Howdoyuhdo: The Lit Review At a DistanceStarter

I’ll try a little percussive persuasion!

Mark Horan

Presenter

mark.horan@utoledo.edu

419-530-4463

Or l’ll use a little location, language and logic to crack

this nut!

Location…

This information is available at: http://www.ohiolink.edu/members-info/

OhioLink Land

• Use the URL below • Find the map to the right • Click on the quadrant you are

in to the find a list of OhioLink Libraries near you.

Location…

Location…

Books, etc.:

UTMost Catalog; OhioLink Catalog

WorldCat

Online Periodical Indexes:ERICEducation Fulltext PsycInfo

Academic Search Complete, Education Research Complete and more… (for more, see the course libguide)

Language: A bit too broad...

Hi! I need stuff on social skills!

Ummm…I’ll be back...

Do you need to know abouttheories? Techniques? Tests that measure reading readiness?

Librarian

Student

Language: A bit too narrow... Hi! I need 10 articles from refereedjournals in the past 2 years that prove Dr. Seuss books can teach social skills to autistic kids through rhyming words!

Ummm…I’ll be right back...

We may not be able to find 10 articles in the past two years with those specific terms. We may not find the Doc on call; we may not find him, not at all!

Librarian

Student

Language: Just right... Hi! My thesis is: “Social skills can be taught to autistic pre-schoolers using rhythm and rhyme”

Whoa! Info overload! I’m taking a break! I’ll do this later!

Great! Let’s break that thesis down into concepts and keywords,look for books for background,articles for current research, maybe a Mental Measurement test…

Excited

Librarian

Student

Subject or keyword search?

SUBJECT

Controlled vocabulary

Uses subject headings

Search-subject line

Usually fewer hits

Narrower, more exact

KEYWORD

Natural language

Uses Boolean logic

Search-whole record

Usually more hits

Broader, less exact

ADVICE: Do a keyword search first, find subject headings in the records, then do a subject search

Logic: Make a list of synonyms for each concept

social skill

social interaction

socialization

autism preschoolers

kindergartners

spectrum disorders

Logic: Type OR between synonyms

preschoolers

orkindergartners

social skill

or social interaction

orsocialization

autism

orspectrum disorders

Logic: Put parentheses around lists of synonyms

(social skill

or

social interaction

or

socialization)

(autism

or

spectrum disorder )

(preschoolers

or

kindergartners)

Logic: Type AND between lists of keywords

(social skillor social interactionor

socialization)

(autismorspectrum disorder)

(preschoolers

or

kindergartners)

and and

Truncate endings with * or ?

(social skill*or social

interaction*or

social*)

(autis*orspectrum

disorder*)

(preschool*or

kindergart*)

and and

Put it all together

(social skill* or social interaction* or social*) and (autis* or spectrum disorder*) and (preschool* or kindergart*)

Dogs have great self images!

Here it is live! (Well, sort of…)

Limiting results 152 hits! I do have a life, ya know. How can I narrow this?

LIMITERS:

Year

Language

Source

Add an “AND”

Subtract an “OR”

Evaluate your results

Types of periodicals

Magazines - popular reading for the general public. Reading level - high school or lower.

Trade journals - news and info for professionals. Reading level - high school or college.

Scholarly journals - carefully researched, fully documented. Reading level - college

Refereed journals - peer-reviewed, highly respected scholarly writing. Reading level - college/post-grad

Finish Line!

If it’s full text: Print, Email, or Save

Citation Only?: Look up the periodical title in the UTMost catalog to see if library has that particular issue online or check your local OhioLINK library’s catalog to see if your library nearby has a copy.

Not in UTMost (http://utmost.cl.utoledo.edu/search)?

Not in your local?

Email me with the citation and I’ll see what’s up. mark.horan@utoledo.edu

Ah, er, Finish Line!

Books, theses, and stuff…

Look up the title in the OhioLink Catalog; order from Ohiolink libraries using the “Make a Request” button.

Identify which card you are using, either University of Toledo or State Library. Then fill out the appropiate name and number and location.

Mark Horan Librarian for the Judith Herb College of Education   University of Toledo

2801 West Bancroft Street  MS #509

Toledo, OH 43606 

Tel.: 419-530-4463

Fax: 419-530-2542

E-mail: mark.horan@utoledo.edu