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ACS 1001 Library Workshop

ACS 1001 Library Workshop. January 31, 2013. http://library.villanova.edu. Do not go to library website through MyNova portal Ask for help when you need it! Front desk Chat Email: ref@villanova.edu Phone: 610-519-4270. Research Process.

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ACS 1001 Library Workshop

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  1. ACS 1001Library Workshop January 31, 2013

  2. http://library.villanova.edu • Do not go to library website through MyNova portal • Ask for help when you need it! • Front desk • Chat • Email: ref@villanova.edu • Phone: 610-519-4270

  3. Research Process Image from Ohio Dominican Library, retrieved 8/29/10 from http://www.ohiodominican.edu/library/help/knowhow/module_research/M0_A1c.htm; Edwards, Sylvia and Bruce, C.

  4. News Sources Keep up to date on current events surrounding your topic. Or, research the history of your topic.

  5. The Villanovan Current Historical 1893-1991 in Falvey’s Digital Library. Full text searching. 1991-present: select articles in Lexis Nexis • Print editions available in Library and throughout campus. • Online at http://www.villanovan.com/

  6. Philadelphia Inquirer • Available online, 1981-present • Full text searchable

  7. Scholarly Information Use scholarly information to back up important points in your argument.

  8. CQ Researcher • CQ Researcher is one of several resources that explores issues, rather than just publishing articles. • When looking at an article, check out the Pro/Con section to become familiar with both sides of an issue.

  9. What is a scholarly article? • Scholarly articles have undergone a peer review process prior to being published in a reputable journal. • According to the Encyclopedia of Evaluation, peer review is: • Peer review refers generally to the evaluation of professional performance or products by other professionals and, more specifically, to a set of procedures for evaluating grant proposals and manuscripts submitted for publication. For peer-reviewed journals, content-matter specialists are asked to judge a manuscript, often using specified criteria and blinded to the author's identity. The journal editor considers reviewers' comments and decides whether the paper should be published, rejected, or revised and resubmitted. Similar procedures are used to review grant applications. Critiques of the peer review process focus on the low reliability of reviewers' recommendations, but the goal of peer review is to make good and defensible judgments rather than to have high reliability. Peer review is an example of an expertise-oriented approach to evaluation.

  10. What is a database? • From the Encyclopedia of Health Care Management • A database is an organized collection of data that can be manipulated to produce information specific to a user's needs. Conceptually, a database is an electronic filing system with an indexing structure linking to specific data elements. …The basic element of a database is a field, or variable. Each field in a database is specified as a fixed (maximum) number of characters, each equivalent to a byte of data. The data elements may be text, such as a patient name, or numeric, such as a birth date…A group of related fields is called a record.

  11. Search Tab Books & More Articles & More Online full text journal articles Limit to scholarly journals Or, search for news and trade publications • Mostly books and videos that are found within the library building • Includes e-books and government documents

  12. Contact Me Phone Email Chat Group & individual research appointments Stop by! Kristyna Carroll Research Support Librarian Kristyna.carroll@villanova.edu 610-519-5391

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