What is the best use of Issues and Controversies?

• Issues and Controversies, as well as CQ Researcher, are online magazines which cover hot topics in the news each month. These databases can help you find background information and statistics on your topic.  However, you can only use one article from either of these databases because all of the articles in each of these databases are coming from the same magazine. Other databases, such as ProQuest Central and Expanded Academic contain articles from a wide variety of sources (newspapers, magazines, scholarly journals), so you can use multiple sources you find in these databases in your papers.

How do I cite a video or audio file? Like an interview or a news report.

• To cite video or audio files, look at the examples on LCC Library’s MLA Media Sources webpage or Moffit Library at UC Berkeley’s How to Cite Media webpage.

How does one exactly know if they’re using a journal or not? How do you know if the articles you are using are peer reviewed?

• You can look your article up in the database Ulrichsweb.com, a directory of journals and magazines. Check for the referee shirt and the Document Type. If you like, read more about specialized sources.

How do I properly cite a blog article?

• See this example of how to cite a blog on the LCC Library Citing Sources guide.

Are there any tips for doing a good phrase search?

• If you put your search terms in quotation marks, such as “school violence,”  the computer will search for these words as a phrase.  Read more about phrase searching in the Library’s LINKS tutorial.

How do you access LCC’s Research Databases through the MSU Library?

• I’ll look into this and get back to you…

Can you use alldata in places other than west campus?

• No, you are correct that AllData is only accessible from West Campus. Unfortunately, our license for the database restricts access to West Campus.

Why does academic one file not have the articles for some searches. How do I find the article and not just the citation?

• Take a look at #2 on your blue Writing 122 handout for the answer to this question. You can check the box, limit to articles with full-text, so that you only retrieve articles where the entire article is available. Or follow the steps below to find the full-text of the article.
  

If only an abstract or citation of an article is available in the research database you are searching, look for one of the links below to search for the full text in a different database:

• Full-Text Options
• Check for Full Text via Article Linker
• Find Full text

The Find Articles web page also provides options to search for the full text of an article. Use the:

Electronic Journals list to check if the journal the article appears in is available in a different database.

Library Catalog to check if the library has a paper or microfilm copy of the magazine or journal.

Interlibrary Loan to request a copy of the article from another library.

Why can I never find an article specifically about what I am looking for? This makes me want to choose very common and general topics for my argument and makes finding articles tedious and annoying.

• I hope some of the search strategies we used in class will help you find articles about your specific topic.  If you need more practice creating a search strategy, try to LINKS online tutorial.

I can’t ever re-find the articles I find on the databases. How do I find articles by their title that actually finds the exact one again?

• If you can’t remember which database you found an article in, follow the steps below:

1.   From the Library homepage click on Find Articles

2. Click on Electronic Journals in the right column.

3. Type the title of the journal you are looking for (not the article title).

4. Click on the database in which this journal is located.

5. Once you are connected to the database, type the title of your article in quotation marks. This should take you back to the article.<-->

OR

Post a tip for other Writing 122 students about doing research.

Garlic Health Benefit
http://www.raysahelian.com/garlic.html

2. Websites to evaluate by row
Evaluate the website assigned to your row based on the CARS checklist.

Rows 1 and 2
Garlic and Cholesterol
http://www.garlic.mistral.co.uk/cholest.htm

Rows 3 and 4
Garlic: Effects on Cardiovascular Risks and Disease
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/garlicsum.htm

In twenty words or more, explain the search strategy to someone who’s unfamiliar with it. First, explain if the strategy is used to find more articles (broaden your search) or find fewer articles (narrow your search).

To develop your explanation, you might describe the concept, provide examples, compare it to something else, explain how it works - or all of these things.

Here are some possible search strategies you could explain: 

• Boolean Searching: AND, OR, NOT
• Subject Searching
• Keyword Searching
• Truncation or Wildcards: school*
• Phrase Searching: “school violence”
• Limiting your search: full-text or peer-reviewed articles

Identify Your Sources (10 minutes)
Created by librarians at Millard Sheets Library at the Otis College of Art & Design.

Magazines vs. Journals (6 minutes)
For an explanation of the peer review process, skip to 2:58 in the video. Created by librarians at Lynn Library at Lynn University.