By the end of this class you will be able to:
- find relevant research and popular articles using effective search strategies & database functionality.
- access articles through Get it at UC and/or Interlibrary Loan.
- locate ongoing assistance for your research needs.
Pathway:
1. Access Reminder
2. Source Characteristics
3. Searching for Scholarly Sources
- Search Strategies
- AND/OR connectors
- phrase searching
- truncation
- Recommended Databases
4. Searching for Popular Sources
- Determining the differences between popular, research, and review articles
- Finding scholarly (empirical, literature review)
- Finding popular source
- Activity: Use keywords related to a topic of interest to search for relevant articles (form links removed)
5. Time to Search
- Exploring your own topics
8. Feedback & Wrap-Up
- Research assistance
- Debrief