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Databases Search for articles in periodicals (journals,

magazines and newspapers)

UCO Library Catalog Search for materials located in our library

(books, DVD’s, government publications, etc.)

Magazines

Written for the general public

Written by staff reporters or free lance writers

No or minimal documentation

No original research – secondary literature

Trade Journals

Written for professionals in a specific field

Written by staff, free lance or contributing professional

Little documentation No original research –

secondary literature

Scholarly Journals

Written for academia Written by an expert or

credentialed researcher Full documentation Original or primary research

Peer Reviewed vs. Non-peer reviewed

Peer-reviewed or refereed journals articles have been reviewed by other experts

in the field before publication Non-peer reviewed

Articles have NOT been reviewed by experts

ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center)

Subject Guides >Family & Child Development > Databases

Articles from education related journals

ERIC documents – non-journal resources such as lesson plans, technical reports, case studies and conference proceedings

Effective Searching

Have a topic in mind Treatment options for stuttering

Think of good keywords to describe your topic Treatment - therapy Stuttering - disfluency

Combine keywords for best results

Boolean Operators

and - Combine keywords using and to narrow your search stuttering and treatment disfluency and therapy

or - Combine synonyms using or to broaden your search

stuttering or disfluency treatment or therapy

Nest terms in parentheses to get specific results (stuttering or disfluency) and (treatment or therapy)

Truncation

Truncate keywords with an asterisk * to get alternate endings

stutter*

-ing

-s

treat*

-s

-ment

-ments

-ing

therap*

-y

-ies

-ist

-ists

Ulrich’s Periodical Directory Find Articles (Databases) > U > Ulrich’s

Publishing information on serials Does not have articles Check for type of publication

Journal Academic/Scholarly Trade

Newsletters, magazines, proceedings, etc.

Other EBSCOhost Databases Subject Guides > Family & Child Development > Databases

Professional Development Collection Full-text of 500 journals in education, 300 peer

reviewed PsychInfo

Full-text, citations and abstracts to articles, books, and other materials related to psychology

SocIndex Full-text and citations to articles, books, and

conference papers in sociology

Speech/Language Databases

Medline Subject Guides > Health and Medicine >

Databases Largest medical database – over six million

citations Communication & Mass Media

Communications > Communication & Mass Media > Databases

Communication, journalism and mass media