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Navigating Library

Resources
FIN DIN G Q U AL IT Y R E S O U RC E S FO R W R IT IN G PAP E R S
P R E S E N T E D BY:
LIN DA W H IDD E N – MARC H 2 024
Learning Outcomes for Today:
Helping you explore the diverse forms of knowledge
Develop a plan to strategically search for knowledge – resources for your writing
Demonstrate an understanding of citation style in order to track a scholarly conversation
Identify the purpose, audience, and context of various information sources – to identify
valuable assets
You need a Plan
The key to successful research is to develop and apply a plan. Having a plan helps to break down
the steps you needs to take, keeps you on track and can help you conduct more effective
research. Read the instructions that your faculty provides on essay requirements.
We have Research Guides to help:
1. Understand the research process
Develop a research question
 Create an effective search strategy

4. Evaluating your sources : Is it peer reviewed?


5. Citation guide
6. Purdue Online Writing Lab: Style Guide Overview
Understanding the
Library Website
How we can Help:
Research Guides
Ask Chat with a Librarian:
Hours

Videos & How-Tos


Databases : find databases specific to your subject area
Understanding “Peer Reviewed”
◦ Peer-reviewed articles may also be called “scholarly articles,” “academic articles,” or “refereed articles.”
They are articles that have been reviewed by peers or experts in the author’s field of research/study.

Some clues that an article is peer-reviewed:


It's long. Generally peer-reviewed articles are at least 10 pages long
It references other research articles and contains extensive footnotes/endnotes
It doesn't have glossy pictures or advertisements
It contains additional author information, such as the author's contact information and
scholarly credentials
It is published by an academic publisher or academic/professional association
Once you know your topic or research thesis:
take the time to brainstorm your topic.
◦ Your Topic:

Respect and Love for Elders OR Children?


TIP: Break down your topic into individual concepts
Keywords: respect, love and elders, children.
Brainstorm different words to describe each concept (synonyms, related terms, broader or
narrower terms)
respect = admiration,(admire), esteem, regard highly, value
elders = senior, seniors, veteran, patriarch, ancestors
Tips for better Search Results
Narrow or broaden search results, using Boolean searches. Boolean searching is a method of using
search tools called operators that modify search results using keywords to broaden and narrow
search results.
The operators are:
AND, which combines words together to narrow a search
OR, which searches for one term or another to broaden a search
NOT, which excludes words from a search to narrow it
The modifiers are:
an asterisk *, which is placed at the end of a word stem and pulls results with the same stem and
different endings to broaden a search eg. Child* = children, childhood, etc.
quotation marks " ", which will return the exact word or phrase searched with no variants
Searching Omni (library
catalogue)
Need help understanding Omni – check out our Guide
Use your keywords to search Omni
Use the filters on the left hand side
Check out the recommended articles
Often Omni indicates whether an article is peer reviewed
Tip: Download your article in PDF format into a folder on your desktop
Citation help is available in Omni
Pin or Save items to My Favorites
https://www.kings.uwo.ca/library/
Pinning Items
As you discover items of interest in Omni you can “pin” them to “My Favorites.
Select the push pin icon beside an item to Add to My Favorite.
Sign in to Omni if you want to save pinned items in My Favorites for future use. You can pin
multiple items at once by selecting the checkbox next to the item of interest.
Example of how to develop a
Topic:
What are the main factors influencing young people’s decision to engage in vaping?
Main factors Young people Vaping

Social and peer influences Adolescents E-cigarettes

Cognitive influences: attitudes, Youth Vapers


knowledge, and misperceptions
Environmental influences – Teen(s) JUULs
advertising and social media
young adults pod mods or pods

Research as Inquiry
Research is iterative and depends upon asking increasingly complex or new questions whose answers in
turn develop additional questions or lines of inquiry in any field
Omni Search Results
Search One: young people and vaping
https://ocul-uwo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_UWO/r0c2m8/alma99104557851700
5163
Search Two: advertising and teens and vaping
https://
ocul-uwo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_UWO/t54l2v/cdi_proquest_journals_254933
3836
https://
ocul-uwo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_UWO/t54l2v/cdi_bmj_primary_10_1136_tob
accocontrol_2018_054382
https://www.kings.uwo.ca/library/
Databases to consider:
Sociological Abstracts
JSTOR
Academic Search Ultimate
Business Source Premier
Google Scholar (Interdisciplinary search engine)

Find the list of Databases here:


Eg. Use keywords teens or adolescents and vaping to search in JSTOR
Final Thoughts
Give yourself time to search for material
Ask for help either in person or using Ask Chat with a Librarian
Please feel free to drop by my office for research help OR
Email me [email protected]

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