Writing 100 (Winek): Session

This guide will provide information to support your research endeavors for Writing 100. 

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After this session, you will be able to:

• locate key journals in your field of study.
• identify and use databases, whether multidisciplinary or disciplinary, to locate relevant literature.
• thoughtfully & logically apply search strategies (basic and advanced) to find scholarly and non-scholarly sources.
• reflect and revise search strategies based on search tool, search results, and/or database functionality.

Part I: Highly Cited Journals in Your Field (20 min.)

• Incites JCR
• Indexing (Ulrichs & Journal Finder)
• Web of Science

Part II: Keywords (8 - 10 min)

• completed in Google Spreadsheet
• identify keywords

Part III: Search Strategies (8-10 min)

• review basic search strategies
• poll questions

Part IV: Databases & Searching (20 min)

• getting to databases
• Web of Science demo
• try keywords in a database of choice

Part V: Free Web Search Tips (5 min)

• keywords
• limit to a domain

Part VI: Research Help & Exit Slip (8-10 min)

• make an appt.
• provide feedback