Differences in Print & Working with Resources

Jason DupreeAssistant ProfessorMLIS, University of OklahomaBFA, Phillips University

Head of Public ServicesAl Harris Library jason.dupree@swosu.edu

Today’s To-Do’s1. Understanding the Differences in

Print Resources2. Hands-on with Resources3. Reading a Citation

Class Activity• From your poem comparison & thesis…

– Place 3 Strongest Keywords in middle row– Put 6 Alternatives in the top and bottom

rows

Part 1

Differences in Print

Periodicals• Any type of regularly published

work (daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, bimonthly, quarterly, annually)– Magazine– Journal– Newspaper– Newsletter– Trade Publication– Annual

Books vs. Periodicals

• Arranged by call number

• Location: 2nd floor

• Arranged by the title alphabetically

• Location: 1st floor

Sources:Primary vs. Secondary

• Poem• Diary• Letters• Memoirs• Autobiographie

s

“original content”

• Commentary• Explication• Historical

analysis• Research

articles• Biographies

“study of the original”

Part 2

Scholarly vs. PopularInformation

Most Recognized Periodicals

• MAGAZINES– Popular Info– Audience:

• General Public• Casual Reader

– Purpose:• Hobby• Pleasure• Curiosity

• JOURNALS– Scholarly Info– Audience:

• Researcher• Professional Who

Needs to Stay Up-to-Date

– Purpose:• Goal-Driven

– Research Paper– Certification,

Tenure– Job Requirement

Class Activity• What’s the Difference?

Difference Between Scholarly and Popular PeriodicalsPOPULAR MAGAZINES• USUALLY SOMEWHAT SLICK

AND ATTRACTIVE IN APPEARANCE

• RARELY CITE SOURCES. INFO. IS USUALLY SECONDARY, REPORTED FROM SOURCE

• ARTICLES SHORT, WRITTEN IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE AND FOR A MINIMAL EDUCATION LEVEL

• USUALLY LOT OF ADVERTISING AND PICTURES

• PAGINATION RESTARTS IN EVERY ISSUE

SCHOLARLY JOURNALS• HAVE A SOBER, SERIOUS LOOK

• ALWAYS CITE THEIR SOURCES IN FOOTNOTES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES

• ARTICLES WRITTEN BY A SCHOLAR OR RESEARCHER “HORSE’S MOUTH”

• PEER-REVIEWED BY SCHOLARS

• LANGUAGE OF JOURNAL ASSUMES SOME SCHOLARLY BACKGROUND ON THE PART OF READER

• ADVERTISING IS SPECIALIZED TO THAT DISCIPLINE

• PAGINATION IS CUMULATIVE

Peer ReviewScholarly sources are concerned with academic study, especially research for individuals such as, students, teachers, professors, or any other professional who need current information to stay informed of changes to their profession or area of expertise. Many scholarly journals are peer reviewed or refereed, that is, these articles have been subjected to a rigorous approval and editing process by other scholars in that discipline. This process doesn’t apply to popular magazines.

Part 3

FindingArticles

Guess where the articles are

Read the description…

Academic Search Complete

Full-text ArticlesFull-text articles indicate the entire article can be found within the database, no physical searching is necessary. Full-text articles are accessible in the following ways:

• HTML (displays like a web page)• PDF (displays like a photocopy; best for citing

info)• Linked (hyperlinks to full-text in another

location)

Can’t find the article?If a full-text option is not presented, then

you need to open a second window……go to the library’s Periodicals List…

Part 4

Reading Citations & Using the

Periodicals List

Reading CitationsA citation is a short, multi-part description of a specific information source. It provides the information that is needed to find a particular source. Journal citations contain such basic information as:

Book or Article Citation?Hacker, J.S. (2004), Privatizing risk without privatizing the welfare state: the hidden politics of social policy retrenchment in the United States, American Political Science Review, 98, 2: 243-60.

Hicks, A. (1999), Social Democracy and Welfare Capitalism: A Century of Income Security Politics, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Levy, J.D. (1999), Vice into virtue? Progressive politics and welfare reform in Continental Europe, Politics and Society, 27, 2: 239-73.

Hinrichs, K. and Kangas, O. (2003), When is a change big enough to be a system shift? Small system-shifting changes in German and Finnish pension policies, Social Policy & Administration, 37, 6: 573-91.

Iversen, T. (2001), The dynamics of welfare state expansion: trade openness, deindustrialization, and partisan politics. In P. Pierson (ed.) (2001), The New Politics of the Welfare State, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 45-79.

Green-Pedersen, C. (2003), Still there but for how long? The counter-intuitiveness of the universal welfare model and the development of the universal welfare state in Denmark, Revue Française des Affaires Sociales, 57, 4: 105-20.

Can’t find the article?If a full-text option is not presented, then

you need to open a second window……go to the library’s Periodicals List……copy the journal title from your article

citation and paste it into the search box on the Periodicals List…then click search…

…if the journal title appears, it should present you with some options other than the database you currently search…

…if it doesn’t, then you’ll need to use ILL.

American & British Poetry: A Guide to the CriticismHow to use it:

o Look up the author’s last nameo Under the author’s name, look up

the title of the poem (arranged in alphabetical order)

o Underneath the poem title, a listing of article commentaries on the poem (arranged alphabetically by the reviewer’s last name)• Articles – Periodicals List• Book excerpts – Library Catalog

Periodicals ListA directory used to identify the

location of journals, magazines and newspapers accessible through the library regardless of format

Formats:– Electronic (article database)– Paper (soft or hard bound)– Microfilm (reel)– Microfiche (card)

Class Activity• Citation Investigation

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