LIBRARY RESEARCH FOR CRIM 5036

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OUTLINE FOR TODAY

Academic Research Principles of Good Searching Searching in the Research Databases

& Library Catalog Citing Sources & EndNote

SECTION 1: ACADEMIC RESEARCH

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A literature review is part of the published work referencing related research, theory, and background information

A review of the literature (literature search) may be conducted to… understand a topic help you form a research question provide confirmation of an already existing

hypothesis analyze and interpret your own data gain exposure to past, current, and ongoing

research about a subject you are exploring for research of your own

REVIEWING LITERATURE

PEER REVIEW

A process for establishing authority of scholarly research

Experts in the field/discipline review the original ideas to certify the accuracy, validity, and value of the results

Chubin, D. E., & Hackett, E. J. (2005). Peer Review. In C. Mitcham (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics (Vol. 3, pp. 1390-1394). Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA. Retrieved from http://libproxy.uhcl.edu/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3434900491&v=2.1&u=txshracd2589&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w&asid=67e06d81c0d758521a67ba637722e45c

“AUTHORITATIVE” INFORMATION:

WHAT ARE SOME SOURCES OF SCHOLARLY INFORMATION?

Peer-reviewed journal articles Books Reference works (encyclopedias, textbooks) Gray literature

Reports (government, industry,non-governmental organizations)

Theses & dissertations Conference proceedings

Archives

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PERIODICALS (JOURNALS, MAGAZINES)

Peer-reviewedRefereedScholarlyAcademic

TradeProfessionalPractitioner

Industry

GeneralPopular

Author credentials (usually universities; sometimes industry or government)

Journal information (name, volume, issue, year)

Abstract

Literature Review

Methodology

Anatomy of a scholarly article

Tables and/or graphs

Author informationPublication informationAbstractIntroduction

Background Literature Review Related Work

MethodologyResults

Tables/Charts/PlotsDiscussion

ConclusionsReferences

Works Cited

DISSECT THIS CITATION Wooden, K., & Rogers, C. (2014). Restoring

public confidence: Perceptions of community police officers. Police Journal, 87(3), 186-194. doi:10.1350/pojo.2014.87.3.673

What is the…

Journal name Volume number Issue number Authors

Article title Page number range Year of publication DOI

HOW DO I FIND AN ARTICLE WHEN I HAVE A CITATION?

A. GoogleB. OneSearchC. A subscription database, such as

Criminal Justice Abstracts or SocIndex

Wooden, K., & Rogers, C. (2014). Restoring public confidence: Perceptions of community police officers. Police Journal, 87(3), 186-194. doi:10.1350/pojo.2014.87.3.673

EXERCISE 1: SEE PAPER HANDOUT

Title: Juvenile Attitudes Toward the Police: An Examination of Rural YouthLead Author: Hurst

Journal name? Database? Year of Publication?

Using OneSearch, search for the subject:

juvenile police perceptions

Use the refinement tools on the left to limit the results to journal articles published in the last 5 years and browse the results for a relevant article

SECTION 2: PRINCIPLES OF GOOD SEARCHING

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• Determine your research question1• Identify the key concepts2• List alternate keywords, synonyms, and

related words3• Join terms and concepts with appropriate

Boolean operators4• Make use of database’s limiters & suggested

subject terms 5• Organize and cite your sources6

SEARCH PROCESS

One• What are some factors that play a role in

shaping teenagers’ attitudes toward police officers?

Two• How do socio-economic status, neighborhood

crime, education level, and previous interactions with police officers shape teenagers’ attitudes toward police officers?

Three

• What is the influence of individual teenagers’ past contact with police officers on their attitudes toward police?

1. EXPLORE A RESEARCH AREA TO FOCUS ON A RESEARCH QUESTION

2. IDENTIFY THE KEY CONCEPTS

Teenagers Police Attitudes Police contact

What is the influence of individual teenagers’ past contact with police officers on their attitudes toward police?

Teenagers

Adolescents Youth

JuvenilesDelinquent

s

3. List alternate keywords, synonyms, and related words

OR

What is the influence of individual teenagers’ past contact with police officers on their attitudes toward police?

Police

Law enforcement

Peace officers

CopsCorrections

OR

3. List alternate keywords, synonyms, and related words

What is the influence of individual teenagers’ past contact with police officers on their attitudes toward police?

Police contact

Police interaction

Police-communit

y relations

Arrest

Questioning OR

interrogation

OR

3. List alternate keywords, synonyms, and related words

What is the influence of individual teenagers’ past contact with police officers on their attitudes toward police?

teenagers AND juveniles AND adolescents

teenagers OR juveniles OR adolescents

WHICH STATEMENT BELOW WILL GENERATE MORE SEARCH RESULTS?

A.

B.

4. Join terms and concepts with appropriate Boolean operators

ANDORNOT

juvenilesteenagers

adolescents

M EORteenagers OR juveniles OR

adolescents

Police OR law enforcement OR corrections

teenagers OR juveniles OR adolescents

AND

AND

Concept 1:JUVENILES

Concept 2:POLICE

Concept 3:PERCEPTIONS

Alternate term:

Teenagers Law enforcement

Attitude

Alternate term:

Adolescents Opinion

Alternate term:

youth

ANDORem

QUOTATION MARKS: EXACT PHRASESearch Tip

TRUNCATION (WILDCARDS)

predatorpredators

predationpredatepredating

predat* * Search Tip

predatory

teenagers AND juveniles AND adolescents

teenagers OR juveniles OR adolescents

WHICH STATEMENT BELOW WILL GENERATE MORE SEARCH RESULTS?

A.

B.

teenagers OR police

teenagers AND police

WHICH STATEMENT BELOW WILL GENERATE FEWER SEARCH RESULTS?

A.

B.

• State your research topic1• Identify the key concepts2• List alternate keywords, synonyms, and

related words3• Join terms and concepts with appropriate

Boolean operators4• Make use of database’s limiters & suggested

subject terms 5• Organize and cite your sources6

SEARCH STRATEGIES

SECTION 3: RESEARCH DATABASES & LIBRARY CATALOG

EXERCISE 2: SEE PAPER HANDOUT

Write down two key concepts for the topic:race in prison sentencing

Write down 1-3 alternate terms, synonyms, and related words for each concept

Go to Criminal Justice Abstracts Join terms together with parentheses () and Boolean

operators (AND/OR) Use database limiters to narrow and refine your results.

Write down additional alternate terms above as you browse the results

SECTION 4: CITING SOURCES

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