Steps in Searching
A clear focused question.
What is the first step in doing a literature search?
This list of sources is often found at the end of a scholarly article or book, and provides evidence that supports an authors argument.
What is a bibliography?
Research services available through Stephens library.
What are literature searching and requesting articles?
This resource is intended for researchers, scientists, and students, and is typically written to present research findings and expand knowledge in a discipline or field.
What is a scholarly population?
This search tool helps you search for book, ebooks, and DVD's available at our library.
What is the library catalog?
Publication date, language, research design, etc.
What are methods to limit your search results?
An overview of the previously published works on a specific topic. The term can refer to a full scholarly paper or a section of a scholarly work such as a book, or an article.
What is a literature review?
A library service used to request articles.
What is interlibrary loan?
An article, usually published in a newspaper or magazine, that mainly reflects the author's opinion about a subject.
What is an opinion piece?
A series of letters and numbers located on the spine of a library book that indicate the book location in the library?
What is a call number?
The problem with the following search strategy: "Obesity in America."
Too broad.
A short summary of completed research. Typically, at the beginning of a piece of work.
What is an abstract?
A citation management tool.
Credible sources of information. The articles have been written and reviewed by trusted experts in the field and represent the best scholarship and research currently available.
What is a peer-reviewed article?
The classification system that assigns and organizes materials by subject headings. (it was also developed by this famous U.S. Government Library!)
What is the Library of Congress classification system?
AND/OR/NOT
What are Boolean operators?
This controlled vocabulary groups articles and other resources together by theme or topic. Many databases allow you to search for them using a thesaurus.
What is a subject heading?