Jr. English Research
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1. What is an online periodical database?
online = on the Internet
periodical = magazine, newspaper, or journal. Publication that is published periodically (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly)
database = searchable collection of electronic information
Explora (Ebscohost's high school interface) organizes content from thousands of sources so we can search and easily find them.
2. How is it different than a website?
online = on the Internet
periodical = magazine, newspaper, or journal. Publication that is published periodically (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly)
database = searchable collection of electronic information
Explora (Ebscohost's high school interface) organizes content from thousands of sources so we can search and easily find them.
2. How is it different than a website?
- NOT free - can't find through Google. Subscription required.
- No ads
- Reliable - has been edited and fact-checked.
- Includes citation for bibliography.
- Up-to-date. Can filter by publication date.
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Search strategies are different. Analogy: fast food (Google) vs. nice dinner (database)
Will use in debate, college
Will use in debate, college
3. Boolean search terms -- AND, OR, NOT
Watch this video to learn how to use Boolean search terms to narrow your search.
Watch this video to learn how to use Boolean search terms to narrow your search.
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5. Choose a topic. For my example, I'm using immigration. Open Explora and try a search.
BOOLEAN SEARCH EXAMPLES:
immigration = 415,000 results
Add related terms: "United States" policy deport*
Use the related terms to create a Boolean search.
immigration and "united states" and policy = 21,000 results
Refine by year (2016) = 5,400 results.
Refine by source type. If you look at each source type individually, you'll see the most relevant content for that source.
Example: Primary Source Documents = 7 results
immigration and "united states" and policy and deport* = 2,600 results
Refined by year, 2016-2018 = 826 results
statistics and immigration and "united states" = 1,800
Refined by year, 2015-18 and source, magazines = 18 results
Article: FOER, FRANKLIN. “How Ice Went Rogue.” Atlantic, vol. 322, no. 2, Sept. 2018, pp. 56–70. EBSCOhost, http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=131058681&site=srcpass:[_]ic-live. (To access article, open Explora first, then click the permalink)
"In 1994, the government detained an average of 6,785 undocumented immigrants on any given day. This year, the expected average is 40, 520."
6. Use the bibliography / references of articles in the database to find related sources.
Can lead you to some great information. Example (this is not a scholarly source, but it has great statistics related to the topic of social media):
May 26, 2016 News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2016
ByJeffrey Gottfried and Elisa Shearer
http://www.journalism.org/2016/05/26/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-2016/
7. Student directions: choose a topic, open Explora, create a Boolean search.
It will take some trial and error. Persevere! Have grit!
8. MLA Style Guide & Citation help
Online citation makers:
Online citation makers:
MyBib http://www.mybib.com/
This is a great, free citation maker with some helpful features. For a web site, simply click "create citation," then the "Website" tab and enter the URL (I like to copy and paste it to avoid typing mistakes). It creates a pretty complete citation that you can fill in with details if needed. You can copy and paste the completed citation into your works cited. It includes templates for a variety of sources, including databases, digital images, interviews, etc.
OSLIS Citation Maker https://secondary.oslis.org/cite-sources/mla-secondary-citation
This is the link for MLA citations, but you can also choose APA.
immigration = 415,000 results
Add related terms: "United States" policy deport*
Use the related terms to create a Boolean search.
immigration and "united states" and policy = 21,000 results
Refine by year (2016) = 5,400 results.
Refine by source type. If you look at each source type individually, you'll see the most relevant content for that source.
Example: Primary Source Documents = 7 results
immigration and "united states" and policy and deport* = 2,600 results
Refined by year, 2016-2018 = 826 results
statistics and immigration and "united states" = 1,800
Refined by year, 2015-18 and source, magazines = 18 results
Article: FOER, FRANKLIN. “How Ice Went Rogue.” Atlantic, vol. 322, no. 2, Sept. 2018, pp. 56–70. EBSCOhost, http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=131058681&site=srcpass:[_]ic-live. (To access article, open Explora first, then click the permalink)
"In 1994, the government detained an average of 6,785 undocumented immigrants on any given day. This year, the expected average is 40, 520."
6. Use the bibliography / references of articles in the database to find related sources.
Can lead you to some great information. Example (this is not a scholarly source, but it has great statistics related to the topic of social media):
May 26, 2016 News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2016
ByJeffrey Gottfried and Elisa Shearer
http://www.journalism.org/2016/05/26/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-2016/
7. Student directions: choose a topic, open Explora, create a Boolean search.
It will take some trial and error. Persevere! Have grit!
8. MLA Style Guide & Citation help
- MLA Formatting and Style Guide – Purdue OWL
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Online citation makers:
Online citation makers:
MyBib http://www.mybib.com/
This is a great, free citation maker with some helpful features. For a web site, simply click "create citation," then the "Website" tab and enter the URL (I like to copy and paste it to avoid typing mistakes). It creates a pretty complete citation that you can fill in with details if needed. You can copy and paste the completed citation into your works cited. It includes templates for a variety of sources, including databases, digital images, interviews, etc.
OSLIS Citation Maker https://secondary.oslis.org/cite-sources/mla-secondary-citation
This is the link for MLA citations, but you can also choose APA.
A. Brownlee 10/31/2019