Citation Style Guides

Need More Help?

Contact Fran Garrison at fgarriso@mansfield.edu or 662-4688

See a librarian at the Information Desk (662-4671).

Email a question to a reference librarian.

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