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Library Science 1011Week Three
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Journal Review
  • You are given the following citation by a
    professor
  • Kuhlthau, Carol. Developing a Model of the
    Library Search Process Cognitive and Affective
    Aspects, RQ 28(1998) 232-42.
  • Name the parts of the citation. Is anything
    missing?
  • You need a paper copy of this article. How would
    you go about finding it in the OSU library? Does
    OSU own the article?

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The Research Process
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Plan Your Research
  • Define your purpose and your audience
  • Choose a topic
  • Create a topic statement and search strategies
  • Refine the topic as needed

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Define Your Purpose
  • How much information do I need ?
  • What information formats are best to start with?
  • How current should my information be?
  • Are there any particular challenges?

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Define Your Audience
  • What is my relationship to the audience?
  • What is their educational level?
  • What aspects of my topic are most likely to
    interest them?
  • Are they likely to agree or disagree with my
    hypothesis or findings?

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Choose A Topic
  • Broad Topic First
  • CQ Researcher
  • Tables of Contents
  • Websites/News Magazines
  • Brainstorm Specifics
  • Concept Map

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Topic Statement
Are women in their twenties more commonly
diagnosed with schizophrenia than women in
their fifties? Keywords Woman Female
Schizophrenia Schizophrenic Mental
Illness Twenties Age Diagnosis
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Sample Strategies
  • Strategy 1
  • Women AND Schizophrenia
  • Strategy 2
  • Women AND Twenties AND Schizophrenia
  • Strategy 3
  • (Female OR Woman) AND Schizoph AND Diagnosis
    AND Age

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Refine Your Research Topic
  • Refining means that you adapt your topic in ways
    that make it easier to find highly relevant hits.
  • You refine your search as you go along to produce
    the results you need.

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Refining Narrow Topic
  • Create a detailed search strategy
  • Use the connectors AND and NOT
  • Use Date Limits or Format Limits

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Refining Broaden Topic
  • Look for topics related to the one youve chosen.
  • Look for synonyms and spelling changes
  • Use the OR connector
  • Use truncation

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Next Weeks Homework
  • Assignment 3
  • -Topic Selection and Research

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EndWeek Three
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