FindingSourcesF26

0:08Hi everyone.

0:09Today we're going to talk a little bit

0:10about how to find library resources.

0:13Hi everyone.

0:15This week we are going to review

0:17resource search tips. We will review

0:20library research tips.

0:22We'll review how to summarize,

0:24paraphrase, and quote. You'll find 7 to

0:2710 sources to help you answer your

0:29research questions. You will read them

0:31and summarize them and submit that

0:33information to Canvas by 11:59 p.m. on

0:38Sunday, September 27th.

0:41Conferences this week are optional. So,

0:43if you would like to have a conference

0:44with me, email me.

0:47So, in terms of finding research, to

0:50find research on your issue, you must

0:52first play with your search terms.

0:55You must know where to look for sources

0:57and you must have a research plan.

1:00First thing you need to do is to

1:01identify key search terms in your

1:03research question.

1:05So, for instance, if the research

1:06question is, "How are magic mushrooms

1:09used to treat depression?" I would first

1:11need to identify the key terms in my

1:14research question. And in this case,

1:16they would be such things as mushrooms,

1:18treat, and depression.

1:22Once you've identified the key terms in

1:24your research question,

1:26your next task is to create a search

1:28term table to help you track your

1:30searches. What you want to do is you

1:32want to think of synonyms for key terms.

1:35You want to think of different endings

1:36and you want to consider terms that are

1:39used within the academic field.

1:42Because sometimes when you search for

1:43something like magic mushrooms, you may

1:45not find that, but you might find it

1:47under another term, right? So,

1:49for magic mushrooms, synonyms might be

1:52things like mushrooms, hallucinogenic

1:55drugs,

1:56psilocybin,

1:58psychedelic compounds. And these are all

2:01Some of these things are words that you

2:03might come across as you're doing

2:05research, right? Some articles may not

2:07use magic mushrooms or mushrooms, but

2:10they might use psilocybin, and so you

2:12would want to use that as a search term.

2:15For depression, you could play with

2:17endings, things like depressed,

2:19clinical depression,

2:21sadness.

2:23And then for treatment, you might again

2:25play with the endings and other terms

2:26such as treatment, therapy, care,

2:30and that sort of thing.

2:32Once you do that, you can begin typing

2:34in your key search terms using Boolean

2:37operators.

2:39When we use the Boolean operator and, it

2:42narrows the search for us.

2:44So, if I type in my key terms mushrooms

2:46and psilocybin,

2:49the search

2:51will yield articles that reference both

2:53terms together.

2:54So, out of all of these articles on

2:57mushrooms and all of these articles that

3:00have psilocybin in them,

3:02the search

3:03will come back

3:05with those articles that have both

3:08mushrooms and psilocybin discussed in

3:10the article. You can also use the

3:12Boolean operator or to expand your

3:14search. So, we might say mushrooms or

3:16psilocybin,

3:18and such a search would yield all of the

3:21articles that have the term mushrooms in

3:23it and all of the articles with the term

3:25psilocybin in it.

3:27If you use the Boolean operator not, it

3:30will exclude certain terms from your

3:32search. So, we might say we might enter

3:34into a search engine mushrooms not

3:36psilocybin,

3:38and such a search would yield articles

3:40with the term mushrooms, but would

3:42exclude anything with the term

3:44psilocybin.

3:46You also need to know where to look for

3:48sources and what kinds of sources to

3:49look for.

3:52Generally, you want to use scholarly and

3:53peer-reviewed sources.

3:55I have two videos here, which I'll also

3:58put under modules, that it will explain

4:00the difference between scholarly and

4:02peer-reviewed sources, as well as

4:04scholarly and popular articles.

4:09You want to make sure that you're using

4:11a variety of reputable sources. So, try

4:14to find at least eight for your

4:17argumentative research paper, as well as

4:19your proposal.

4:21Try to use a variety of sources. Try to

4:23use peer-reviewed journal articles from

4:25library databases or books.

4:27It's okay to use Google Scholar. It's

4:29okay to use website articles from

4:31organizations, government websites, and

4:34education websites. You just don't want

4:37too many .com sources. You You can also

4:40use popular source articles, such as

4:42National Geographic, Discover Time, etc.

4:45So, in the next video tutorial, I'm

4:47going to show you how to use

4:49Google Scholar,

4:51which provides academic articles for

4:54students.

4:55And also,

4:57I'm going to show you how to use the

5:00university library website.