exercise 4 - frazza
EN102 Library Research Skills Component Name _____________________
Exercise 4 – Gathering Information - Periodicals
Section __________
IDENTIFY YOUR GENERAL SUBJECT / TOPIC
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1. How can you recognize from a citation that the source is an article from a periodical?
2. Click on Search By Subject. Select a subject and click on Articles. Select a periodical index that is relevant to your subject.
Ø Which index did you select? __________________________________________
Ø What years does the index cover? ____________________________________
3. Search the selected index and find a periodical article on your subject. The article must be either in print in the Library or full-text online, not just a citation or abstract.
a. List one subject term or descriptor that is used to categorize your article.
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Can you limit your search to peer-reviewed journals? If so, how?
b. Write a bibliographic citation for the article. The article must be from a periodical. Remember to include database access information. See Hacker page 391 #31.
3. Check the list of Periodicals the Library Receives (a link on the Library homepage).
- List one database in which your periodical is available, and for what years
Is your periodical available in print in the Carroll library?
4. Each of the following citations is directly from a periodical index available on the Library website. Answer the questions for A, B, and C using only the information provided in the citations below.
A.
Moller AR
Tinnitus and pain.
Prog Brain Res. 2007;166:47-53. Review.
PMID: 17956770
Circle the title of the article
What is the title of the periodical? ______________________________
B.
The Impact of Diagnosis Harding R; In: The child with cancer: family-centred care in practice. Langton H; Bailliere Tindall, 2000. 35-78. ISBN: 978-0-7020-2300-2 CINAHL AN: 2000013928
- What is the source of the above citation? (circle one)
Scholarly journal Book Web Site
C.
Poly(ortho esters)-From Concept to Reality
Heller, J.; Barr, J.
Biomacromolecules; 2004; 5(5); 1625-1632.
- Circle the title of the periodical
- What is the volume number and issue number of the periodical in which the article appears?
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