Sep 08 2010
Research Log 3: Finding Scholarly Articles (Contributed by G. Hlavaty & M. Townsend)
Name:
Section and Professor’s Name:
Individual Topic:
For this activity, you’ll search a subject area database for articles, choose and locate one article, and evaluate its content.
1. Search one database for articles related to your topic. What database did you choose and why? Please be specific. Think about how the scope and subject specialization of the database relate to your individual topic.
2. What search terms did you use?
3. Were you satisfied with your results? Why or why not? Please be specific.
Once you’ve identified your scholarly article, retrieve it from the library’s bound periodicals section. Using the print version of the article, answer the following questions.
Author:
Title of the article:
Name of the journal/magazine:
Volume number: Issue number:
Page number: Date of issue:
Today’s date (when the article was retrieved):
Read or carefully skim the article. Would this article be most appropriate for scholars or the general public or some other audience? Explain your answer based on the presence of research, the formality of the tone, and/or biased perspectives.